Advertisement
Help Keep Boards Alive. Support us by going ad free today. See here: https://subscriptions.boards.ie/.
If we do not hit our goal we will be forced to close the site.

Current status: https://keepboardsalive.com/

Annual subs are best for most impact. If you are still undecided on going Ad Free - you can also donate using the Paypal Donate option. All contribution helps. Thank you.
https://www.boards.ie/group/1878-subscribers-forum

Private Group for paid up members of Boards.ie. Join the club.

Radeon 9600 giving shuddering effect

  • 24-12-2008 11:07AM
    #1
    bigtom71
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 143 ✭✭


    I have a Pentium 4, 2.8Ghz HP machine and have installed a Radeon 9600 256MB AGP card into it. The problem is that it seems to be giving a shuddering effect on the screen which is really irritating and is constant. I suspect it could be one of a number of things and am hoping someone here might point me in the right direction.
    Is it:
    - the fact that I have connected my screen to the VGA connection and not the DVI?
    - that the graphics driver is crap and needs updating (I got the latest from ati.com)?
    - that the GFX card is faulty?

    I also hear the fan of the PSU kick in noisely when I am running a few (light) applications and wonder if it is even up to the task. It is a 240w PSU, but I have only added one IDE drive and the GFX card to the standard system.

    At the moment I have it connected to a 32" LCD TV, but it will be used with a 22" LCD screen in the future. It's not a RAM issue as there are 2.5 gigs already installed.


Comments

  • #2
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,683 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Shuddering in horizontal lines? Like a flicker you might see on an old TV?

    I would lay blame on the VGA port. Its a known issue with LCDs and VGA. Its an LCD right?

    Either way if the monitor doesnt accept DVI go ahead and connect the DVI cable to it from the DVI-port on the radeon and put a DVI-VGA converter on the monitor - one should have shipped with the card.


  • #3
    bigtom71
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 143 ✭✭bigtom71


    Thanks Overheal. I am only getting back to civilisation now after the madness of Christmas. The shuddering effect seems to get worse the longer I have the PC turned on. Perhaps it is a virtual memory problem or something similar. Bizarrely, it seems to be running at 400MBs in virtual memory with just Windows XP running. I have never seen that before.

    Anyway, the DVI connection didn't like my TV screen (with the converter), so I will try it with an ordinary screen and see how that goes. Hopefully it will do the job.


Advertisement