I've tried various solutions - none seem to work (and the creashes seem to be getting worse - apparently I have a "PFN_LIST_CORRUPT" - whatever that means).

So I'm going to go back to the PC retailer and ask for an alternative card as the one supplied is not fit for purpose. Can anyone recommend a reasonable alternative (Similar price / decent performance?)

Thanks

(and sorry this doesn't help anyone else out)

how do you set your voltage that high? i only have the options of 1.6-1.8 in my MSI KT4V. For those of you who are wondering why this card doesnt get as high of scores in dx8 benchmarks. Everyone buys this card because of how good it plays dx9 games. It the best all around card for the price range.

if your talking a bout 3dmark01 and your only gettting 8500??? I get 10500 on an xp1800.

Jesse Juurela: Check if AGP texture acceleration is enabled in DirectX. It gave me about 10000 points more in Aqua Mark 3. (Run dxdiag to check)

I had the Same problem, Lockups, Freezing. Strange colors ect.
............... HERE IS HOW I FIXED IT..................

1) Un-Install the old Video Drivers First.
2) If using a VIA Chipset, Download the Service Pack from VIA for AGP.

Then Go to the System BIOS ...
3) Set your AGP Apature ram to the amount on your card (64,128, 256 ect..)

4) Disable Video RAM Sharing ....(this is very important)

This should take care of any problems

wheres video ram sharing? and how come the newer drivers are freezing for everyone.

And if "Video RAM Sharing" is not a listed option?
I've dealt with BIOS settings for years, and never seen a setting like this for stand alone graphics cards.
I've only seen something like this only regarding integrated units that should be disabled anyway.
What MoBo, and BIOS type are you getting this from?

Also.........

A link to this "Service Pack" would be helpful.
Or do you mean the Hyperion 4.49 drivers?
I've searched the VIA website for a standalone AGP driver that's not included in 4.49.

the VIA chipset 4in1 drivers for my MSI kt4v include AGP drivers.

**** the benchmarks only thing what really matters is does games work.. Does anybody know how to update radeon9600pro BIOS ,can it even be updated? that would be the last thing to try until new cataclysts. everything works wit AGP4x & nofastwrite..
I can play wolf ET aslong as i want ,Bf1942 also etc..
EPOX KRA2+ KT600
BARTON 2500+
512Mt 333Mhz samsung
Connect 3d radeon 9600pro 128mt
Win XP pro
Antec Smartblue 350W power(enough believe me!)
AGP voltage 1.48v (can't change)
my card doesnt even have external power plug. . . I just want to USE the 8X & Fastwrite.. my only prob. left...
With those should work little faster?? "8) mulkosilmä hymiö!!!"

Fastwrites has virtually 0 effect on speed.

AGP 8x may have 1-2% improvement in performance in some situations.

Crazy

Blah! I apologize ATI! Radeon 9600 series is new ,so it propably starts to work properly wit cata 3.9 or 4.0 or something like that? It is amazing that 9600pro should compete wit Fx5900 in HL2! and maybe doom3.
I'm waiting doom3 wit my tong out spit flying everywhere!
So let's hope the 9600series CARD/BOARD isn't incompatible wit everything. Let's hope it's just the drivers ,if new drivers get everything work all who bought ati might be after newer drivers come out..

LOOK AT THIS!
http://www.techreport.com./etc/2003q3/valve/index.x?pg=2
and here's more
http://anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1862
Seems that problem wit new radeons is old games?
Sorry about off-topic but i think everybody who hasn't seen this smiles after looking to pages..? New games= FPS/$$$ results are quite astounding (is that correctly typed?)
this is last thing i put here for awhile (if somebody doesn't ask something).

S**T! i managed to get my 9600pro work PROPERLY! now it works wit everything on if iwant playd one game C&C zerohour ,Operation flashpoint wit FDF mod! worked all the time wit AGP8X! things i did:
Uninstalled all drivers and both primary&secondary radeon9600 devices.
Rebooted then WIN XP found pri&sec 9600 put basicVGA-drivers itself for
them. Then i installed Cataclyst 3.8 directly after that i installed DX9.0b
wit Dxweb updater and rebooted.. And 8X and everything works fine!
forgot to mention: first of all i installed Via4in1 v4.49(newest)
hope this helps some dumbass like me ! ! ! ?

hey guys ive the same problem but ive ATI radeon 8500 DDR 64mb and my Motherboard is MSI KT3 Ultra. Ive the latest drivers cat 3.8 latest via drivers and in games like Dark Age of Camelot, Chrome or Max Payne the monitor crash and the video too but PC is stilll running the game freeze any advice? thx

Jesse,

Sorry to be a downer, but I'm having problems with Unreal 2 and Homeworld 2 - both of which I think are new games

Im glad I found this thread as suggestions from ppl in here saved me. I too bought a 9600 pro only to find *all* my 3d games (neverwinter nights, fifa 2003, freedom fighters, etc.) locked my pc up solid after 1-5 mins (I have asus a7v600 mobo with via 4.49 drivers and 3.7 catalyst drivers on windows 2000 sp4). It was sending me nuts until I found someone here saying to turn the agp setting down to 4x in the bios. This works, giving me a rock solid system that runs games very nicely. I am currently running the card at 1.6 v to see if it is stable, and then I will turn it up to 1.7 in the bios as suggested by one of the contributors here, and have another go at using 8x. BUT I have to say I am not happy with ATI - I 'upgraded' from my TI 4400 so I could enjoy DX9 visuals, and if they say it works at agp 8x then it should work; none of this mucking about with bios tweaks. Incidentally, the 3.8 catalyst drivers are hopeless for me; they slow windows down horribly, and ruin fifa 2003 entirely, reducing the players to wireframes and making the colours a psychedelic mess. Straight back to 3.7, thanks to a timely Ghost image. I really hope this is just a teething problem with the drivers and not a hardware issue or I will never trust ATI to sell me a decent card again. I'm half tempted just to ditch it and get the FX 5700 when it comes out in a week or two as it is.

umm fastwrite has a 10% decrease if disabled but the difference between 8x and 4x isnt even 1% more like .5.

why would you bother upgrading from a ti4400 to a 9600? i mean the 9600 pro is a good card but thats not worth the upgrade to me lol...

BOY this is an interesting thread
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