Would Monitor ( Resolution size ) be causing lock ups?

[RottenApple82]

Question...I used to run an integrated ATI x200, on a 17inch monitor...I forget the exact resolution, but it was not widescreen just a standard box...I could EQ2 on it with the integrated card on "Balanced"Now I have a 19inch wide monitor with 1440x900, and I cannot run EQ2 at all.I replaced the gfx card with an 8600GT, and it runs EQ2 on 1440x900 on "Balanced" (could probably go higher but balanced runs smoothest everywhere)...however now I get lockup's and freezes that require rebootsAll Drivers are Current.Is this having to do with the 1440x900 resolution? and is there a way to fix this without getting an entirely new monitor? as in...can I somehow make the wide screen monitor only display what a 17inch would, and then lower the resolution to hopefully avoid these lock ups?Windowed mode does not appear to stop the lock ups either....or increase performance. (So long is it is still trying to display other things at 1440x900 I imagine)

[dirtymeat80]

What's your desktop resolution set at?As for monitor, is it an LCD?  They're designed to be a specific resolution, and get mad when you try to change it.Also maybe try running lower quality graphics just to test.What's the rest of the components?  CPU, RAM, What windows version?

[RottenApple82]

<cite>dirtymeat80 wrote:</cite><blockquote>What's your desktop resolution set at?As for monitor, is it an LCD? They're designed to be a specific resolution, and get mad when you try to change it.Also maybe try running lower quality graphics just to test.What's the rest of the components? CPU, RAM, What windows version?</blockquote>Right now it is at 1440x900, and is a LCD, and that is what it comes set to, and is what I have the graphics card set to.As far as lower quality, even going Windowed Mode and shrinking the box somehow causes a freeze.CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200Ram: 2046MB of Ram aka 2gigsWindows XP Pro with Service Pack 3The card is a new 8600 GT with 256mb of GDDR3..and I actually rolled back the Driver to 175.16, it was 175.19( the latest) but I seem to crash a little less now, or atleast I can manage longer in game. Before the inevitableI also Deleted and Reinstalled DirectX 9.0c and the latest update, because this happens with -all- 3d applications no matter the graphic stressload.To Describe what I see in detail...the entire screen does not shift colors, rather it turns into tight rows of blocks, not big blocky screw ups, but the entire screen rows out as if it was the matrix <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />Sound loop gets caught and keeps studdering very fast.It requires a complete hard reboot, just shutting it down manually to resolve.

[Vodr]

Download riva ntune I think it is,  check the video card's temp and report back.

[RottenApple82]

<cite>Vodroc wrote:</cite><blockquote>Download riva ntune I think it is, check the video card's temp and report back.</blockquote>I have that downloaded, and ATI Tool...The Temp is 52cand with 3d Running....aka EQ2...it goes to 59cI should add that I monitor it frequently, and I could be 45mins into play, and it is still very consistant around 59cI also upgraded my Case to a Cooler Master, to try and help with it.Oh, and 1 more addition, I noticed upon close inspection of the card, it appears that it has arrived with black smudgy thumb prints on the "Top" aka the circuit board not the gpu side...in 2 locations the size of a 50cent piece each...I haven't tinkered with them to try and clean them, unsure of the best way to go about that.

[TSR-DanielH]

<cite>RottenApple82 wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite></cite>it appears that it has arrived with black smudgy thumb prints on the "Top" aka the circuit board not the gpu side...in 2 locations the size of a 50cent piece each...I haven't tinkered with them to try and clean them, unsure of the best way to go about that.</blockquote>That's definitely bad.  Did you just get the card?  Can you still RMA it?

[RottenApple82]

<cite>TSR-DanielH wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>RottenApple82 wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite></cite>it appears that it has arrived with black smudgy thumb prints on the "Top" aka the circuit board not the gpu side...in 2 locations the size of a 50cent piece each...I haven't tinkered with them to try and clean them, unsure of the best way to go about that.</blockquote>That's definitely bad. Did you just get the card? Can you still RMA it?</blockquote>Well I got it off Newegg, over 30days ago, and just noticed the smudging the other night when I was trying to decifer the difference between onboard and this new one on the 1440x900.So it may be beyond the time limit for a Return/Exchange, but I could possibly try the manufacturer cause I am well within 60days still of owning it.If that could be a serious cause of these issues.

[RottenApple82]

Update: Card is on its way back to where ever it came from, new one is in the mail will update in 3-5business days, lets pray for 3 :/

[TSR-TrevorG]

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