Problems with Abit AT7-Max2 and Radeon 9700Pro [Archive]

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Ioman

11-28-2002, 09:15 AM

Anyone else notice graphics problems with the VIA KT400 chipset and the Radeon 9700PRO video card? I have heard some rumors about 8X AGP incompatibility issues. Whats the word on this?

Some games run real choppy on my system for some reason with this setup, so I thru a GF4MX card in instead.

MEngineer

11-28-2002, 09:52 AM

I do know that ATI Radeon cards hate ASUS boards... I've always had problems with that combination even from the early radeons. Not sure if that info helps you at all, but put it in the memory bank :P

llbbl

11-28-2002, 10:17 AM

That sucks that you are having problems with your card. You mentioned that you might go and buy a geforce4 in another thread. I hope that is working better for you. Always a good idea to try a different piece of hardware and see if that fixes the problem. It sounds like it could be a either of the two possiblities that you guys have pointed out.

Ioman

11-28-2002, 10:31 AM

The Geforce 4 card works great with this motherboard, but lacks the AGP 8X support that the Radeon 9700PRO has. I read over on AMDMB.com about similar issues, but then the article dissapeared.....weird eh?

I will mess around this the Radeon 9700PRO a little more. With ATI, I am sure its driver issues of some sort. They have the best hardware, but their driver support has always been lacking.

ECA

11-28-2002, 05:14 PM

I heard that the ATI chipset, hates VIA chipset. The current ASUS boards with VIA, are said to be working tho.

llbbl

11-28-2002, 07:04 PM

ASUS is different than Abit right ?

Cloud

11-28-2002, 07:21 PM

Originally posted by vindisco
ASUS is different than Abit right ?

Yes, two different motherboard manufacturers.

Alan

12-02-2002, 01:17 PM

ONLY earlier revisions of the ATi Radeon 9700 have problems. The draw too much power from the AGP socket of 8xAGP boards causing all sorts of probs, including not powering up at all.

Suppliers are taking the early boards back from customers and replacing them with later revisions.

I have a niggle in my head that says 1.3 and above is fine, but below they have some probs with some 8xAGP boards.

llbbl

12-02-2002, 02:08 PM

Is niggle a technical term?
:D
:P

Ioman

12-02-2002, 02:58 PM

Originally posted by Alan
ONLY earlier revisions of the ATi Radeon 9700 have problems. The draw too much power from the AGP socket of 8xAGP boards causing all sorts of probs, including not powering up at all.

Suppliers are taking the early boards back from customers and replacing them with later revisions.

I have a niggle in my head that says 1.3 and above is fine, but below they have some probs with some 8xAGP boards.

Thanks fot he info. I will check out my video card. Its one we got to review here for Designtechnica.