KT7A-RAID / FX 5900 Graphics Card Problems

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Original Post Was:

I have an Abit KT7A-RAID mb with a Globalwin ONYX_520 psu.

I just replaced my old Nvidia card with a Gainward FX PowerPack! Ultra/1100
TV/DVI 128M (a low cost Nvidia fx 5900 card).

I find Call of Duty crashes back to Windows XP within minutes of starting a
level.

After trying various bios settings I found that the problem is caused when I
enable AGP 4x mode.
Without AGP 4x the frame rate is very jerky, so I want to overcome this
problem.

Any help appreciated,

Scrim
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Thanks, It's nice to know someone with the KT7A-RAID is getting good results
from an FX 5900 card. I've got the A9/2.35 Bios - I'll try reinstalling the
4-in-1 and Gainward drivers and then flashing to 5950 Ultra. I got my
Gainward FX PowerPack! Ultra/1100 TV/DVI 128M new for the bargain price of
??150. I hope that isn't because they have stability problems (perhaps just
with older motherboards).

I already found the 5950 Ultra Bios here:
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This appears to be all the Gainward Nvidia Bios's, so new stuff might turn
up here:
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Cheers,
Scrim

Works great for me. Running a Leadtek A350, which is now a "A380
Ultra" running just great in my KT7A-Raid board, 1.0, A9/2.35 Bios.
This site may help you :)

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-GV

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I installed the latest 4-in-1 drivers a few weeks ago and the latest NVidia
driver a couple of days ago.
Do you think flashing to 5950 Ultra would improve stability? I 'd intended
leaving that and other 'overclocking' until the basic system was working
properly.

Scrim

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Ok, I uninstalled the 4-in-1 drivers, then the Nvidia driver. Then I
reinstalled them, 4-in-1 first. (with restart between everything).
Result: no change. COD still crashes almost as soon as I start playing.

Did your setup run ok before you flashed to FX 5950 Ultra? If you really
think this might solve things I'll do it now, despite it apparently losing
me my guarentee???

Scrim

Cool, give it all a shot and let us know how it goes :)

-GV

Uninstall and re-install the NVidia drivers. Install the VIA 4-in-1
driver if you haven't already. Flash the card to a 5950 Ultra. You
should be in good shape.

-GV