UT2K3 + Unreal + R9600 Pro = BSOD


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hey,

yesterday when i installed Unreal 2, it seems to work fine. in fact, i managed to run the game, got through a movie with excellent graphics, and there were absolutely no problems at all. however, once proceeding, the game will eventually freeze, and gives a blue screen (with no text).

in addition, i tried playing Unreal Tournament 2003, and the same error occurs. once playing for a while, it has the same effects, the game freezes for 2 or so seconds, and the blue screen shows up. uncoincidentially, these two games are made by Atari.

i'm using a Powercolor Raedon 9600 Pro. i installed the default drivers that came with the CD, and i assume these drivers are not the newest. should i download the new Catalyst 3.9? from the Powercolour site or the ATI site? in fact, will installing new video card drivers potentially help solve the problem? i tried GTA 3, Generals, MOHAA, no problems at all.

thanks. i'm really annoyed at the moment :crazy:

/edit/ after reading http://www.ati.com/support/includes/titles/fixed.html, the new driver doesn't seem to fix the problem :(

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should i download the new Catalyst 3.9? from the Powercolour site or the ATI site? in fact, will installing new video card drivers potentially help solve the problem?

Download them from ATI. :)

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ok - downloading them now.

another thing, when installing should you delete the TEMP directory and run Regcleaner to remove all old ATI entries?

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hey,

yesterday when i installed Unreal 2, it seems to work fine. in fact, i managed to run the game, got through a movie with excellent graphics, and there were absolutely no problems at all. however, once proceeding, the game will eventually freeze, and gives a blue screen (with no text).

in addition, i tried playing Unreal Tournament 2003, and the same error occurs. once playing for a while, it has the same effects, the game freezes for 2 or so seconds, and the blue screen shows up. uncoincidentially, these two games are made by Atari.

i'm using a Powercolor Raedon 9600 Pro. i installed the default drivers that came with the CD, and i assume these drivers are not the newest. should i download the new Catalyst 3.9? from the Powercolour site or the ATI site? in fact, will installing new video card drivers potentially help solve the problem? i tried GTA 3, Generals, MOHAA, no problems at all.

thanks. i'm really annoyed at the moment :crazy:

/edit/ after reading http://www.ati.com/support/includes/titles/fixed.html, the new driver doesn't seem to fix the problem :(

its the video card, i know this, because i had the exact same problem with my radeon 8500 a while ago before i upgraded, it has something to do with overheating ati told me, meh, i sent mine back, got a new one, sold it, and used the money for my 9600pro :D, so its one of 2 things, 1 not enfu cooling in your case or 2 just a bad card that overheats. and yes i had the exact problems, funny enf ut2003 runs for a while compared to gta3, that crashed about 1 min into the game lol, seems gta puts mor stress on the gpu than ut2003 does, strange.... lol :p

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but Unreal 2 & UT2K3 isn't that GPU stressing. how come i can play any other game (much newer games, as opposed to a game made in 2002), but not Atari games?

also, my video card is just a week old, and i assume it is not overheated. are you sure this is the problem? in fact, i can manage to play GTA3 without any problems. and if your theory is true (GTA3 is more GPU stressing than UT2K3), then overheating should not be the problem.

i contacted ATi support & Atari support last night.

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Try going to Device Manager and deleting The display adapters. After that do a reboot. Then Install the latest drivers, either the official ones, or omega. Then do another reboot and you should be good.

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^ that doesn't work. yesterday i uninstalled all my drivers, rebooted, uninstalled control panel, reboot, install the new drivers, reboot and the new control panel. no luck.

if you go to Google > Groups and google: raedon +"blue screen" +"unreal tournament 2003" - the first post should very well describe my problem. i can't go there as i'm at campus and Google groups are filtered.

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maybe its bcuz ure spelling RADEON wrong...

:huh:

mabee itz becuz u r spelin "because", "it's" and "you're" wrong.

grow up. it's obviously a typo.

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