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mandugi23 · 05-31-2005, 06:53 PM

i just built my computer for the first time yesterday..
everything works fine except my video card(ati radeon 9800 pro 128mb) doesnt seem to be working properly.

like i can see everything clearly in windows but when i try to play games that require little graphic requirement such as halflife 1,starcraft the screen is dark and i hardly can see anything.

obviously, it seems as if graphic card integrated in the motherboard(
IC7-G ABIT) is doing the work NOT the ati radeon 9800 pro...

by the way i installed catalyst CD disk that came with the video card.

but i have NOT updated driver from the ati website since my dsl is going to be arriving in like a week.

would updating driver solve this problem or could it be something else?

my computer system is as follows-

p4 3.2 socket 478 northwood
abit ic7-g mother board
1g kingston value ram
ati 9800 radeon pro 128mb
160gb hitachi harddrive
cd rw drive
power supply- 350W antec

05-31-2005, 06:53 PM	#1
mandugi23 Member (7 bit) Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 116	Video Card installation i just built my computer for the first time yesterday.. everything works fine except my video card(ati radeon 9800 pro 128mb) doesnt seem to be working properly. like i can see everything clearly in windows but when i try to play games that require little graphic requirement such as halflife 1,starcraft the screen is dark and i hardly can see anything. obviously, it seems as if graphic card integrated in the motherboard( IC7-G ABIT) is doing the work NOT the ati radeon 9800 pro... by the way i installed catalyst CD disk that came with the video card. but i have NOT updated driver from the ati website since my dsl is going to be arriving in like a week. would updating driver solve this problem or could it be something else? my computer system is as follows- p4 3.2 socket 478 northwood abit ic7-g mother board 1g kingston value ram ati 9800 radeon pro 128mb 160gb hitachi harddrive cd rw drive power supply- 350W antec Last edited by mandugi23; 05-31-2005 at 07:18 PM.