6200TC and dvi out

[phatpho]

I just built my first rig with the help of the tutorial on this website. It went without a hitch. Its been running well for the past 2 days.

My setup is as follows (all at stock settings)
msi k8n neo 4-f
amd 64 3200
dual channel 256 x 2 ddr400
hitachi maxtor II plus HD 250gb SATA I
rosewill 6200TC 64mb onboard supporting 256mb
rosewill 19"lcd dvi/vga

my problem that i ran into today was playing games. With the dvi out the screen would have these long flickers. by long I mean it takes about 5 secs for the screen to come back. it seemed to happen with the move of the mouse. whenever the monitor loses signal and starts up again a little "dvi" text shows up in the top corner showing which input is getting signal. this message does indeed show up after a flicker episode. this flickering just continues until i ext the game. it makes the games unplayable for obvious reasons.

I downloaded the latest nVidia drivers and loaded them up. same problem.

i switched to vga and everything worked perfect. of course my non-gaming screen clarity sucked.

I'm thinking the problem lies in the DVI out from the card, but everything else from video playback to general web surfing works fine. I'm stumped. Another possibility is the DVI cable? I'm tempted to return this card and get a 6600 for actual onboard memory. I'm sure that would boost performance but to be honest i only play modest games and dont need powerful hardware.

any help would be great.

PP

[glc]

Rosewill component quality is very suspect, and you really don't want a turbocache card. If you want a better all-around card, get one of the lower priced ATI X-series cards with true video memory if you can't afford a 6600GT. The X550 is a pretty decent card for under $100.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102637

[phatpho]

what about the non GT 6600?

[glc]

The plain vanilla 6600 is a pretty lackluster card, and I think ATI's cards in the same price range are better. Nvidia's cards don't get good till you get to the 6600GT.

[phatpho]

thx for the help. i'll have to see what newegg can do for me....

PP