Halo 1 & 2 for PC
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Subject: can someone please help me with my ati card
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yeah i have a 9550 radeon 256MB i have all windows updates and my computer freezes from time to time. i have a intel celeron 2.2 GHZ 768 RAM AGP 8x and i dont wat else to put so does anyone else have this problem cause i sent it to microsoft and they said its my ati drivers ive re installed reformated eveything and it still freezes can someone help please thanx.

  • 08.17.2005 3:42 PM PDT
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It's probably your processor. No matter how good it is, a celeron processor is not designed to handle games. It just doesn't have the speed. You can run Halo PC on a celeron (people do) but you're not going to have as good a play experience as if you upgraded to a pentium or AMD 64-bit (don't know too much about AMD, so if i'm wrong on the type, sue me :P )

In short, expect you processor to get bogged down while playing HPC...and freeze.

There are websites out there that can help you find a better processor. Start with http://www.tigerdirect.com. They have just about everything, but the prices can be stiff. Once you find the processor you wnat, shop around for deals on other sites and grab it cheap.

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  • 08.17.2005 4:08 PM PDT
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its not just when i play halo pc i could be in my desktop and itll just freeze but when i have a nvidia in there it doesnt freeze

  • 08.17.2005 6:15 PM PDT
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his processor is fine (although it is a celeron...), so that's not it.
last time i had a problem like this, it was because my processor is overheating. in my case (a former Dell case) there is one passive cooling fan. after a while, it got clogged with dirt and lint, and as a result it couldn't spin very fast. i cleaned it out, and that fixed everything. then i bought an actual heatsink for my processor.
so try cleaning out your fan, or buy a heatsink. if you have like 50 fans in your case (it's been done) you should consider looking at the windows xp sp2/ 256MB viedo card fix

  • 08.17.2005 7:15 PM PDT
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thanks so much ill try it cause i really dont want to go back to nvidia but if i have to i will

  • 08.17.2005 7:40 PM PDT
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1. do you have the latest ati card drivers from the ati site?
2. do you have the latest halo updates (you should)
3. is the card getting enough power? this can be easyly overlooked. what is your power supply's limit?
4. I remember my Celeron halo playing days; it had the Intel accelerated gpx 1. It was like trying to cut your wrists with a butter knife, covered with butter, in the dark, upside-down, with both hands tied behind your back, over a lake filled with sharks, sharks with lasers on their heads, blood thirsty sharks with lasers on their heads... you get the point, it was crappy.

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  • 08.17.2005 7:40 PM PDT
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hmmm i didnt know celerons are that crappy mine runs fine other than the card problem

  • 08.17.2005 7:44 PM PDT
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oh and how do i check my power supply

  • 08.17.2005 7:45 PM PDT
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well, it could say the wattage on the power supply somewhere... or in the manual, but otherwise who made the computer?

  • 08.17.2005 7:49 PM PDT
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its a custom build

  • 08.17.2005 7:59 PM PDT
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oh and if u can help me i want to buy this amd athlon proccesor but im not sure if its right for my mother board can u like tell me where to go for motherboard info please thanks for the help

  • 08.17.2005 8:00 PM PDT
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1. did you build the computer? if yes then you should have all teh manuals but if you didnt, youre going to be digging.
2. the wattage should be on one of the sides of the psu, it should be no less than 225, if it is, you need a new one, badly (mine is a 520)
3. a good place for tech info is [url]www.pcper.com[/url] and go under the forums
4. a great online source for buying computer supplies is [url]www.newegg.com[/url]

well, an athlon is slightly diffrent than intel. I don't know crap about either except that the Front Side Bus (FSB), the Clock Speed, and the Ghz are all important. Faster in all is better!

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Oh, Intel and Athlon have diffrent CPU slots, they are not cross compatible but there is one new board that can accept both, but its only very new and very pricey.

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  • 08.17.2005 8:11 PM PDT
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oh damn ill check my power supply later thanx for the info check tommarow in this ill be on like at 4 pacific thanx alot

  • 08.17.2005 8:24 PM PDT
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np

good night

  • 08.17.2005 9:03 PM PDT
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ADD:
Oh, Intel and Athlon have diffrent CPU slots, they are not cross compatible but there is one new board that can accept both, but its only very new and very pricey.


WHERE IS THIS BOARD. TELL ME NOW!!!![ RIGHT NOW!!!!!! I DON'T CARE IF IT'S 2 IN THE MORNING WHERE YOU LIVE! WAKE UP YOU LAZY BUM! TELL ME!

Oh. Wait. i'll just Google. neh mind...

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Nope; couldn't find it. so...

WHERE IS THIS BOARD! TELL ME NOW!!! RIGHT NOW!!! I DON'T CARE IF IT'S 2:05 IN THE MORNING WHERE YOU LIVE! WAKE UP YOU LAZY BUM! TELL ME!

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  • 08.17.2005 9:04 PM PDT
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You mean the ECS PF88?

Here is your proof.

To the guy who started this - if you're planning on upgrading, just save up and get a whole new pc all together. A celeron and 9500 series aren't going to last you into the next generatino of games. I doubt it'll even let you play BF2.

If you sell parts from your current system you can get a socket 939 mobo, 3000+ Venice, and a 6600GT, along with anything else [maybe RAM] for pretty cheap.

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  • 08.18.2005 10:39 AM PDT
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ya, what he said

  • 08.18.2005 2:30 PM PDT
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yea i decided im gonna sell this tower and build my own and my power supply is a 450 thanx guys!

  • 08.18.2005 3:52 PM PDT
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You mean the ECS PF88?

Here is your proof.


*drool drips from the corner of Minus Sign's mouth as he reverently clicks the link*

  • 08.18.2005 8:12 PM PDT
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you need a hardcore processor ive got a 1000 and it works well but freezes from time to time its just your processor man.

  • 08.18.2005 9:02 PM PDT
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i saw a motherboard that could do both AMD and Intel processors in PCWorld Magazine. I think you needed some sort of card/adapter to do one of the brands, but whatever.

  • 08.19.2005 2:36 AM PDT