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Ques about Memory DDR2 on Vid card.

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by pbodesign, Aug 12, 2009.

  1. pbodesign

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    Just bought a Video card (Asus AH3450 ATI Radeon HD3450 AGP Memory Size 512 MB DDR2) for older system(old vid card ati radeon 9200 64mb memory). it works but not too good .i dont think memory on vid card is being read. I know when i upgraded my memory awhile back i had to buy DDR .so would that be the same for vid card in that it would have to be DDR if u need more info let me know thanks


    Microsoft Windows XP Professional
    OS Service Pack Service Pack 3

    Intel Pentium 4, 2800 MHz (14 x 200)
    Motherboard Name Asus P4SD-VX
    Motherboard Chipset Intel Springdale i865PE
    System Memory 2048 MB (PC2700 DDR SDRAM)
    Supported Memory Types DDR-266 SDRAM, DDR-333 SDRAM, DDR-400 SDRAM
    BIOS Type AMI (10/29/04)

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    Video Adapter ASUS AH3450 Series (512 MB)
    Video Adapter ASUS AH3450 Series (512 MB)
    3D Accelerator ATI Radeon HD 3450 AGP (RV620)

    Motherboard Properties
    Motherboard ID 63-0500-000001-00101111-102904-SPDALE_G$MOHR2026_BIOS DATE: 10/29/04 13:42:25 VER: 08.00.08
    Motherboard Name Asus P4SD-VX

    Front Side Bus Properties
    Bus Type Intel GTL+
    Bus Width 64-bit
    Real Clock 200 MHz (QDR)
    Effective Clock 800 MHz
    Bandwidth 6400 MB/s

    Memory Bus Properties
    Bus Type DDR SDRAM
    Bus Width 64-bit
    DRAM:FSB Ratio 4:5
    Real Clock 160 MHz (DDR)
    Effective Clock 320 MHz
    Bandwidth 2560 MB/s

    Chipset Bus Properties
    Bus Type Intel Hub Interface
    Bus Width 8-bit
    Real Clock 67 MHz (QDR)
    Effective Clock 267 MHz
    Bandwidth 267 MB/s
     
  2. ddp

    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    if video memory is not being read then you'll not see anything so that is not the problem as you do see something. have you loaded the proper & maybe the latest driver for it? what does dxdiag say when run from the run command line?
     
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    dxdiag reads memory says its 512mb advance settings in adapter tab reads also. i knew that already but thought it was reading the bios off video card.when playing movie looks fine but as soon as there is alot of movemrnt in movie it becomes choppy also 3d visuals in winamp ok till i put it in full screen then starts to become choppy . never had that problem with old ati 9200 64md.i wanted to make sure that DDR2 ON VID CARD IS COMPATIBLE WITH MY MOTHERBOARD OR READABLE BEFORE I START ASKING whats the problem . did update my chip set think i updated motherboard?,updated bios and fresh reinstall of windows xp pro. alot of people had trouble with install this vid card supposably
     
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    which agp version is your slot as in 1, 2 or 3? i'm certain the card is agp3. which video driver are you using, microsoft, asus or ati? which version of the intel inf for motherboard did you use?
     
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    agp is 3.0 video driver im using is asus it came with card.intel that i installed was intel_inf_9001008_office(not sure if loaded now might have loaded default one) . where can i find the itnell inf ur looking for? have everest and Sisoftware sandra lite programs installed if that helps. also forgot to mention when running tech power up GPU-Z program the memory type: ddr2 memory size: 0. so this program not reading mem. side note when i first instaled 2 weeks ago after rest it kept freezing at bios start up at saying checking NVRAM . after multiple turning on and off finally wouid say checking NVRAM ok than loaded up normal. doesnt do that any more though since i changed the power source going to vid card
     
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    you might have latest intel inf as you have ver 9. can you try that card in another system to see what happens?
     

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