Erm, when is the 4870 GS 1Gb coming out and what is the estimated price for it? Really interested in getting one

Hi there, I've just bought the Gainward 4870 GS a few days back. The thiing is, I'm unable to play games with this card. The error" display driver atikmdag stopped responding and has succesfully recovered" keeps popping out whenever i try to play games. Sometimes the games would just hang and sometimes it gives me bsod. I've tried install/uninstalling drivers/ccc and it does not seem to work. My last option would be to reformat back and use Win Vista Ultimate 32 since currently i'm using the 64bit version. Anyone have any ideas for what I should do cause I would rather not format if i dont have too.

Thanks for helping

Thanks, I will give it a try later on.

64 bit drivers of course

Anything else that I can try. Already tried turning aero off, and that didn't work either.
Btw, right now downloading the hotfix patch for ati 4800 series from ati, will let you guys know how that goes.

This post has been edited by Hiiryu: Sep 12 2008, 10:28 AM

The bios have already been updated to the latest ver. I have 3 more things to try:

1) Try removing 1 of the rams, as xchoit suggested
2) Try the hotfix driver from ati
3) Format

If they don't work, I dunno what I'm gonna do..........

Didn't know that. Anyway, it didn't work
Just wanted to be sure, this issue does not mean that my 4870 is faulty right? Just some half assed work from ati/microsoft?

Sorry for the late reply. Well, I've tried removing 1 of the ramstick, didn't work. I've also reformatted to Win Vista Ultimate 32, didn't work either. My head feels really heavy now

Bro NetRaid, about the artifacts thingie, I can see some but it comes and goes very fast. Whenever it crashes, the screen would go black and then would display some artifacts, but this whole process would take about 1-2 secs. The game would then continue, but after a little while, it would black out again and show artifacts again. Sometimes the pc would hang or give me bsod. Right now, I've only tested Cabal, no other games yet cause I need to go out in a while. Will continue again with some other games when I get back, but I have a feeling that the result would be the same. Btw, I'm using ori version of windows.

Really hope that this issue could be resolved fast and thanks to everyone that helped with suggestions. Any other ideas to try is greatly appreciated

In Win Vista Ultimate 64, yes, it happens in every game. I've just reformatted to 32bit, but currently I've only tested with one game(Cabal), will try with other games when i get back home later. Goin out for a while after this. About trying in friend's pc, I'll see if i can borrow a pc from my friend and see how it goes.

That's good to hear. Hopefully it will be the same for me

Just wanna give my thanks to NetRaid/Charles for his help in my situation. It was finally resolved yesterday, and now I can enjoy my new rig to the fullest, hehe.
Thanks again bro, really appreciate it

Yea, the distro is one of the best IMO. Couldn't be anymore happier with NetRaid and my 4870GS

It all depends on your budget and to some extend your psu as well. Around Rm650 for 4850GS and Rm980 for 4870GS

Try changing your refresh rate. I have the same issue but after changing the rate, I can set it back to 1680 x 1050. Sounds weird, but it worked for me, mebbe can give it a shot.