I'm not sure if this falls more under hardware or software, so please move this topic if it's in the wrong place.
I recently installed Crysis on my PC. Hardware is Athlon X2 4800+, 2GB DDR400, ATI x1900xtx 512MB graphics card, 17" Envision CRT. There is onboard video as well, but I disabled it in the BIOS. I think that's all that's relevant here.
The game installed just fine, but whenever I start it up, it gets to the EA screen, and then the monitor just winks out, almost like it loses connectivity. The only way to get it working again is to restart. I currently have the latest Catalyst drivers installed for my graphics card, but have also tried previous versions too. I can't really tell if this is a driver issue, although I'm more inclined to believe it's hardware related now. The card is brand new and seems to work just fine on everything else. I'm now gearing towards the monitor. Only issue now is I really don't have a "better" one on hand to test my theory.
Now I'm wondering if there's anything else it could be before I consider dropping $200 on an LCD monitor. Any suggestions?
I recently installed Crysis on my PC. Hardware is Athlon X2 4800+, 2GB DDR400, ATI x1900xtx 512MB graphics card, 17" Envision CRT. There is onboard video as well, but I disabled it in the BIOS. I think that's all that's relevant here.
The game installed just fine, but whenever I start it up, it gets to the EA screen, and then the monitor just winks out, almost like it loses connectivity. The only way to get it working again is to restart. I currently have the latest Catalyst drivers installed for my graphics card, but have also tried previous versions too. I can't really tell if this is a driver issue, although I'm more inclined to believe it's hardware related now. The card is brand new and seems to work just fine on everything else. I'm now gearing towards the monitor. Only issue now is I really don't have a "better" one on hand to test my theory.
Now I'm wondering if there's anything else it could be before I consider dropping $200 on an LCD monitor. Any suggestions?