(EDIT: FYI - Problem Fixed - as described in my recent last post)
Ok im looking for some info...
First Question.. [ anyone with Doom and AGP please answer this if possible, maybe intel chipset specific but doesnt matter.... If you set the AGP apature realy low or Off, does Doom run for you? or run slowly?] example lowest i can set it is 4mb, and when i do, Doom trys to load but im not shur it ever will so i crtl+alt+del out of it. Im trying to find out if this is normal behavior or maybe if the system in questions just has a Chipset driver incompatability issue with Doom.
another question...[ can you damage a Northbridge controller by upping the FSB to 215? (only conserning Northbridge nothing else, i assume not, but asking incase)
system in questions... i865pe intel chipset, skt478 2.8P4 prescott, 2x512 HyperX, 128mb 6800 AGP @ 325/750 16|6.
when i had that exact system running a 2.4P4 NO-HTT prescott 133/166 FSB stock divider, Doom3 ran perfectly.
when i put the 2.8P4 HTT-Enabled prescott 200/200 FSB stock, it booted fine and passed memtest/prime95, i didnt run any other program at this point.... so i upped the FSB to 215, and it booted fine, but Doom showed lots of artifacts at Menue screen, so i imediatly put it back to 200fsb.
Once i put it back i started Doom again, and it runs but there some artifacts, mostly in placess such as menues/PDA screen/ and Console, rarly in 3D at all. I dont know if Doom3 was like this B4 i uped the FSB with the 2.8 because i didnt run it b4 then. but it did run artifact free with the 2.4 i know that..... also no other game or program shows artifacts.. Farcry\HL2\BF2\Halo and rthdribl HDR renderer all run perfect and artifact free.
I dont know if the AGP bus is locked or not, there no option in BIOS to show me. but i do know, the GFX card is functioning properly.... i swapped the 2.8 the 1G HyperX and the 6800 over to my i875 motherboard, and Doom3 does not show any Artifacts.
It also shows no artifacts when i put the 2.4 back into the i865 motherboard.
With the 2.8 in the i865 motherboard, the only thing i found witch shows little affect on Doom3 is the AGP Apature, however there are still artifacts no matter what i set the Apature.
with the 2.8 in the i865 board, memtest pass's no erros over an hr, Prime95 pass's no errors on Max heat over half/hr with "rthdribl_HDRrenderer" running at the same time artifact free. and no other game shows artifacts, and GFX card shows no artifacts in doom on diff motherboard.
So im left with only 2 conclustions and i dont know witch is totally correct.... either Doom3 just has an imcompatability with this particular i865 Chipset board when a HTT CPU is installed... or the Northbridge i865 chipset is defective, but only shows defects in Doom3 and no other aplication when a HTT 200fsb P4 is installed?
those of you nowledgable enough, please let me know your opinions. thx.
Ok im looking for some info...
First Question.. [ anyone with Doom and AGP please answer this if possible, maybe intel chipset specific but doesnt matter.... If you set the AGP apature realy low or Off, does Doom run for you? or run slowly?] example lowest i can set it is 4mb, and when i do, Doom trys to load but im not shur it ever will so i crtl+alt+del out of it. Im trying to find out if this is normal behavior or maybe if the system in questions just has a Chipset driver incompatability issue with Doom.
another question...[ can you damage a Northbridge controller by upping the FSB to 215? (only conserning Northbridge nothing else, i assume not, but asking incase)
system in questions... i865pe intel chipset, skt478 2.8P4 prescott, 2x512 HyperX, 128mb 6800 AGP @ 325/750 16|6.
when i had that exact system running a 2.4P4 NO-HTT prescott 133/166 FSB stock divider, Doom3 ran perfectly.
when i put the 2.8P4 HTT-Enabled prescott 200/200 FSB stock, it booted fine and passed memtest/prime95, i didnt run any other program at this point.... so i upped the FSB to 215, and it booted fine, but Doom showed lots of artifacts at Menue screen, so i imediatly put it back to 200fsb.
Once i put it back i started Doom again, and it runs but there some artifacts, mostly in placess such as menues/PDA screen/ and Console, rarly in 3D at all. I dont know if Doom3 was like this B4 i uped the FSB with the 2.8 because i didnt run it b4 then. but it did run artifact free with the 2.4 i know that..... also no other game or program shows artifacts.. Farcry\HL2\BF2\Halo and rthdribl HDR renderer all run perfect and artifact free.
I dont know if the AGP bus is locked or not, there no option in BIOS to show me. but i do know, the GFX card is functioning properly.... i swapped the 2.8 the 1G HyperX and the 6800 over to my i875 motherboard, and Doom3 does not show any Artifacts.
It also shows no artifacts when i put the 2.4 back into the i865 motherboard.
With the 2.8 in the i865 motherboard, the only thing i found witch shows little affect on Doom3 is the AGP Apature, however there are still artifacts no matter what i set the Apature.
with the 2.8 in the i865 board, memtest pass's no erros over an hr, Prime95 pass's no errors on Max heat over half/hr with "rthdribl_HDRrenderer" running at the same time artifact free. and no other game shows artifacts, and GFX card shows no artifacts in doom on diff motherboard.
So im left with only 2 conclustions and i dont know witch is totally correct.... either Doom3 just has an imcompatability with this particular i865 Chipset board when a HTT CPU is installed... or the Northbridge i865 chipset is defective, but only shows defects in Doom3 and no other aplication when a HTT 200fsb P4 is installed?
those of you nowledgable enough, please let me know your opinions. thx.