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GA-MA78GM-S2H issue

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by vipinpv85

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hi all,

i am using

amd X2 4800, 2.5ghz, 65w
gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H
transcend 2*1GB 800Mhz 5-5-5-18
450w smps
western digtal 160gb sata2

xp service pack2

i am using onboard graphics ie ATI3200 with 8.4 catalyst. which is directx 10 support
while running games with d3d like most wanted, pop sands of time. it shows error.
i tried to update the directx package still it shows directx 9.0b rather than directx9.0c

when checked in dxdiag the d3d test failed for directx9
using everst ultimate bechmark i came to realize ATI3200 has unified shader when compared to seperate pixel and vertex shaders for dx9 cards.
does that mean most of dx9 games cannot be played with onboard ATI3200.
please help?

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by oh smeg

System RAM which gets used for On Board Video is slower than Video RAM but as it's cheaper no one complains when given the option to pay more or live with what you have.

Up the amount of RAM dedicated to support the Onboard Video. If you have enough System RAM you will not take too much of a Performance Hit to play your Games.

Col

by jamesrl

Your system has the ATI 3200 GPU built on to the MB. It support DX10 and shader model 4(which means it backwards compatible to DX9).

Did any errors come up during the install of the Catalyst drivers? I would uninstall and try again. Catalyst drivers can be probelmatic on install - I've reinstalled them more times than I can count.

You had no need to install Direct X9 - Direct X 10 is backwards compatible. That may have messed things up too. Can you system restore to a point before your install of DX9?

James

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