I got a Video Card Problem....

Sigh...where to start...Long but please i need some help

Well i got a new computer and it has an x800 Pro 256 MB video card in it. So im like hell yah time to end my social life and do some hardcore gaming...BUT it didnt work out the way i had planned. I got Farcry for free w/ my processor and installed that fine.. started playing it and the game just froze up so im like awwwww WTF. Reboot my computer and start playing again. This time the game just completly X's out and im staring at my desktop... after a few god damns! I started to play again and the game freezes and this " VPU error appeared says the graphics accelerator is not respoding to your graphics driver or something..." so i tried calling tech support for some answers but no 1 picked up. The next day i decide to install WC3 Frozen Throne. I let it idle at the main screen becuase i went upstairs to get something and when i came back down the game was frozen.. i reboot the computer and start playing WC3 and this blue screen of Death pops up talking about the drivers on the video card. I highly doubt the drivers are out of date so i download the new 1's and I THINK installed them correctly but it says my drivers are from 5/16/04 and i think the new 1's cam out june 9. So i REALLLLLLLLLLY NEED SOME HELP! Any suggestions on what i should do other than send it back would be greatly appreciated....

 

In my opinion you must uninstall the old drivers completely before installing the ones. Follow inst. below. My 9800 pro is bbati and this is the procedure I follow for driver inst. You may also check your card mfg. site for driver specific if not built by ati.

Latest drivers 4.6 - 4.7 due for release any day now.
http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/...&prod=productsXPdriver&submit.x=15&submit.y=7

Previous drivers.
http://www.ati.com/support/products/radeonwinxppreviousdrivers.html

Installing new drivers.
I use these inst. with no problems at all.

Copied from a thread by black hole sun
1.) Quick ‘n Easy Installation.

For most, only a basic installation procedure is necessary. If this is your first time installing or updating the Catalyst drivers, then I would recommend you try this method first; if you have problems, move on to the more advanced installation routine in section 2.

Note: If you’re coming off an nVidia product, you’re going to have to uninstall the Forceware or Detonator drivers prior to installing the Catalyst software. To that end, run Driver Cleaner to get rid of your nVidia files. Of course, nothing can top formatting your hard drive. nVidia drivers are notorious for staying in your system even after you wrack your brains trying to remove them. So if you run into a bunch of problems after upgrading from nVidia (yes, I mean upgrading ) then I would suggest a full system format.

What you need:
The latest Catalyst drivers. So, get them for Windows 2000 or XP, or for you throw-back folks, here are the
Windows 98 and Millennium Edition (ME) drivers. And last, but not least, are the drivers for the open source Linux.

The ATI Uninstaller was written by ATI itself as an ‘official’ response to the uninstall muck-a-muck plaguing many users. It does as it name suggests – removes your old drivers, which most of the time is an essential process. I highly recommend saving this tool to your desktop, or at least in some folder other than the ATI root (C:\ATI), because if you plan on using some of the more advanced uninstallation methods, this tool will be deleted along with the other ATI files.
Uninstallation procedure:

Before you begin to uninstall, disconnect your computer from your internet or network! If you are connected to the internet, Windows, always impertinently thinking that it knows best, may try and install whatever Radeon driver is on Windows Update. We don't want to let it do this. So, either a) turn off your modem, or b) take out your phone jack (if you're on dial-up).

Go to the Windows Control Panel, and then to Add/Remove Programs. Select for removal any ATI entries. When asked, opt not to reboot.

Get the abovementioned ATI Uninstall Utility. It is not necessary to run this program in safe mode. Double-click on it, and then press “Ok” when a popup asks you if you wish to continue.

Reboot and install the new drivers (see below).
Note: If you have any ATI demos or ATI screensavers installed, the ATI Uninstaller will ask you if you want to remove them as well in a cryptic message, “Are you sure you want to uninstall this product?” You will get as many of those messages as you have non-driver related ATI products installed. Selecting “No” will NOT have an adverse effect on the driver removal process.

Installation:

After you remove your drivers and finish rebooting, Windows will popup the Found New Hardware "Wizard." Cancel out of it; it's useless and most unhelpful. It will popup twice in total, the first for your card and the second for its secondary (TV Out). Cancel out of both – we don’t need the help of Windows to install drivers. From here, it’s very simple. Go to wherever you downloaded the ATI drivers and double click the installer package. Follow the onscreen prompts; let it do its thing, and then reboot when asked.

Be patient when the system boots back to desktop. Smartgart sometimes takes a good while to finish doing its thing. It may take up to 20-30 secs after desktop appears to be loaded and the screen will flash once or twice, then it’s done!
Den

 

Thank you very much i hope it works... Any other suggests anyone? Im not doubting Den but i would like another opinion on the matter.