i have a 9800 pro and have recently reformatted my hard drive. since then i have had major problems with battlefield vietnam and call of duty (see screenshot for call of duty). with bf nam it doesn't display anything, not even the intro movies even though i can hear sound. there are also little purple lines in the copying window. these problems only started happening after the reformat. i have tried reinstalling the card driver but that didn't work. thanks for any helpIs this the driver that came with the card or a new one you downloaded somewhere?

What version of DirectX?i have catalyst version 6.14.10.6517(newest version) and i think directx 9.0c but im DOWNLOADING it right now anyway.thanks guys but apparently the card wasnt seated properly because i took it out then put it back in and everything works fine now.it seems i spoke too soon. neither battlefield 2 nor battfield vietnam display anything. i can hear the EA logo sound effects but the screen is completely blank. the little lines are shown also in catalyst control center. I have the same GRAPHIC card as yours silentboarder151 and i can play Call of Duty 1&2 no problem
i used to be ABLE to play anything...call of duty, battlefield 2, whatever. after i reformatted everything just f'd up.
heres the diagnostics from powerstrip. i havent changed anything off of the defaults.

Diagnostic REPORT - generated on 2/11/2006
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PowerStrip build - 540
Windows build - v.5.1.2600.2.Service PACK 2
DirectX build - v.5.03.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
OpenGL renderer - (n/a)

System board
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Type - Intel
AGP aperture - 128 MB
Transfer mechanism - Disabled (desktop sharing?)
Non-local memory - (n/a)
AGP revision - 2.00
AGP transfer rates supported - 1x, 2x, 4x
Current AGP transfer rate - 4x
Sideband addressing - Enabled
Fast write protocol - Enabled
AGP texturing - hardware support, but currently disabled

Graphics card #1
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Identity - ATI Display controller
Memory clock - 337.50 MHz
Engine clock - 378.00 MHz
IRQ - 16, shared
AGP revision - 2.00
AGP transfer rates supported - 1x, 2x, 4x
Current AGP transfer rate - 4x
Sideband addressing - Enabled
Display driver - ati2dvag.dll, v.6.14.10.6599
DirectX driver - ati2dvag.dll, v.6.14.10.6599
Attached monitor - Dell E772c (Dell Computer Corp.)
Monitor caps (1) - 1280x1024, 70kHz, 160Hz

Device enumeration
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Dell CPU-to-PCI/AGP bridge (25608086h)
Intel PCI-to-PCI bridge (25618086h)
Dell Universal serial bus (USB) (24C28086h) - using IRQ16
Dell Universal serial bus (USB) (24C48086h) - using IRQ19
Dell Universal serial bus (USB) (24C78086h) - using IRQ18
Dell Universal serial bus (USB) (24CD8086h) - using IRQ23
Intel PCI-to-PCI bridge (244E8086h)
Intel PCI-to-ISA bridge (24C08086h)
Dell IDE controller (24CB8086h)
Dell SMBus (24C38086h) - using IRQ11
ATI Display controller (4E481002h) - using IRQ16
ATI Display controller (auxiliary) (4E681002h)
Creative Labs Audio device (00061102h) - using IRQ18
Creative Labs Input controller (70041102h)
Dell Ethernet controller (10398086h) - using IRQ20
Dell Modem/serial controller (421214E4h) - using IRQ17