Problems After 8gb Ram Installed

Hello since i have installed 8gb of ram my games have become slow and choppy does any1 no any fixes for this issuse would be great help

spec
AMD ATHLON 64 X2 DUAL CORE 4800+ (2.5GHZ)
8GB RAM 800MHZ
ASUS M2-VM
ATI RADEON X1250
VISTA ULTIMATE X64 SP1

Did you make sure the ram was exactly the same as the ram that came with your system?

No this differnt ram i got off ebay but all works fine when i first start up my computer then after while it goes all funny even to play carom3d i get funny colour lines on screen.

Sounds like you're getting artifacting. Could be a lot of things, but usually the culprit there is an overheating video card. There is a chance it's just a coincidence that it happened when you put in the RAM.

But, barring that, something might not be seated quite right. Try pulling the RAM you just put in and plugging it back in (make sure it is nice and snug). While you are at it, you might want to check your video card and make sure it is seated right.

If that doesn't solve it, take the cover off of your computer while you open up a game. That'll increase airflow. If you have one, set up a fan to blow into the opening. If that solves the problem, you'll know it's a heating issue.

Good luck,

Scallion

Ok thankyou my video card bulit into the motherboard would that make any difrrence but i will try what u said thankyou for ur help ill post back

OK i tryed what u said all is ok but then after while same thing try open game say carom 3d get funny flashing coulours on screen but desktop and evrthing else is all fine just game

Couple things on that: Which things did you try? If all of them, are you running the latest version of Catalyst (8.3 is available on the ATI website)?

Also, try a couple different games (if possible). I'm not honestly familiar with carom, but there are sometimes issues with individual games that aren't existant in other games. Believe it or not, there are some games that freak out a bit when there's too much RAM (same is true with drivers).

A few other things: How much RAM were you running before you jumped to 8GB? If you pull 4GB and run with only 4GB installed, does the problem go away? Same with 2GB or 6GB? Have you run a memory test (most people recommend MemTest86) to see if there are bad RAM sectors? Have you looked at the ASUS site to see if a bios update solves this problem (remember, don't upgrade MOBO bios unless your problem is mentioned in the release notes for the new version)?

Keep us updated,

Scallion

did u read the warnings from ur motherboards manual? they usualy have the solutions there ..

Yes and its 2gb for each only got the lastest ati drivers to i done memtest to found no errors looks like to me this ram may not be right for mothe board but wont give up just yet