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632444 2008-07-06 03:48:00 Interesting to not that that post is nearly a year old> Have you tried looking for Bootcamp updates as I know that Apple has updated the bootcamp firmware since October last year.

Have you posted your problem on MacFixitforums or Apple support forums?

I did a slightly different search and came up with this link
forums.macnn.com
As well as this list
www.google.co.nz
vitalstatistix (9182)
632445 2008-07-06 04:18:00 It's all updated and I have catalyst. I've spent a while trying to fix this problem by reading forum posts and searching google. Looks like I should just uninstall windows an buy a separate PC. music_man (5482)
632446 2008-07-06 04:25:00 Was this Vista or XP? sal (67)
632447 2008-07-06 04:40:00 It's all updated and I have catalyst. I've spent a while trying to fix this problem by reading forum posts and searching google. Looks like I should just uninstall windows an buy a separate PC.

If it is just for gaming that might be a better idea to save you the hassels of trying to sort it out.
vitalstatistix (9182)
632448 2008-11-22 11:21:00 It's both for xp and Vista. I'm pretty sure it is nothing to do with the ATI drivers or the temperature of the computer as I've updated graphics and monitored CPU temperature (but not graphics card temperature).

Apparently Apple had to release a fix for OS X with this graphics card: Ati Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT.
music_man (5482)
632449 2008-11-22 22:33:00 How do you know it's not temperature if you don't even know what temperature the card is running at?

Do you even know what the "fix" does?
Agent_24 (57)
632450 2008-11-22 23:27:00 Thanks for your reply, Agent_24. The fix for OS X was to stop the graphics card freezing. I'm not sure if the graphics card temperature is involved and whether or not I can measure the temperature with my chip. The graphics problem mainly happens when I do graphics-intensive things such as games and I am wondering if there is a fan driver missing. music_man (5482)
632451 2008-11-23 01:41:00 The fans (if you're talking about video card) are controlled primarily by the video card's BIOS

They can be controlled secondarily by software but if none is present then the BIOS settings will take over.

It's possible that the fix apple published overrides the BIOS fan settings and runs them faster, maybe even underclocks the card to keep heat down.

To test this theory you'd need to measure the Temperature, fan speed and core/memory speeds with and without the patched OSX loaded, to see if there was any difference.

Could be a bugged BIOS on the card or a bad cooling design, but probably unlikely to be the drivers...
Agent_24 (57)
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