Help Please

[Connman]

I just purchased a geforce2 MX400 (AGP). Installed it on my AMD K6/2(500), 192MB ram. It keeps locking up the computer when loading games. I have to shut the power off and reboot. I found the patch for the game and updated the drivers for the video card and still doesn't work. It even crashed during a Benchmark99.

 

[labdog]

new gc on old comp => games crashes.

test the video with winbench.
if that involves crashes & hangup, the gc is not supported by your old config.

maybe you can change the gc setting to improve the compatibility.


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[marneus]

the chipset of your motherboard... is it a VIA Apollo MVP3/4 ???
it seems to have problems with certain graphics cards... had one from TMC & it didnt like my TNT2 ultra (anything involving video & it tended to go a bit ga-ga)...

There are no stupid questions... just lots of inquisitive idiots...

 

[Connman]

I got the winbench. Didn't crash, results are. winbench99/High-End Graphics WinMark99 206. don't know if it's good or not.WinBench 99/GDI Playback/HE/AVS/Express 3.0 25 1,2

WinBench 99/GDI Playback/HE/FrontPage 98 43.5 1,2

WinBench 99/GDI Playback/HE/MicroStation SE 6.98 1,2

WinBench 99/GDI Playback/HE/Photoshop 4.0 21.8 1,2

WinBench 99/GDI Playback/HE/Premiere 4.2 19.1 1,2

WinBench 99/GDI Playback/HE/Sound Forge 4.0 43.1 1,2

WinBench 99/GDI Playback/HE/Visual C++ 5.0 81.9 1,2

WinBench 99/High-End Graphics WinMark 99 206 1,2


<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by connman on 04/23/02 06:45 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[Connman]

it's possible that the video card will allways have problems with the system I have?

 

[marneus]

possible/probable (you could try an older model card in your system and see if the problem still occurs... I switched my older computer back to a ATI rage pro can it stopped falling over... but then it isnt much good for games with a 4 yr old card in it...)

There are no stupid questions... just lots of inquisitive idiots...

 

[aces170]

oh boy i have the same prob.... it is the agp slot in our motherboard is the older version it supports cards with 5 volts, whereas 98% of the cards now are of the 3.3 volts categerory, btw whch company card do u have , so i do not make the same mistake of purchasing it