Alliedassault - View Single Post - this video card is choking on me, what am i doing wrong?

quiet · 01-02-2002, 06:08 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Skidrowpunk:
Well as you would know make sure nothing in running in the back ground.

Also make sure your Motherboard is NOT on 2x AGP, that can slow any card down, I have a PIII 933 Geforce 3, 390Mb RAM and when I was on 2x MOH ran like shit!

Now I got my new MB for X-Mas, with 4x, and she is running great.

Not a lot fo help, but some ideas, also a CPU upgrade could help, i think a 500 is Socket370, so a upgrade to a 800/900Mhz would not cost a lot.

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Unless you have a VIA chipset, then 4X can do more damage than 2X.

Read this article:
http://www.viahardware.com/agp4xfix.shtm

You may need to get something like NvMax to enable 4X:
http://www.nvmax.com/cgi-bin/nvmax.p...num=1009865938

Also, I'm pretty sure fast-writes are disabled by default, with NVmax they show as ghosted, but if you click on it, it'll enable.

[This message has been edited by quiet (edited January 02, 2002).]

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quiet is Offline Senior Member Posts: 454 Join Date: Jan 2002	01-02-2002, 06:08 AM <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Skidrowpunk: Well as you would know make sure nothing in running in the back ground. Also make sure your Motherboard is NOT on 2x AGP, that can slow any card down, I have a PIII 933 Geforce 3, 390Mb RAM and when I was on 2x MOH ran like shit! Now I got my new MB for X-Mas, with 4x, and she is running great. Not a lot fo help, but some ideas, also a CPU upgrade could help, i think a 500 is Socket370, so a upgrade to a 800/900Mhz would not cost a lot. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Unless you have a VIA chipset, then 4X can do more damage than 2X. Read this article: http://www.viahardware.com/agp4xfix.shtm You may need to get something like NvMax to enable 4X: http://www.nvmax.com/cgi-bin/nvmax.p...num=1009865938 Also, I'm pretty sure fast-writes are disabled by default, with NVmax they show as ghosted, but if you click on it, it'll enable. [This message has been edited by quiet (edited January 02, 2002).]