paladin06
03-04-2002, 10:17 PM
:mad: :mad: Well I got my GeForce4 today and am I miffed. The darn thing locks up my pc all the time and when it will run the 3D Mark scores really suck!!
:mad:
:mad:
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Imperion1
03-04-2002, 11:25 PM
What drivers are you using? What do you have your AGP speed and aperature size in the bios set to?
BipolarBill
03-05-2002, 12:53 AM
That's a shame, paladin06. I'll take it off of your hands. I'll swap you for my (working) GF2 GTS...
;)
;)
paladin06
03-05-2002, 04:24 AM
The released 27.50, auto and 128!!
Originally posted by Imperion1
What drivers are you using? What do you have your AGP speed and aperature size in the bios set to? :mad:
Originally posted by Imperion1
What drivers are you using? What do you have your AGP speed and aperature size in the bios set to? :mad:
JeffD
03-05-2002, 04:58 AM
Hi paladin06,
In what applications does the card lock up? Only 3D (i.e. games, benchmarks) or also 2D (i.e. Windows)?
Here are some areas to investigate:
1. Driver conflict. Did you reformat hard drive and install new card fresh? If not then did you uninstall ALL files associated with last video card? Example is with nvidia card......uninstall using Windows remove feature, reboot to VGA, next use detonatordestroyer (from Guru3D) to remove remaining files, reboot, then install new drivers. The process is much more complicated for other cards like ATI and 3dfx since you need to manually remove files in Windows and in the registry.
2. Hardware conflict. What kind of system is this card running in? If it's an older system there may be a voltage issue. If it's a newer system make sure there are no IRQ conflicts.
3. Cooling. Is the card hot to the touch (memory and gpu)? If so then maybe quality control is not the best and the heatsink is not contacting the surface very well. Reseating the heatsink or RMA may be the only option here.
4. Bum card......test out the card in another computer system. If the same problems are present then the card may be bad and you need to RMA it.
Good Luck
Regards,
JeffD
In what applications does the card lock up? Only 3D (i.e. games, benchmarks) or also 2D (i.e. Windows)?
Here are some areas to investigate:
1. Driver conflict. Did you reformat hard drive and install new card fresh? If not then did you uninstall ALL files associated with last video card? Example is with nvidia card......uninstall using Windows remove feature, reboot to VGA, next use detonatordestroyer (from Guru3D) to remove remaining files, reboot, then install new drivers. The process is much more complicated for other cards like ATI and 3dfx since you need to manually remove files in Windows and in the registry.
2. Hardware conflict. What kind of system is this card running in? If it's an older system there may be a voltage issue. If it's a newer system make sure there are no IRQ conflicts.
3. Cooling. Is the card hot to the touch (memory and gpu)? If so then maybe quality control is not the best and the heatsink is not contacting the surface very well. Reseating the heatsink or RMA may be the only option here.
4. Bum card......test out the card in another computer system. If the same problems are present then the card may be bad and you need to RMA it.
Good Luck
Regards,
JeffD
paladin06
03-05-2002, 06:15 PM
Nope, I did a fresh driver install.
Nope, not an IRQ issue.
Card is cool..
Could be a bum card!!
Nope, not an IRQ issue.
Card is cool..
Could be a bum card!!
The Sherminator
03-05-2002, 07:59 PM
What were your scores?
You should call nVidia (if they have a #)
I got a GEforce 3 Ti 500 and it pretty good though I got some problems 2. I think that our vid. cards (especially yours) are too advanced for some games. For many games, my vid. card isn't supported and it gives the game o.k. graph. e.g- Need For Speed 4 & 5. And max payne. That might b it though you should really call.
You should call nVidia (if they have a #)
I got a GEforce 3 Ti 500 and it pretty good though I got some problems 2. I think that our vid. cards (especially yours) are too advanced for some games. For many games, my vid. card isn't supported and it gives the game o.k. graph. e.g- Need For Speed 4 & 5. And max payne. That might b it though you should really call.
JeffD
03-06-2002, 03:44 AM
Hi paladin06,
If your still having problems with a fresh install, no IRQ conflicts, BIOS adjusted properly (i.e. aperture set correctly, all video caching shadowing turned off, etc.), using a solid driver version (ex. 21.83 is a good stable one) and installed drivers in proper order (ex. VIA 4-1 drivers if needed, DirectX, then video drivers) then......
-- If you can diagnose that it is indeed the video card causing the problem then it's likely a heat related issue, voltage issue or just a bad card.
Testing the card in a completely different system may aid in determining if the card is a RMA.
Regards,
JeffD
If your still having problems with a fresh install, no IRQ conflicts, BIOS adjusted properly (i.e. aperture set correctly, all video caching shadowing turned off, etc.), using a solid driver version (ex. 21.83 is a good stable one) and installed drivers in proper order (ex. VIA 4-1 drivers if needed, DirectX, then video drivers) then......
-- If you can diagnose that it is indeed the video card causing the problem then it's likely a heat related issue, voltage issue or just a bad card.
Testing the card in a completely different system may aid in determining if the card is a RMA.
Regards,
JeffD
Imperion1
03-06-2002, 07:54 AM
What was your old vid card? When you replaced the vid card, did you change your vid card drivers to Standard VGA first? Shutdown, replace card, reboot, install new drivers?
paladin06
03-06-2002, 04:04 PM
Yep,
did all that and more. I'm sending the piece of s*** back tomorrow.
Originally posted by Imperion1
What was your old vid card? When you replaced the vid card, did you change your vid card drivers to Standard VGA first? Shutdown, replace card, reboot, install new drivers?
did all that and more. I'm sending the piece of s*** back tomorrow.
Originally posted by Imperion1
What was your old vid card? When you replaced the vid card, did you change your vid card drivers to Standard VGA first? Shutdown, replace card, reboot, install new drivers?
Jimstep
03-06-2002, 05:09 PM
I don't have a G4 card, but the 23.11 and 27.50 nVidia drivers run very very badly with my G3Ti200. I don't know why, so I stick with the 21.88 drivers.
Are the 27.50 drivers the ones that came with the card?
Are the 27.50 drivers the ones that came with the card?
paladin06
03-06-2002, 06:21 PM
27.50 and 27.70 came with the card..
Originally posted by Jimstep
I don't have a G4 card, but the 23.11 and 27.50 nVidia drivers run very very badly with my G3Ti200. I don't know why, so I stick with the 21.88 drivers.
Are the 27.50 drivers the ones that came with the card?
Originally posted by Jimstep
I don't have a G4 card, but the 23.11 and 27.50 nVidia drivers run very very badly with my G3Ti200. I don't know why, so I stick with the 21.88 drivers.
Are the 27.50 drivers the ones that came with the card?
MeshuggahMan
03-06-2002, 07:41 PM
Side note: I'm new to the boards and still pretty new to all the in depthness of computers (just got back into it last xmas)
Just like paladin..I'm having big problems with my GF4 Ti 4600...I tried playing medal of honor. Thinking that I had the best card available out there today, I bumped everything to the fullest. I got MAJOR slowdowns, so I dumbed it down a bit, but I STILL got slowdown. Hell, I put on the same settings I had it on while I had my GF3 Ti 200 (it ran fine on that card) but I still got slowdown.
I've tried uninstalling, reinstalling, deleting, etc. drivers over and over. I tried the detonator destroyer that Jeff suggested. Still no good.
So now I'll go into the territory that I'm unfamiliar with...
AGP speed and aperature size.
First of all, what exactly are they? Could these settings help me with my settings? And lastly..How do I check to see what these settings are on or if I want to change them?
If specs are needed..here ya go...
P4 1.7 Ghz, 640 Megs RdRAM, Win XP. And I've got the 27.50 drivers installed at the moment.
Sorry for the long post :D. But any help would be GREATLY appreciated..I just wanna get this **** card working well. Thanks in advance.
Just like paladin..I'm having big problems with my GF4 Ti 4600...I tried playing medal of honor. Thinking that I had the best card available out there today, I bumped everything to the fullest. I got MAJOR slowdowns, so I dumbed it down a bit, but I STILL got slowdown. Hell, I put on the same settings I had it on while I had my GF3 Ti 200 (it ran fine on that card) but I still got slowdown.
I've tried uninstalling, reinstalling, deleting, etc. drivers over and over. I tried the detonator destroyer that Jeff suggested. Still no good.
So now I'll go into the territory that I'm unfamiliar with...
AGP speed and aperature size.
First of all, what exactly are they? Could these settings help me with my settings? And lastly..How do I check to see what these settings are on or if I want to change them?
If specs are needed..here ya go...
P4 1.7 Ghz, 640 Megs RdRAM, Win XP. And I've got the 27.50 drivers installed at the moment.
Sorry for the long post :D. But any help would be GREATLY appreciated..I just wanna get this **** card working well. Thanks in advance.
paladin06
03-06-2002, 08:36 PM
I returned my card tonight via Fed EX. More to follow!!
Imperion1
03-06-2002, 09:13 PM
AGP speed is just the 1x, 2x, or 4x setting for motherboards that support this. If you have a video card that will use AGP 4x, examples: GF2 and up, then you would set the mobo's AGP to 4.
Below is a link to explain the aperture size.
http://www.viahardware.com/faq/kt7/faqagp.html
Below is a link to explain the aperture size.
http://www.viahardware.com/faq/kt7/faqagp.html
paladin06
03-07-2002, 04:25 AM
GeForce4 sitting at the door waiting for the Fed Ex guy!! My GeForce 3 is back in place and kicking ****. Has anyone had trouble uninstalling the 27.50 drivers. I had one heck of a time last night. My pc did some things it's never done before.:confused:
The Sherminator
03-10-2002, 05:19 PM
Ok so if u ot ur geforce 3 back.....wut kind is it? as in ti___
b/c i have ti 500 as I said and I have had trouble installing a driver b/c every driver im trying 2 get 4 it is not certified by microsoft and im really getting pissed b/c only one of my games don't work...Max Payne
b/c i have ti 500 as I said and I have had trouble installing a driver b/c every driver im trying 2 get 4 it is not certified by microsoft and im really getting pissed b/c only one of my games don't work...Max Payne
paladin06
03-10-2002, 05:36 PM
I have a Visiontek GeForce3 oc@ 236/496 with Nvidia 23.11 drivers and it works GREAT!!!! I run all my games on 1024x768 and 32 bit, inclucding GR, Max Payne RTCW and Red Faction just to mention a few.
My system spec:
Paladin06 System spec:
ALIENWARE - HiveMind
Win98SE - w/Office 2000
Directx 8.1a
AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.3Ghz @ 1.365 - 12.5x105
Asus MB A7V-E 1003 bios
Visiontek GeForce3 64meg DDR - (1024x768 16 bit) (23.11 drivers )(Blue Orb cooling fan on main chip) oc @ 236/496
2 intake and 3 exhaust case fans. (including Koolmax card cooler)
VIA 4 in 1 - 14.37 v (a) drivers
512meg PC133 (Mushkin) Rev 2 222 High Performance
Sound Blaster Live X-Gamer 5.1
Cambridge SoundWorks FPS 2000 sound system
19" Acer 99sl Monitor
Razor BoomSlanger 1000 Gaming Mouse
30gig ATA 100 HD
10gig ATA 66 HD
56x CDROM
Originally posted by The Sherminator
Ok so if u ot ur geforce 3 back.....wut kind is it? as in ti___
b/c i have ti 500 as I said and I have had trouble installing a driver b/c every driver im trying 2 get 4 it is not certified by microsoft and im really getting pissed b/c only one of my games don't work...Max Payne :cool: :cool:
My system spec:
Paladin06 System spec:
ALIENWARE - HiveMind
Win98SE - w/Office 2000
Directx 8.1a
AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.3Ghz @ 1.365 - 12.5x105
Asus MB A7V-E 1003 bios
Visiontek GeForce3 64meg DDR - (1024x768 16 bit) (23.11 drivers )(Blue Orb cooling fan on main chip) oc @ 236/496
2 intake and 3 exhaust case fans. (including Koolmax card cooler)
VIA 4 in 1 - 14.37 v (a) drivers
512meg PC133 (Mushkin) Rev 2 222 High Performance
Sound Blaster Live X-Gamer 5.1
Cambridge SoundWorks FPS 2000 sound system
19" Acer 99sl Monitor
Razor BoomSlanger 1000 Gaming Mouse
30gig ATA 100 HD
10gig ATA 66 HD
56x CDROM
Originally posted by The Sherminator
Ok so if u ot ur geforce 3 back.....wut kind is it? as in ti___
b/c i have ti 500 as I said and I have had trouble installing a driver b/c every driver im trying 2 get 4 it is not certified by microsoft and im really getting pissed b/c only one of my games don't work...Max Payne :cool: :cool:
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