MinMin
2003-12-06 13:15:57 UTC
Could someone tell me if I have a faulty graphics card, or
incompatibility with my new m/b, or some other problem?
I have a Mercury GeForce4 MX440 AGP4x 64mbRAM . A couple of months ago I
installed an Asus P4S8X-X m/b, P4 2.4G, 512mbRAM and 400w power supply.
In the last few weeks any games I've played (Dungeon Seige, Diablo 2, Age
of Empires 2) all crash out or freeze up after a while. I tried all
sorts of BIOS settings and different drivers (btw, running Win98), all
with the same result. Then I eventually found that underclocking to the
minimum shown in RivaTuner (core 225Mhz, mem 300Mhz) seemed to fix the
problem. So then I thought it must be an overheating problem, but the
fan on the card seems to be working fine and having a pedestal fan
blowing straight into my open case didn't seem to make any difference, so
I presume I can rule that out.
I've now run out of ideas. I think I read somewhere that the Sis 648
chipset can have a problem with GeForce cards. Could this be the cause?
Or (as I'm hoping) is it a problem with the card itself? Any ideas?
incompatibility with my new m/b, or some other problem?
I have a Mercury GeForce4 MX440 AGP4x 64mbRAM . A couple of months ago I
installed an Asus P4S8X-X m/b, P4 2.4G, 512mbRAM and 400w power supply.
In the last few weeks any games I've played (Dungeon Seige, Diablo 2, Age
of Empires 2) all crash out or freeze up after a while. I tried all
sorts of BIOS settings and different drivers (btw, running Win98), all
with the same result. Then I eventually found that underclocking to the
minimum shown in RivaTuner (core 225Mhz, mem 300Mhz) seemed to fix the
problem. So then I thought it must be an overheating problem, but the
fan on the card seems to be working fine and having a pedestal fan
blowing straight into my open case didn't seem to make any difference, so
I presume I can rule that out.
I've now run out of ideas. I think I read somewhere that the Sis 648
chipset can have a problem with GeForce cards. Could this be the cause?
Or (as I'm hoping) is it a problem with the card itself? Any ideas?
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MinMin ("yahoo" at the lite to email reply)
"Did you hear the one about the dyslexic, agnostic, insomniac?
He would stay up late every night and wonder if there was a dog."