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Re: Just got a CLAP

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From: Salvaje
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 04:39
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The Asus P3B-F has a 440BX chipset; it will support everything from a P2 200
to a P3 600.
About the drivers, I can try to change them, but it seems strange to me that
the provided ones don't work with any game I've tried - including the ones
that come with the card!

Eric <ejrongo@home.com> wrote in message news:38AB1782.88BAF963@home.com...
> You need a board with a BX chipset to use a GeForce.  Sometimes an LX will
work,
> but usually not.
>
> Have you tried the Nvidia reference drivers?
>
> Salvaje wrote:
>
> > Installation went fine, & no 2d problems.  Games, however, are running
very
> > poorly in both D3D & OpenGL - lots of stuttering, halting, poor
framerate.
> > No lockups or bluescreens so far.
> >
> > Here are my specs:
> >
> > P2 266 MMX
> > Asus P3B-F mobo w/ AGP voltage set to 3.65
> > 64 mb ram (usu. it's 128, but that's another story ;-)
> > Win. 98 SE
> > DirectX 7.0a
> > CL drivers supplied w/ card (I know there are other drivers; I just want
to
> > get it running & stable before I try tweaking anything)
> >
> > One more thing: my power supply is 230 watt.  Could this be the problem?
I
> > figured that if the power supply was too weak it would just crash, not
give
> > bad game performance.
> >
> > The problem has occurred in everything I've run so far, except the
GeForce
> > demos.  (Don't have the processor to run the Dmzg disc).  I've tried
Wheel
> > of Time demo, Need for Speed H.S., Darkstone & Torment.  All behave the
same
> > way.
> >
> > I figure it's either the drivers or the power supply, but I'm not
> > sure....shouldn't the provided drivers run at least *some* games?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > mike
>
>
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