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Article #479Re: Just got a CLAP
From: Salvaje
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 04:39
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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