Athlon + Geforce + Win2k. What driver?
I've experimented with most of the drivers available and was wondering what the most stable win2k/athlon/geforce driver is. I have a leadtek DDR and use the tvout sometimes, but it isn't totally needed in compatibility.
I've experimented with most of the drivers available and was wondering what the most stable win2k/athlon/geforce driver is. I have a leadtek DDR and use the tvout sometimes, but it isn't totally needed in compatibility. all i want is to be able to play a quake3 game w/o lockups. thanks!
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Hey,
I have gone through huge headaches with that exact combo, althalon-geforce-win2k
I have found the following, dont know if it applies to anyone else.
drivers 3.72-3.79 = games work fine, no crashes, however random and hard crashes in desktop during mouse movement.
drivers 5.13 = desktop and all normal win2k stuff works great, no desktop crashes....games however (thief 2, Soldier of fortune, etc.) crash at least once a day when run
driver 3.66 = seems to work fine in both desktop and games, but maybe i have just been lucky
one more thing...drivers 5.13 seem to only allow AGPx1. I have this program, Winincpu, which shows chipset info. Under the 3.xx series it shows AGPx2, under the 5.13 it shows AGPx1....wierd
anyways hope that helps.
I have gone through huge headaches with that exact combo, althalon-geforce-win2k
I have found the following, dont know if it applies to anyone else.
drivers 3.72-3.79 = games work fine, no crashes, however random and hard crashes in desktop during mouse movement.
drivers 5.13 = desktop and all normal win2k stuff works great, no desktop crashes....games however (thief 2, Soldier of fortune, etc.) crash at least once a day when run
driver 3.66 = seems to work fine in both desktop and games, but maybe i have just been lucky
one more thing...drivers 5.13 seem to only allow AGPx1. I have this program, Winincpu, which shows chipset info. Under the 3.xx series it shows AGPx2, under the 5.13 it shows AGPx1....wierd
anyways hope that helps.
the best driver for me was the tnt2 3.81 or 5.13 but still crash during game play particularly unreal tournamnet in high res after 5-10 minutes and other games too.
i try different setup and found one who gives me satisfaction means no crash with the driver 5.13
first i upgrade my bios(k7m board/athlon500/196 ram)to the latest beta bios,and optimize the bios for my viper v770(see your specific bios setting in your homepage manufacturer) non ultra ex
ci latency timer 128,memory apertume 512,video shadow 32k and 16 k enable.
and i installed the 5.13 driver(both in win2k and win98se(utilize the 5.13 for win98se) dual boot)choose tnt2 ultra for my card(mine is a non ultra but choosing this setup was better for me)installe powerstrip for win2k(enable memory recovery and agp2X) and that it no more problems
i try different setup and found one who gives me satisfaction means no crash with the driver 5.13
first i upgrade my bios(k7m board/athlon500/196 ram)to the latest beta bios,and optimize the bios for my viper v770(see your specific bios setting in your homepage manufacturer) non ultra ex
ci latency timer 128,memory apertume 512,video shadow 32k and 16 k enable.and i installed the 5.13 driver(both in win2k and win98se(utilize the 5.13 for win98se) dual boot)choose tnt2 ultra for my card(mine is a non ultra but choosing this setup was better for me)installe powerstrip for win2k(enable memory recovery and agp2X) and that it no more problems
