winxprc2+new geforce3+opengl games=lock up
I just installed a new asus v8200 deluxe geforce 3 on my rig the other day. every thing ran perfect with my v7700 deluxe. BUT. . . . now with my geforce 3 it crashes when i leave any opengl program, specifically quake games; 1,2, and 3 (haven't tried unreal in opengl yet) i wanna blame my sblive because it was such ...
I just installed a new asus v8200 deluxe geforce 3 on my rig the other day.
every thing ran perfect with my v7700 deluxe.
BUT.... now with my geforce 3 it crashes when i leave any opengl program, specifically quake games; 1,2, and 3 (haven't tried unreal in opengl yet)
i wanna blame my sblive because it was such a headache in the past, my sblive works PERFECT now, so it has to be causing some kinda problem now right? jk
i've tried a bunch of different drivers, mainly 12.* and 14.*, i've heard the 8.* are good but i thought they were not too directx8 friendly... or was that not geforce3 friendly? something like that...
anyway... anyone got a bright idea besides wait for the 20.* drivers?
i thought i heard a while back of people having problems with geforces of some flavor crashing when they leave opengl stuff...
every thing ran perfect with my v7700 deluxe.
BUT.... now with my geforce 3 it crashes when i leave any opengl program, specifically quake games; 1,2, and 3 (haven't tried unreal in opengl yet)
i wanna blame my sblive because it was such a headache in the past, my sblive works PERFECT now, so it has to be causing some kinda problem now right? jk
i've tried a bunch of different drivers, mainly 12.* and 14.*, i've heard the 8.* are good but i thought they were not too directx8 friendly... or was that not geforce3 friendly? something like that...
anyway... anyone got a bright idea besides wait for the 20.* drivers?
i thought i heard a while back of people having problems with geforces of some flavor crashing when they leave opengl stuff...
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Got the Via4-in-1's installed? Make sure you don't have the IDE Busmaster driver installed. I have the VP6 and a screensaver in OpenGL would lock up quickly. I have no clue why, but try that. No lockups since then.
BTW, this was in Win2k, but XP is about the same.
I'm not sure about the 8.0x drivers. Eddie314 was big on those, but he's taken leave from the forums indefinitely, unfortunately.
If you're curious, try 'em. You've got driver rollback.
What is your AGP drive strength? Set it to EA or DA(default) in BIOS.
Try setting your CPU's back to 700MHz, pull all but the GF3 out and go from there. Add cards back in and test.
Do this stuff if you haven't done it already.
BTW, this was in Win2k, but XP is about the same.
I'm not sure about the 8.0x drivers. Eddie314 was big on those, but he's taken leave from the forums indefinitely, unfortunately.
If you're curious, try 'em. You've got driver rollback.
What is your AGP drive strength? Set it to EA or DA(default) in BIOS.
Try setting your CPU's back to 700MHz, pull all but the GF3 out and go from there. Add cards back in and test.
Do this stuff if you haven't done it already.
(ge force 2)Win2K and XP 2600 --- i have the same problem..... i would fire up a game like half-life or counter- strike ..... i can play fine for about 5 minutes , then it crashes , and goes back to desktop.....
ive tried all detonators etc ..... flashed my cards bios .... and it still happens ....
theres nothing i havent tried ......
i really dont know why this happens .... im at my wits end
ive been reading a few forums and a few people also have this problem , but ive never seen a fix.....
ive tried all detonators etc ..... flashed my cards bios .... and it still happens ....
theres nothing i havent tried ......
i really dont know why this happens .... im at my wits end
ive been reading a few forums and a few people also have this problem , but ive never seen a fix.....
I have heard about Via AGP4x problems for some people, but not been one of them. It happens... ;(
It seems that as I read more about the problems people are having with Xp,there are lots of them by the way,and the extreme measures that some are taking eg: flashing vga's bios to make the video card run properly,the more evident it is becoming that the problems are in the programing of the os,software,drivers and not the hardware.
ASUS V8200 is one of the best cards money can buy and to go and change agp4x(which is the default bios setting on most of the latest motherboards)back to 2x to try and get V8200 to preforme better is ludicrous.
You guys have to be more patient and let the hardware manafactures bring out improved drivers for XP and Microsoft to bring out the first service pack which there will no doubt be,because this is where the problems lie.
ASUS V8200 is one of the best cards money can buy and to go and change agp4x(which is the default bios setting on most of the latest motherboards)back to 2x to try and get V8200 to preforme better is ludicrous.
You guys have to be more patient and let the hardware manafactures bring out improved drivers for XP and Microsoft to bring out the first service pack which there will no doubt be,because this is where the problems lie.
By the way if the reference drivers you initially installed for V8200 where off the ASUS install cd and were v12.10 then these drivers were buggy.I installed these drivers and they corrupted the os.I had to reinstall the os after using the 12.10's.Others complained of the same problem with these drivers.
I too am in the boat of openGL+geforce= problem
When I exit openGL games my system hard locks!
I have
Elsa gladiac geforce 2 (tried lots of different drivers)
Asus P2B-DS
winXP 2600
I think microsoft changed something in XP and now hardware developers need to update their drivers. this prooves its very important with good driver support!
When I exit openGL games my system hard locks!
I have
Elsa gladiac geforce 2 (tried lots of different drivers)
Asus P2B-DS
winXP 2600
I think microsoft changed something in XP and now hardware developers need to update their drivers. this prooves its very important with good driver support!
