Author Topic: G Force 4 MX4000 Plus (Read 400 times)

Lord RedHwk · « **on:** April 28, 2005, 04:52:20 PM »

Lord Skuzzy et al,

I just rebuilt my old P3 1ghz into an AMD 2400+ and am now running into a video problem in game. The graphics look great and decent frame rates (30 and 40's with all turned on) but I now am having issues of seeing through mountains occassionally. At long range view (Shft F1) I now have missing poly's all the time at a distance (always the mountain tops...like its snow). They disappear as I get closer. However, short range is flawless. I get the same missing poly's on Mid-range as well. Never had the problem till upgrade.

I am running the same 128mb card I was with the old system and heat doesnt seem to be an issue from the processor as I have cooler temps (hi 30's or very low 40's celcius) wheras before I was running heat higher than that. I thought drivers could be an issue but have installed and tested all versions I could think of.

o Default drivers from the disc.
o Omega Drivers.
o the 52? series (cant remember version)
o the 72? series (cant remember version)

I have played with all range settings and sliders in-game varying from all detail or all performance and get it on all settings. My squaddies have tried to help but still have the issue.

Don't get me wrong. I'm happy with my new rigs performance and know I have it better than a lot of guys out there. Was just wondering if something is porked on my end. System specs follow:

Athlon XP 2400+
Predator G-Force 4 MX 4000 Plus
512 PC2700
PC Chips K7 FSB266 Motherboard
CH Force FX, Pro Throttle, Pro Peddles
Win98 SE
SB Live Value!
DX9

Hell, I think thats it. Thanks in advance for all help given.

ReDhAwK

Skuzzy · « **Reply #1 on:** April 28, 2005, 04:56:35 PM »

Try the 61.77 drivers.

StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 28, 2005, 05:04:14 PM »

What exactly did you upgrade? Its hard to tell why your view has changed if you dont say what hardware you changed.

Starting with the video card though, it should work. Its not a great card, but it should perform the basics for you. So we will start there. You've been changing drivers alot to test the different ones. Did you go through a complete uninstall process every time? Or did you just load the different drivers and run with it? You must completely uninstall old drivers, go through the process of having Windows detect the video card as a generic VGA setup, and then install new drivers every time. Thats several reboots, and yes its a PITA. If you dont though you risk corrupted drivers and mixed up signals to your Direct X. I highly recommend the Omega 61.77 drivers for the older Nvidia cards.

Second, did you reinstall Direct X? With all those driver installs it could very well have gotten confused and still be pointing to old files from a previous driver. It could be pointing to a corrupt driver. Especially with Win98. I tend to reinstall Direct X every time I install new hardware, just to be safe (although I havent had a problem with that since I installed XP). Did you run the tests in the DX Diagnostic? Alot of people dont. They see the "no problems found" at the bottom of the screen and assume it did some kind of test for them. It didnt. That only refers to the date and signatures on the drivers, not a test to see if they work or not, or if the hardware is working with those drivers. Test the video. Test the sound. Make sure your rig passes all the tests (thats AFTER you have installed the proper drivers in the proper way and reinstalled Direct X).

If all this fails, save a copy of your Direct X diagnostic report and email it to Skuzzy so he can look through it and see if he can find a problem.

Good luck!

Lord RedHwk · « **Reply #3 on:** April 28, 2005, 05:05:12 PM »

Negative Skuzzy. I run the exe and it tells me that the drivers are only for win2000 or xp. It terminates execution.

BTW, damn that was a fast response

I appreciate ewe sir.

ReDhAwK

StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #4 on:** April 28, 2005, 05:07:45 PM »

You have to download the drivers FOR Win98 from the Omega website. They have a version for you. Sounds like you tried to install the 2k/XP version of the drivers.

Lord RedHwk · « **Reply #5 on:** April 28, 2005, 05:10:21 PM »

Salute SA2,

I did not delete the old drivers. I just went into Devices and upgraded Drivers there. I also had not reinstalled DX9. Are the Omega 61.77 drivers the standard 61.77 drivers? Or are those found on dudes website?

Thx in advance

ReDhAwK

Lord RedHwk · « **Reply #6 on:** April 28, 2005, 05:11:15 PM »

lol, I cant keep up. I will download those SA2.

Thnky sir,

ReDhAwK

StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 28, 2005, 05:21:04 PM »

Ok, never mind. Omega has stopped supporting anything for Win98. But you can still get a copy of his drivers you need here.....

Never mind. All XP and 2k. Still looking.

Lord RedHwk · « **Reply #8 on:** April 28, 2005, 05:30:12 PM »

I got em SA2. I appreciate you looking sir. Im going in to do your suggestions. Be back soon

ReDhAwK

Lord RedHwk · « **Reply #9 on:** April 28, 2005, 05:41:20 PM »

Scratch that SA2. Those were for xp as well. I will continue to look. I appreciate your help sir.

ReDhAwK

StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #10 on:** April 28, 2005, 05:42:16 PM »

Ah, cool. Just so you and everyone else knows, you can get any version you want for whatever operating system by going through the drivers page at the Nvidia website, and when it takes you to the latest version for your OS, look on the left side where it says "(OS) Archives". Click that link and it will take you to a list of all the previous drivers for your OS. Then click the version you want, it will take you to a download page for it.

Here is the link for Nvidia's "official" version.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/win9x_61.76.html

I'd still download the NVTweak utility also.