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Title: Video & Hardware Issues
Post by: Carbide on June 09, 2005, 06:48:58 PM

I need Help Bad!, I have reviewed a few of the video issues for running AH2. I cannot play at all without it freezing up, offline or online. I have a Invidia GEForce mx440 64meg Card, AMD Sempron 3100, 512 meg Ram. I cannot even play AH1 without it freezing.. Am going through withdrawls. I updated my system on a budget , of course, to play AH2. Am having to play IL2 in the meantime. If it is a heat issue what can I get to monitor the heat on my card?

Title: Video & Hardware Issues
Post by: wrag on June 09, 2005, 08:45:50 PM

Suggestion for possible heat issue is remove case side panel and place a fan to blow into case.

Freezing does not sound like a heat issue but not a guru here.

Settings!  Place everything to lowset settings, do NOT load skins, Turn off Skins etc etc etc........

Drivers ... check for latest version that works for your operating system!

Title: Video & Hardware Issues
Post by: Carbide on June 09, 2005, 09:56:37 PM

Am running V.71.84, I will update driver and try that.

Title: Video & Hardware Issues
Post by: wrag on June 10, 2005, 10:46:51 AM

Are you running windows XP?

Heard Windows XP needs at least 1 meg memory for best results.

Title: Video & Hardware Issues
Post by: zmeg on June 10, 2005, 11:59:46 AM

Does your motherboard have native support for a simpron cpu? Most mobos need a bios flash to properly run a simpron, it will run without it but it's unstable and AH2 will bring a unstable machine to it's knees.

Title: Video & Hardware Issues
Post by: Roscoroo on June 10, 2005, 12:39:08 PM

more info would be a big help . the 1st part of your Dxdiag  would lets us see what ur setup is .

Go to start/run   type in   Dxdiag

Title: Video & Hardware Issues
Post by: wrag on June 10, 2005, 03:39:02 PM

The guru's are here :D

Title: Video & Hardware Issues
Post by: Carbide on June 10, 2005, 04:17:03 PM

OK...
MS XP PRo (5.1, Build2600)
Sys. Manufacturer, VIAK8M
Sys Model. AWRDACPI
BIOS: Phoenix- AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Sempron 3100+.~1.8GHz
510 Megs Ram
DX Version 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)

The Mother Board was bought Barebones with the Sempron Chip as part of deal....

Title: Video & Hardware Issues
Post by: Roscoroo on June 10, 2005, 04:40:08 PM

ok whats going on is you have an old gf 4 video card .. this is pre Dx 9  so its gonna need earlier drivers .  52.xx 's i think ...

Title: Video & Hardware Issues
Post by: StarOfAfrica2 on June 10, 2005, 05:35:07 PM

This is the one you need.  Last one I know of that is stable with that card.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_61.77.html

Title: Video & Hardware Issues
Post by: Roscoroo on June 10, 2005, 05:39:10 PM

thanks SA ..   ive got mostly ati's  these days .

Title: Video & Hardware Issues
Post by: Carbide on June 17, 2005, 10:48:54 AM

Thank You all for the replies... I will get try that driver... I am getting DSL soon and will download that file then. I appreciate the help....