Ok, I just got a new system and a new video card.
Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz
Asrock P4i65GV Motherboard – Bios ver. 1.7
512 Mb of some PC3200 Ram (I don’t know what the timings are)
Nvidia GeForce FX 5900XT 128MB
sub-par generic case with a 350 watt power supply
80 GB WD HDD
My problem is this. My Geforce card says it’s running in PCI mode, and on anything high end, it lags like a trident 256 color card. The motherboard’s bios won’t let me disable the onboard video card. I disabled the card from windows, and installed the new card. Still, it says it’s in PCI mode. The only video card options the bios gives me is the video priority (agi/pci/onboard), and I’ve tried all the options there. On the asrock website, it says the board has a special ‘AGI’ vga upgrade slot that is agp compatable. There’s a list of ‘agi’ compatable cards, and mine’s not on there. I don’t think that should matter in terms of getting some 8x AGP support for the geforce card. Anyways, this is driving me nuts. Please help me, as Doom 3 is coming in the mail tomorrow. Thanks so much.
