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MEAN MACHINE CANT RUN GAMES

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by dualinlinememorymodule 1 view

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Hey

I Have Got The Lastest Technologies Out
And My MEAN MACHINE Wont Run Some Games That Gr8
WHY?

I Tryed The Old Games Like Driver And That

SLOW AS: Even On 640x480 16p and that heaps slow
and it aint my video card
i got a ASUS Geforce 4 MX440 DDR VIVO
And A Intel Celeron 2.2GHz 400BUS
And 512DDR333 RAM
WTF
Im Confused Even BF1942 Runs Heaps Slow On It

I Have Replaced The CPU Motherboard And All

From a 1.7 to a 2.2
from a gigabyte standard board
to a gigabyte GA-8P800 Ultra
From 256 To 512 333
And All

The Only Thing I Havent Tried Is Changing The Graphics Card GF4 MX440 DDR

Bah Its ASUS - The Best
And Brand NEW With Nvida Chipset WTF

Newayz I Downloaded The Lastest Drivers
Direct X 8.1
Then Direct X 9.0
and tryed everything

One of my mates said its the video card but HOW/?
its A GEFORCE 4 MX440 DDR 64MB

and i tryed my old boards onboard and its slow also that had 64MB Rendering WTF Is Going On

SOME PLEASE HELP!!!

Another One Of My Mates Said That The Card Has A New Chipset Type Like For Example Uses fftff
Rather then the TI versions which uses ttftt
or some shit

BAH ALL I NOW
IS ITS

Intel Celeron 2.2GHz/400
512DDR Pc2700 333 DIMM RAM - Kingston The BEST
Gigabyte GA-8PE800 Ultra - Worth Like 300-400
And A ASUS Nvidia Geforce 4 MX440 64MB VIVO
And A DVD-ROM 48x16 4KUS BenQ
52x52x24 Liteon Burner
1.44 FDD
40GB HDD 7200RPM Seagate Barra
Wha Else Sweet Handle Case 350w PSU
and 56k Agree FaX mODEM

PLEASE HELP

if there is a problem with drivers or fftff, ttftt or whatevr please help
no point of having a sweet system that aint running old or new games well ie bt1942, driver
etc..........
oh and my old geforce 2 mx200 64 run them sweet!
tHANKX 4 Your Time

PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!

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by steven lynas

Right.

Here are some things to try.

1. Try upgrading your PSU from 350w to 450w
2. Make sure your ram is actually running at 333mhz
3. Download the latest drivers from http://www.nvidia.com. The latest driver is 44.03
4. Make sure your pagefile is set to 768MB only. Your page file should be 1.5 times the amount of ram installed.
5. Make sure your video card clock speed is set correctly in the BIOS.
6. You haven't mentioned which version of Windows you're using. DON'T USE ME.
7. If you're using XP, re-format your drive and make sure you run it on a FAT32 Partition. NTFS only serves as useful if you require security and high compression.
8. Update the BIOS version from the manufacturer
9. You should with your card be able to run pretty much everything apart from those games that recommend higher than 64MB Video RAM
10. Make sure that if the games are older ie 95/98/ME, that you right click on the icon that runs them and make sure that they are running in compatibility mode.

Hope all this helps.

Steven

by dualinlinememorymodule

I Havent Tryed 1,4,5,6=Windows XP NTFS,8=Reskie,9=Its A GF4 Should Be Able To Run Anything Pretty Much,

I Have Tryed 2,3,6(Above), Thankx But Need More Detailed Support Thanx Buddy!

by Member 32254067

just a thought but you didnt mention about the video drivers your using... are you using the ones it came with or its newest off the internet?

by hawgfan

You didn't say what OS you are running but try taking everything out of the startup except what is absolutely necessary. You can do this through msconfig. Good Luck

by thechas

If you are running Windows 98 or Me, drop the amount of RAM back to 384MB or 256MB.

The core code of W9X has a 'bug' that can cause problems with more than 511MB of RAM installed.

This bug is VERY configuration dependant.

I have seen several systems slow to a crawl with 512MB installed, and speed up significantly when RAM was dropped down to 256MB.

I have read a few benchmark tests that showed W98 having the fastest numbers with 196MB of RAM.

IE 6 can also cause W98 to slow down a lot. I don't have a Me box to check if the same happens there.

Chas

by dualinlinememorymodule

Thanx But I Am Using Windows XP And I Know The Above And Need More HELP!!! One Of My Mates Said Its The CPU It Aint For Gaming They Said Its Deff Not The Board Cause The Boards $300+
they said it either th card,cp, bios settings, or drivers

by maggot

First, there is a known issue with Direct X 9.0 and the MX series of Geforce cards. Contact your video card maker and verify it Yes or No. Note: Nvida only makes the CPUs.

Second, have you installed the service pack SP 1 for Windows XP?

Third,Check CMOS settings for memory speed and AGP speed 2x, 4x, etc. Verify that you have a IRQ assigned for the video card in the CMOS settings set to yes.

Fourth, if your card doesn't support Direct X 9.0 then you will need to get 'DX Eradicater' www.google.com, revert the DX files to 8.1.

Fifth, If you get tired of messing with it take the comp. to a computer shop and have it sorted out.

by dualinlinememorymodule

Nah Its All Good Now It Was My Motherboard FALTY

I Got This Sweet 1 NOW! :D GIGABYTE GA-8PENXP Motherboard :D
Its Worth $500 I Got Cheap Cause I Work At A Comp Shop

Thanx Mateeeeeee

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