3.66 only working Win2k Geforce driver ...
This is a discussion about 3.66 only working Win2k Geforce driver ... in the Windows Hardware category; I tried all Nvidia beta drivers - the latest drivers that run stable (no lockups on desktop) are 3. 66 beta with Powerstrip force 1x agp. Everything else (tried 3. 69, 3. 72, 3. 75 and 3. 76) lock up randomly on the Win2k desktop - and in Everquest.
I tried all Nvidia beta drivers - the latest drivers that run stable (no lockups on desktop) are 3.66 beta with Powerstrip force 1x agp.
Everything else (tried 3.69, 3.72, 3.75 and 3.76) lock up randomly on the Win2k desktop - and in Everquest. Quake3 seems to run stable with all versions so the opengl part doesnt seem to be affected by the stablity issues.
I dont really trust that 2x AGP with Athlon Irongate boards ... the drivers set it by default but its a known chipset problem so i doubt a driver can fix it ... well even if i force 1x AGP with all newer betas i still get the lockups...
I use an Athlon 500 on a Gigabyte 7IX(C4), 256 mb ram and a Creative SDR Geforce.
If anyone else experienced these kind of problems with drivers >3.66 please reply - want to know if its just me or a real problem
Thanks,
Distar
Everything else (tried 3.69, 3.72, 3.75 and 3.76) lock up randomly on the Win2k desktop - and in Everquest. Quake3 seems to run stable with all versions so the opengl part doesnt seem to be affected by the stablity issues.
I dont really trust that 2x AGP with Athlon Irongate boards ... the drivers set it by default but its a known chipset problem so i doubt a driver can fix it ... well even if i force 1x AGP with all newer betas i still get the lockups...
I use an Athlon 500 on a Gigabyte 7IX(C4), 256 mb ram and a Creative SDR Geforce.
If anyone else experienced these kind of problems with drivers >3.66 please reply - want to know if its just me or a real problem
Thanks,
Distar
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I got the same problem:
W2K sometimes freezes;
but it runs stable for hours using OpenGL-Apps/Games
My hardware:
-Athlon 600MHz
-ASUS K7M
-Creative Annihilator Pro (Geforce DDR)
-Creative SB-Live!
-3COM 3C905B-Combo
-128MB PC100 ECC-Ram
-ATAPI/EIDE-Devices (CD, CDRW, Zip, Disk)
I also tried the nVidia 3.66 drivers but this wont help;
im using the creative drivers now;
I dont see any difference using AGP 1x /2x at all towards stability (my irongate is already stepping c6)
I asked Creative Labs on CeBit, but they didnt know anything from w2k... ("oh this os is very new and blah..." - something like this)
I dont know what to do;
i think if there arent new drivers making my os rock stable out there for the next 2 weeks, I´ll switch back to "good" old NT4;
W2K sometimes freezes;
but it runs stable for hours using OpenGL-Apps/Games
My hardware:
-Athlon 600MHz
-ASUS K7M
-Creative Annihilator Pro (Geforce DDR)
-Creative SB-Live!
-3COM 3C905B-Combo
-128MB PC100 ECC-Ram
-ATAPI/EIDE-Devices (CD, CDRW, Zip, Disk)
I also tried the nVidia 3.66 drivers but this wont help;
im using the creative drivers now;
I dont see any difference using AGP 1x /2x at all towards stability (my irongate is already stepping c6)
I asked Creative Labs on CeBit, but they didnt know anything from w2k... ("oh this os is very new and blah..." - something like this)
I dont know what to do;
i think if there arent new drivers making my os rock stable out there for the next 2 weeks, I´ll switch back to "good" old NT4;
I am using the Gullimant beta drivers on my system (WIN 2000 and 3D prophet SDR) and only had one lockup in the last 3 or 4 days. Not sure if it is driver related, but they seem to be alright so far. I have not tried the 3.66 drivers though and not sure they are even WIN 2000 workable?
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Abit BE6-2
256MB PC 100
3D Prophet SDR 32MB
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PIII650 @ 728
Abit BE6-2
256MB PC 100
3D Prophet SDR 32MB
ive also got the same problem
amd 500
fic sd11
creative riva tnt
one weird thing that seemed to fix the probs
was enabling memory hole in the bios
works fine now no random crashing
really weird fix but works for me
amd 500
fic sd11
creative riva tnt
one weird thing that seemed to fix the probs
was enabling memory hole in the bios
works fine now no random crashing
really weird fix but works for me
