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| EPIC |
 Sep 28 2003, 08:45 AM
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I have bought a new video card, but I am experencing a low fps (ranging from low teens to low 30s)
It is a geforce4 mx440se 64mbDDR and I have downloaded the latest driver. Changing graphic settings (game and driver) has no effect at all. My PC is a P3 750 with 396 pc133RAM, Windows 2000Pro, Directx9. Any thoughts on this matter would be appreciated. -------------------- Blue is Best
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| JayBaen |
Sep 28 2003, 10:57 AM
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 Lord Group: Admin Posts: 1,073 Joined: 13-June 03 From: Atlanta, GA Member No.: 3 |
EPIC:
1) What were your framerates prior to the new video card? 2) Is this for JK2, or JK3? 3) Was your old video card an nVidia based chipset as well, or something else? 4) Which drivers are you using with the new video card, ones from the manufacturer of the card, or reference drivers from nVidia? 4) What mode of AGP can your MOBO support, 2X, 4X etc. 5) Does your Video card require that an IRQ be assigned for the video? Is it set to do so in the BIOS? Let me know if any of this doesn't make sense. JB -------------------- Yellow Is Golden
DelphiGT "There's nothing in this universe that can't be explained. Eventually." -- House, M.D. |
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| EPIC |
Sep 28 2003, 11:19 AM
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Padawan Group: Members Posts: 27 Joined: 26-September 03 Member No.: 63 |
[quote=JayBaen,Sep 28 2003, 10:57 AM] EPIC:
1) What were your framerates prior to the new video card? 2) Is this for JK2, or JK3? 3) Was your old video card an nVidia based chipset as well, or something else? 4) Which drivers are you using with the new video card, ones from the manufacturer of the card, or reference drivers from nVidia? 4) What mode of AGP can your MOBO support, 2X, 4X etc. 5) Does your Video card require that an IRQ be assigned for the video? Is it set to do so in the BIOS? Let me know if any of this doesn't make sense. JB [/quote] 1-framerates are about the same....maybe 5-10 fps faster 2-jk2 3-old card was a TNT2 4-the latest download from nVidia and I quote "The industry's only true Unified Driver Architecture (UDA) - supports over five generations of NVIDIA GPUs - from TNT to GeForce FX - all in a single driver binary " 4 again- mode?...I dont understand 5- again I dont understand -------------------- Blue is Best
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| EPIC |
Sep 28 2003, 12:27 PM
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Padawan Group: Members Posts: 27 Joined: 26-September 03 Member No.: 63 |
according to my mobo manual the agp is 2x compliant
when i try to go into BIOS it asks me for a password. I havent set any passwords, how can I get around this? -------------------- Blue is Best
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| XeroSaber |
Sep 28 2003, 10:51 PM
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Master Group: Members Posts: 409 Joined: 18-June 03 Member No.: 15 |
ooooooh shiiiiit. did u buy that PC used?! cuz there really is no way to bypass the BIOS pw....not that i know of...at all. I dont think it can be done...maybe im wrong? i dunno, that sux though.
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| Defster |
Sep 29 2003, 01:44 AM
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usually you have to open it up and do something on the motherboard to reset the password... read your motherboard manual.
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| XeroSaber |
Sep 29 2003, 01:09 PM
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Master Group: Members Posts: 409 Joined: 18-June 03 Member No.: 15 |
but wouldnt that affect his computer also?
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| Magnomious |
Sep 29 2003, 05:40 PM
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No, it's a very simple process actually, ofcourse i can't remember it. But i can vouch for its easyness:) I've done it a few times with instructions.
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| EPIC |
Sep 30 2003, 05:42 AM
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Padawan Group: Members Posts: 27 Joined: 26-September 03 Member No.: 63 |
There is a clear CMOS jumper on the board...which I used. I have reset everything in the BIOS and the AGP is set to 2x...(maximum)
The video card is set to 2x No change in frame rate  I did notice in the task manager, that the game runs the cpu full out. So...it is probably a matter of being too underpowered to bump up the framerate. Hopefully, In the next few weeks I will be able to upgrade the board and processor. Thanks for everybody's assistance -------------------- Blue is Best
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| JayBaen |
Sep 30 2003, 05:49 AM
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Lord Group: Admin Posts: 1,073 Joined: 13-June 03 From: Atlanta, GA Member No.: 3 |
EPIC,
That sure sounds like the ticekt. New video cards do take a bit of processing horsepower as well. JK2 ran heavy on my P3 800, I can't imagine putting jk3 on anything similar. Hope you can upgrade soon. JB -------------------- Yellow Is Golden
DelphiGT "There's nothing in this universe that can't be explained. Eventually." -- House, M.D. |
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| Ruggiero |
Sep 30 2003, 09:11 AM
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Epic is talking about jk2, jay.
GOOD LUCK, epic. Hope to see you around! Ruggerissimo -------------------- Oobawanga wata chopay polah.
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| JayBaen |
Sep 30 2003, 12:16 PM
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Lord Group: Admin Posts: 1,073 Joined: 13-June 03 From: Atlanta, GA Member No.: 3 |
I know that he is ... that was just an 'aside' comment about it.
JB -------------------- Yellow Is Golden
DelphiGT "There's nothing in this universe that can't be explained. Eventually." -- House, M.D. |
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| XeroSaber |
Oct 1 2003, 10:15 PM
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Master Group: Members Posts: 409 Joined: 18-June 03 Member No.: 15 |
its ok Jay, its just one of those annoying rodian habits.
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