GeForce 2 and Win98
Ack! Six or eight monthe agoI had problems with my original ATI card so
I went to Best Buy nad picked up what i assumed was a more or less
recent card, a GeForce 2 MX 200, 32 MB AGP. See what I get for not
researching?
Anyway, I just recently got around to installing it, with the driver set
ver. 4.13.01
Old problems went away. Now I have new problems. I love this industry.
1) often windows fail to close -- in fact, all 3 gadgets are flaky.
2) Any text or cursors that are supposed to be in reverse color --
aren't. They are now either black or white.
3) Some simple games, like FreeCell from Win98, go to blank white
when the game starts (the _second_ write!)
4) and most egregious, many windows' menu bars have the text
replaced by a single underline, and drop-down menu items
disappear when they receive focus.
Now, I have work to do, and I really don't want to scrap this card
(however old) and go back to the ATI. I may have to if no one answers
this post with good news. So:
A) Are there any workarounds for these problesm, or
B) Would upgrading to Win XP Pro or Win2000 repair the problems?
This is now classed as a 'Legacy" product by NVidia. I'm annoyed that
it was on the Best Buy shelf at all, but it's my own damn fault for
grabbing it without knowing more. I want to do the minimum-time fix on
this one because I'm getting a new machine soon and will relegate this
CPU to a client software tester. In the meantime I have programming I
can't do.
Thabks to any and all.
Vince Barmann
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