Buffalo wrote:
Paul wrote:
Buffalo wrote:
Buffalo wrote:
From my post "GeForce 7600GT AGP on Win2000ProSP4" I just realized
that if I didn't have Halo installed, I wouldn't be able to keep my
7600gt AGP card able to play Q3 or view videos in full screen.
Damn, their must be a better solution. I just reinsatlled my AGP ECS
mb drivers. I used the latest ones from ECS (my mb is an ECS K7s5a
rev3.1 with a HoneyX Bios.
I don't have the HDD to install an XP system into to test out your
ideas. I still use a dual 98se-2kSP4 system with an Athlon Mobile
2400+ (266MHz fsb) with 1 GB of ram.
My Desktop resolutiob is at 1440x900 with a refresh of 75MHz with a
Planar PX2710MW LCD monitor. Even if I set my Halo game vid setting
the same, I still have the same problem.
Amy other ideas on how I can get my video display to work properly
without having to start Halo after the video changes shortly after
bootup. Once changed, it seems to stay that way for the rest of the
session, even after 12 hrs.

Thanks again,
Buffalo
One addition, when I was using the previous vid card ATI Radeon
8500LE, I did not experience the problem I do now. (the new card
gives me much better fps in my games).
Also, when I try to uninstall the vid drivers and then reboot, the
screen is very corrupted and tears whenever I move the mouse
pointer. It is very difficult to make out what is on the screen. The
same exact thing happens in Safe Mode, even without uninstalling the
vid drivers first.
Buffalo
PS: It seems that my PC does not load the PCI Standard VGA (if any
at all) default drivers. I cannot even find the .inf for that
default driver.


I would start by changing the refresh from 75Hz back to 60Hz. That's
half your problem right there.

LCDs do not behave the same as CRTs. On a CRT, we used to raise
refresh, to reduce flicker. It's less of an issue with LCDs. Some
LCDs actually throw away 1 in N frames when you raise the refresh too
high.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mon...ameters_3.html

On the two LCDs I have here, I run them at 60Hz.

Paul
Thanks, I will lower the refresh rate to 60. The refresh rate for my LCD
monitor is rated for 75Hz at the resolutions I use, but I will try the lower
60 rate.
Buffalo
PS:When I go to Safe Mode or after I uninstall the drivers and reboot, the
refresh rate goes to 60Hz and the display is 640x480 and the display is
corrupted and partial and tears when I move the mouse pointer. I have two of
the 7600GT agp 256MB cards and both act the same way.



You should have a look around the Nvidia forums, and see if there is a
recommendation for a driver version. This thread is old, but they recommend 94.24.

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=45256

Also, with an old OS, you need to find out what the last driver was for the
OS, to understand how much further than that you can go. And as luck would have
it, that looks to be 94.24 as well.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_94.24_2.html

Uninstall the previous driver, and try that one. It's also possible
you're already using that (because it would pop up from the Nvidia
driver download page).

I'll have to reboot, so I can go back and check what I'm using in Win2K
for my card...

Paul