Paul wrote:
Buffalo wrote:
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
Just to give you more info, I can reset the card by launching Halo
but not by launching Q2 or Q3Arena. It will also reset if I run
Half-Life Episode 1 (have to go through Steam).
I use the same resolution in those games and the same refresh rate.
Once the card is 'reset' it usually will stay that way until I
reboot. Buffalo

Doom 3 doesn't do it either/
Buffalo


Aren't some of the ID software titles based on OpenGL ?

Perhaps the ones that reset your card, are DirectX titles ?
And so the issue might be slightly DirectX related.

Paul

Thanks, good thought.
Buffalo
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