Graphiccard errors

Hello!
My old graphicscard (Geforce 3 Ti 200) did not support Pixelshader 2.0
(which Europa Universalis III requires to run), so I bought a used
Geforce FX 5200 which does support PS 2.0.

However since I deleted the old drivers, put the "new" graphicscard in
and installed the new version 81.98 drivers (for Windows 98SE) I get
graphical glitches in one of my other games (Europa Universalis 2) when
I run it. Everything else runes fine. Open Office works. The desktop
looks nice. Even mpg videos in Realplayer run just fine and I tried
several other games which work also just fine.

Only EU2 seems to experience problems with the new card and gives
artefacts, the mouse draws a coloured line across the screen and the
whole games display flickers...

I do not have any FPS games - how could I thouroughly test the Geforce
FX 5200 to know if it?s just the one game or perhaps the used card has
some defect?

"Michael Romes" wrote in message
...
Hello!
My old graphicscard (Geforce 3 Ti 200) did not support Pixelshader 2.0
(which Europa Universalis III requires to run), so I bought a used Geforce
FX 5200 which does support PS 2.0.

Hate to break it to you, but your GeForce3 Ti200 was (is) a better card than
an FX5200 even though it's pixel shader 1.1. Regarding your problem, I'd
suggest you use a few slightly older versions of drivers for 98SE and see if
your issues disappear.

Augustus schrieb:
"Michael Romes" wrote in message
...
Hello!
My old graphicscard (Geforce 3 Ti 200) did not support Pixelshader 2.0
(which Europa Universalis III requires to run), so I bought a used Geforce
FX 5200 which does support PS 2.0.

Hate to break it to you, but your GeForce3 Ti200 was (is) a better card than
an FX5200 even though it's pixel shader 1.1. Regarding your problem, I'd
suggest you use a few slightly older versions of drivers for 98SE and see if
your issues disappear.

I know that the Geforce FX 5200 is not better in performance. However
the game Europa Universalis III by Paradox *requires* Pixelshader 2.0
and won?t even start without a graphicscard capable of it. So with my
Geforce 3 Ti 200 I could not even start the game.

Augustus schrieb:
"Michael Romes" wrote in message
...
Hello!
My old graphicscard (Geforce 3 Ti 200) did not support Pixelshader 2.0
(which Europa Universalis III requires to run), so I bought a used Geforce
FX 5200 which does support PS 2.0.

Hate to break it to you, but your GeForce3 Ti200 was (is) a better card than
an FX5200 even though it's pixel shader 1.1. Regarding your problem, I'd
suggest you use a few slightly older versions of drivers for 98SE and see if
your issues disappear.

It?s astonishing. I tried your suggestion and instead of the 81.98
driver (newest for Windows 98SE) I used the 81.85 (newest that supports
the Geforce FX 5200) - and the error seems gone :-)
Thankyou