graphics probs on geforce2pro 450 card

[smoby]

hi,
i have a problem with my geforce2pro 450 graphics card.when i try to play games like "midtown madness 1 or 2" the graphics on moving images such as the people are all weird as if there is just big blocks of colour instead of people.
i have tried running 3d benchmark 2001 and on the car one the headlight beams are just giving off a white rectangle shape instead of light.i have tried installing all the latest drivers.
could anyone please help?
thanks.

[mike breck]

Hi Smoby,

We've just managed to solve a similar problem with Southrk's card in this post

http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.p...threadid=17423

Try some of these possible solutions first and see if they help.

If playing around with these settings don't help, then empty your Windows>Temp folder. Extract your Nvidia drivers to that folder.

Go into device manager and change your display adapter from Geoforce
to Standard VGA adapter.

You will be asked to Reboot.

Once back in Windows, boot into safe mode (just restart the PC and hold down the "shift key" while it's booting)and remove the Geoforce from Device Manager.
Remove the Nvidia drivers from "Control Panel>Add/Remove Programs".
Go into "Windows>Inf>Other" folder and delete any Nvidia "inf" files there.
Reboot.
When Windows detects the card and asks for drivers, click on "have disk" and point Windows to C:/Windows/Temp. Select the correct model of card (if asked) and load the drivers.

See how that works.

[smoby]

hi,
i tried what you said with the drivers but it didnt make any difference.
i have tried running "dxdiag" but when it gets to the second test (test direct 3d)my computer crashes and i get get a green band of stripes at the top of my screen and i have to reboot my system.do you think my card is faulty or could it be something else?
my computer is
amd athlon 1.2 gig
640 meg memory
windows 98 se
via on board sound
kt133a chipset
i have included a screenshot of what the background is doing on midtown madness. hope someone can help thanks.

[mike breck]

Give us some more info.

What your system specs?
Which version of Windows?
What DX version?
What Nvidia drivers?

[smoby]

hi,
ihave

amd 1.2 gig athlon
windows 98 second edition
jetway 663as ultra motherboard
kt133a chipset
4 in 1 latest drivers
nvidia(tried lots of different drivers but none made any difference)
directx 8.0
tried directx 8.0a but didnt do anthing.
ne2000 network card
640 meg memory
usb steering wheel
creative labs 6x dvd player
tdk burnproof cd writer
logitech cordless optical mouse
on board sound(did have soundblaster live but it stopped my comp working)

thanks.

[mike breck]

Try reinstalling DX 8.0a a couple of times.

Anyway, you're going to have to stick with DX 8.0a because it will do no good to try and install DX 8.0 over DX 8.0a. You can't reverse the DX upgrade.

[mike breck]

If that doesn't work then go to your card manufacturers website and download the latest certified drivers for this card. Completely uninstall the detonators and install the certified drivers.

I am recommending that you do this because Nvidia reference drivers can produce undesired effects on some cards. If we find the problem dissapears when using the certified drivers - then the detonators were to blame. If the problem still persists - then it may be a faulty card.