Geforce2 mx MAJOR VIDEO PERFORMANCE ISSUE - HEEEELP

[steve30oz]

hi all -- I have just joined this forum and im relaly hoping for some advice that can fix my pc graphics issues.

I have just been given a friends Gigabyte GA-6VXE7+ Motherboard. I installed the motherboard into my case and connected all of my existing compnents -

IBM Deskstart 60gb HDD
Geforce2 MX/MX400
CD ROM
Floppy
Yamaha Soundcard

Yeh yeh i know -- its all pretty crappy stuff ... However bear with me ......

I installed the latest bios and via 4-1 drivers from Gigabytes website.
I reformatted the drive -- I installed XP from scratch etc....

Now I expected to see some improvement over my P2 400 mhz old compaq Motherboard -- HOWEVER THERE IS A MAJOR VIDEO PERFORMANCE ISSUE and i cant work out what is causing it ....

The screen refresh is awful -- browsing web pages for instance and scrolling down = I can see the screen redrawing etc

I went to play Counter Strike and I get 17 - 20 FPS -- I used to get 70 with my older and less powerful motherboard !!!

Im sure someone out there can help ... Some more info on what I have is provided below .... hope that it helps ...

Thanks in advance

Steve



SiSoftware Sandra

System
Manufacturer : VIA Technologies, Inc.
Model : VT82C693/A
ID : FFFFFFFF-FFFFFFFF-FFFFFFFF-FFFFFFFF

Mainboard
Manufacturer : Giga-Byte Technology Co., LTD
MP Support : No
Model : 693A-596B-8671
System BIOS : 03/21/2001-693A-596B-867-2A6LGG0NC-00
Chipset : VIA VT82C693 Apollo Pro Plus

System Memory Controller
Location : Mainboard
Error Correction Capability : None
Number of Memory Slots : 3
Bank0 - BANK_0 : DIMM EDRAM 128MB
Bank1 - BANK_1 : DIMM EDRAM 128MB
Bank2 - BANK_2 : DIMM EDRAM 64MB

Chipset 1
Model : Giga-Byte Technology VT82C691 Apollo Pro System Controller
Bus(es) : ISA AGP PCI USB i2c/SMBus
Front Side Bus Speed : 1x 67MHz (67MHz data rate)
Maximum FSB Speed / Max Memory Speed : 1x 133MHz / 1x 133MHz
Width : 64-bit
IO Queue Depth : 1 request(s)

Logical/Chipset 1 Memory Banks
Bank 0 : 128MB SDRAM 2-2-2CL
Bank 2 : 64MB SDRAM 2-2-2CL
Bank 3 : 64MB SDRAM 2-2-2CL
Bank 4 : 64MB SDRAM 2-2-2CL
Speed : 1x 67MHz (67MHz data rate)
Multiplier : 1/1x
Width : 64-bit
Power Save Mode : No
Fixed Hole Present : No

Memory Module(s)
Memory Module 1 : TM16TT64JPN-8 6F00B8FC 128MB 16x(16Mx4) SDRAM PC100-322-622 (CL3 up to 100MHz) (CL2 up to 83MHz)
Memory Module 2 : Apacer Technology 128MB 16x(8Mx8) SDRAM PC100-222-622 (CL3 up to 100MHz) (CL2 up to 100MHz)
Memory Module 3 : Siemens HYS64V8200GU-8 250AE2AB 64MB 8x(8Mx8) SDRAM PC100-222-622 (CL3 up to 100MHz) (CL2 up to 100MHz)

AGP Bus(es) on Hub 1
Version : 1.00
Speed : 2x 66MHz (132MHz data rate)
Multiplier : 1/2x
Side Band Enabled : No
Side Band Support : Yes
Aperture Size : 128MB

PCI Bus(es) on Hub 1
Version : 2.10
Number of Bridges : 1
PCI Bus 0 : PCI (33MHz)
Multiplier : 1/2x

LPC Hub Controller 1
Model : Giga-Byte Technology VT82C596/A/B PCI to ISA Bridge
ACPI Power Management Enabled : Yes
Random Number Generator Enabled : No
Multiplier : 1/4x
Speed : 8MHz
DMA Multiplier : 1/2x
DMA Speed : 4MHz

USB Controller 1
Model : VIA Technologies Inc VT82C596B USB Controller
Version : 1.10
UHCI Interface : Yes
Channels : 2
Speed : 48MHz
Legacy Emulation Enabled : No

System SMBus Controller 1
Model : Intel PIIX4 SMBus / compatible
Slave Device Enabled : Yes
Speed : 16kHz

Expansion Slot(s)
ISA : ISA 16-bit +5V Full-Length
ISA : ISA 16-bit +5V Full-Length
PCI (8h) : PCI 32-bit +5V Full-Length Available
PCI (9h) : PCI 32-bit +5V Full-Length Used (YAMAHA Corp DS-XG PCI Audio CODEC)
PCI (Ah) : PCI 32-bit +5V Full-Length Available
PCI (Bh) : PCI 32-bit +5V Full-Length Available
PCI (Ch) : PCI 32-bit +5V Full-Length Used (Accton Technology Corp EN-1207D Fast Ethernet Adapter)
AGP (1h) : AGP 32-bit +5V Full-Length Available (Nvidia Corp GeForce2 MX/MX 400 [NV11])

Port Connector
PRIMARY IDE : None - ATA / None
SECONDARY IDE : None - ATA / None
FDD : 8251 FIFO - Floppy Disk / None
COM1 : Serial Port 16550 - 9 Pin Dual Inline / DB-9 pin male
COM2 : Serial Port 16550 - 9 Pin Dual Inline / DB-9 pin male
LPT1 : Parallel Port ECP/EPP - DB-25 pin female / DB-25 pin female
Keyboard : Keyboard - None / PS/2
PS/2 Mouse - Detected : Mouse - PS/2 / PS/2
USB : USB - None / None

Performance Tips
Notice 224 : SMBIOS/DMI information may be inaccurate.
Warning 2508 : All memory slots are full. Upgrading the memory may be difficult or expensive.
Warning 231 : IOQD is set too low. Performance will suffer.
Tip 2 : Double-click tip or press Enter while a tip is selected for more information about the tip.


SiSoftware Sandra

Video Adapter
Model : NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400
Chipset : GeForce2 MX/MX 400
RAMDAC : Integrated RAMDAC
Video BIOS : Version 3.11.00.18.29
VGA Compatible : No
Total Memory : 32MB (32MB Video) (128MB AGP)
Texture Memory : 160MB
Supports DIME Texturing : Yes

AGP Capabilities
Version : 2.00
Command Queue Length : 32
Fast-Writes Enabled : No
Fast-Writes Support : Yes
Side Band Enabled : No
Data Transfer Modes Support : 1x 2x 4x
Current Data Transfer Rate : 2x

Video BIOS
Date : 10/24/00
Version : 3.11.00.18.29

Current Video Mode
Mode : 1024x768 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit)
Current Refresh Rate : 75Hz
Virtual Desktop Size : 1024x768

Video Driver
Model : nv4_mini.sys
Version : 6.14.10.4523
Expected Windows Version : 4.00
Video Acceleration : Yes
Screen Saver Active : No
Low Power Saving Active : 20 minutes(s)
Power Off Saving Active : 20 minutes(s)


SiSoftware Sandra

System Buses
AGP Bus(es) : 1
PCI Bus(es) : 1
Interface Version : 2.10

Interface Properties
Config space access mechanism 1 support : Yes
Config space access mechanism 2 support : No
Cycle generation mechanism 1 support : No
Cycle generation mechanism 2 support : No




SiSoftware Sandra

Device Information
Device Type : Host Processor Bridge
Device ID : bus 0, device 0, function 0
OEM Device Name : VIA Technologies Inc VT82C693A Apollo Pro 133 System Controller
OEM Hardware ID : FUN_0, VEN_1106, DEV_0691, REV_44
Device Name : Giga-Byte Technology VT82C691 Apollo Pro System Controller
Product ID : VEN_1458, DEV_0691
Revision : E / 5 (68)

AGP Capabilities
Version : 1.00
Command Queue Length : 8
Side Band Support : Yes
Data Transfer Modes Support : 1x 2x

Device Capabilities
Latency Timer : 16 clk
I/O port resources : No
Memory resources : Yes
Bus Master Capable : Yes
Special Cycle Recognition : No
Memory Write & Invalidate : No
VGA Palette Snoop : No
Parity Error Response : No
Address/Data Stepping : No
System Error Line : No
Fast back-to-back Transactions : No
Detects Parity Errors : Yes
Supports System Error Line : No
Supports Parity Line : No
User Defined Format : No
66MHz Bus Support : No
New Capability List : Yes
Device Select Timing : Medium
Multi-Function Device : No
Header : 00
Interface : 00

Hardware Resources
Memory Range : D8000000
Dynamic Management : Yes




SiSoftware Sandra

Device Information
Device Type : VGA Video Adapter
Device ID : bus 1, device 0, function 0
Windows Device Name : NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400
OEM Device Name : Nvidia Corp GeForce2 MX/MX 400 [NV11]
OEM Hardware ID : FUN_0, VEN_10DE, DEV_0110, REV_A1
Device Name : Nvidia Corp GeForce2 MX/MX 400 [NV11]
Product ID : VEN_10DE, DEV_004A
Revision : K / 2 (161)

Power Management Features
Version : 2.00
Supports Clock Slow-down : Yes
Supports D1 PM State : No
Supports D2 PM State : No
Supports PME# : No
Supports PME Clock : No

AGP Capabilities
Version : 2.00
Command Queue Length : 32
Fast-Writes Support : Yes
Over 4GB Addressing Support : No
Side Band Support : No
Data Transfer Modes Support : 1x 2x 4x

Device Capabilities
Latency Timer : 248 clk
I/O port resources : Yes
Memory resources : Yes
Bus Master Capable : Yes
Special Cycle Recognition : No
Memory Write & Invalidate : No
VGA Palette Snoop : No
Parity Error Response : No
Address/Data Stepping : No
System Error Line : No
Fast back-to-back Transactions : No
Detects Parity Errors : No
Supports System Error Line : No
Supports Parity Line : No
User Defined Format : No
66MHz Bus Support : Yes
New Capability List : Yes
Device Select Timing : Medium
Multi-Function Device : No
Header : 00
Interface : 00

Hardware Resources
Memory Range : E8000000
Memory Range : E0000000
Irq. No. : 11
INT Pin : A#
Dynamic Management : Yes




OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name STEVE
System Manufacturer VIA Technologies, Inc.
System Model VT82C693/A
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 3 GenuineIntel ~601 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Award Software International, Inc. 4.51 PG, 21/03/2001
SMBIOS Version 2.2
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\System32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United Kingdom
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)"
User Name STEVE\Steve B
Time Zone AUS Eastern Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 320.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 150.11 MB
Total Virtual Memory 1.07 GB
Available Virtual Memory 787.45 MB
Page File Space 774.65 MB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys




HARDWARE RESOURCES - Conflicts

I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF VIA CPU to AGP Controller
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400

Memory Address 0xE8000000-0xE9FFFFFF VIA CPU to AGP Controller
Memory Address 0xE8000000-0xE9FFFFFF NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400

Memory Address 0xCA400-0xEFFFF PCI bus
Memory Address 0xCA400-0xEFFFF Motherboard resources

Memory Address 0xE0000000-0xE7FFFFFF VIA CPU to AGP Controller
Memory Address 0xE0000000-0xE7FFFFFF NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400

Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF VIA CPU to AGP Controller
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400

I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB VIA CPU to AGP Controller
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400



HARDWARE RESOURCES - Input / Output

0x00000000-0x0000000F Direct memory access controller OK
0x00000020-0x00000021 Programmable interrupt controller OK
0x00000022-0x0000003F PCI bus OK
0x00000040-0x00000043 System timer OK
0x00000044-0x00000047 PCI bus OK
0x0000004C-0x0000006F PCI bus OK
0x00000060-0x00000060 PC/AT Enhanced PS/2 Keyboard (101/102-Key) OK
0x00000061-0x00000061 System speaker OK
0x00000064-0x00000064 PC/AT Enhanced PS/2 Keyboard (101/102-Key) OK
0x00000070-0x00000071 System CMOS/real time clock OK
0x00000072-0x0000007F PCI bus OK
0x00000081-0x00000083 Direct memory access controller OK
0x00000087-0x00000087 Direct memory access controller OK
0x00000089-0x0000008B Direct memory access controller OK
0x0000008F-0x00000091 Direct memory access controller OK
0x00000090-0x00000091 PCI bus OK
0x00000093-0x0000009F PCI bus OK
0x000000A0-0x000000A1 Programmable interrupt controller OK
0x000000A2-0x000000BF PCI bus OK
0x000000C0-0x000000DF Direct memory access controller OK
0x000000E0-0x000000EF PCI bus OK
0x000000F0-0x000000FF Numeric data processor OK
0x00000100-0x00000CF7 PCI bus OK
0x00000170-0x00000177 Secondary IDE Channel OK
0x000001F0-0x000001F7 Primary IDE Channel OK
0x00000274-0x00000277 ISAPNP Read Data Port OK
0x00000279-0x00000279 ISAPNP Read Data Port OK
0x000002F8-0x000002FF Communications Port (COM2) OK
0x00000376-0x00000376 Secondary IDE Channel OK
0x00000378-0x0000037F Printer Port (LPT1) OK
0x000003B0-0x000003BB VIA CPU to AGP Controller OK
0x000003B0-0x000003BB NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 OK
0x000003C0-0x000003DF VIA CPU to AGP Controller OK
0x000003C0-0x000003DF NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 OK
0x000003F2-0x000003F5 Standard floppy disk controller OK
0x000003F6-0x000003F6 Primary IDE Channel OK
0x000003F7-0x000003F7 Standard floppy disk controller OK
0x000003F8-0x000003FF Communications Port (COM1) OK
0x00000A79-0x00000A79 ISAPNP Read Data Port OK
0x00000D00-0x0000FFFF PCI bus OK
0x0000E000-0x0000E00F VIA Bus Master IDE Controller OK
0x0000E400-0x0000E41F VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller OK



HARDWARE RESOURCES - IRQs

IRQ 0 System timer OK
IRQ 1 PC/AT Enhanced PS/2 Keyboard (101/102-Key) OK
IRQ 3 Communications Port (COM2) OK
IRQ 4 Communications Port (COM1) OK
IRQ 5 YAMAHA DS-XG PCI Audio CODEC (WDM) OK
IRQ 6 Standard floppy disk controller OK
IRQ 8 System CMOS/real time clock OK
IRQ 10 VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller OK
IRQ 11 NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 OK
IRQ 12 Microsoft PS/2 Mouse OK
IRQ 13 Numeric data processor OK
IRQ 14 Primary IDE Channel OK
IRQ 15 Secondary IDE Channel OK

HARDWARE RESOURCES - Memory

0xE8000000-0xE9FFFFFF VIA CPU to AGP Controller OK
0xE8000000-0xE9FFFFFF NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 OK
0xE0000000-0xE7FFFFFF VIA CPU to AGP Controller OK
0xE0000000-0xE7FFFFFF NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 OK
0xD8000000-0xDFFFFFFF VIA CPU to AGP Controller OK
0xEA000000-0xEA007FFF YAMAHA DS-XG PCI Audio CODEC (WDM) OK
0x0000-0x9FFFF System board OK
0xFFFE0000-0xFFFFFFFF System board OK
0x9F000-0xBFFFF PCI bus OK
0xA0000-0xBFFFF VIA CPU to AGP Controller OK
0xA0000-0xBFFFF NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 OK
0xCA400-0xEFFFF PCI bus OK
0xCA400-0xEFFFF Motherboard resources OK
0xF0000-0xF3FFF Motherboard resources OK
0xF4000-0xF7FFF Motherboard resources OK
0xF8000-0xFFFFF Motherboard resources OK
0x100000-0x13FFFFFF System board OK
0x14000000-0xFFFEFFFF PCI bus OK



Multimedia - Display

Name NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0110&SUBSYS_004A10DE&REV_A1\3&27528C43&2&0008
Adapter Type GeForce2 MX/MX 400, NVIDIA compatible
Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400
Adapter RAM 32.00 MB (33,554,432 bytes)
Installed Drivers nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.4523
INF File oem7.inf (nv4 section)
Color Planes 1
Color Table Entries 4294967296
Resolution 1024 x 768 x 85 hertz
Bits/Pixel 32
Memory Address 0xE8000000-0xE9FFFFFF
Memory Address 0xE0000000-0xE7FFFFFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 11
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\nv4_mini.sys (6.14.10.4523, 1.28 MB (1,341,339 bytes), 28/07/2003 15:19)

[steve30oz]

Please help ..........

[reboot]

In Display properties, set it to 16 bit color.
32 bit is just too high for larger (1024x768 and above) displays, especially on some monitors.