Does this ever happen to you? Help PLS!

[inphlict]

I have a huge problem with the drivers for my Geforce 2 MX 400 64MB! Please help me out, I am willing to do anything to fix this annoying problem.

Specs:

Pentium 4 1.6 GHz
Samsung SyncMaster 753DF 17 inches
Geforce 2 MX 400 64MB
256 DDR Ram
Windows XP Pro

Problem:

I have problem with constant flashing/freezing with my desktop. I am currently using 45.23 drivers for my video card. What happens is while I am using the desktop environment my computer screen freezes for several seconds flashes quickly to black and then returns to normal. Sometimes messing up my screen and making parts of the desktop black until I restart the computer. I have this same problem with all 4X.XX drivers I have tried. With 3X.XX drivers my computer freezes the screen until I restart but this happens less frequently then with 4X.XX drivers however it’s almost impossible to use the computer then because I have restart every few minutes or hours. 4X.XX drivers do not restart just do this weird freeze for about 3-4 seconds which is very annoying. The only drivers that I do not have a problem with are the default ones installed with windows xp. However these drivers work extremely badly under opengl and directx, 4X.XX & 3X.XX drivers work excellent under both opengl & directx, never freeze under opengl & directx only when I’m using the desktop/applications.

My current settings are:

Resolution: 1024 by 768 pixels
Color Quality: Highest 32 bit
Refresh Rate: 85 Hertz

Please Help Me, Thank You Very Much!

 

[LtBlue14]

try the 29.42 WHQLs

just a guess. and try the 30.82 WHQL unless you already have

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[Crashman]

LMAO! nVidia hasn't improved the drivers for your card since the 7.xx days. All these newer drivers are only made to optimize newer features that your card doesn't have!

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[jmecor]

optimize newer features that your card doesn't have!

And to remove some bugs in some games.
But upgrading the graphics driver will also squeeze out some Frame RATE.

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[Crashman]

From what I've seen that's completely wrong with the GeForce2 cards, I haven't seen a driver that improved their performance for years!

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[phsstpok]

I got a big increase (about 15%) somewhere around the time of the 21.x driver (Win9x) on my Geforce2 (also a Geforce256). I remember the latter suddenly jumping from 2400's to 2800's in 3DMark2001.

Nothing since, well not while I was still using those cards.

With all the complaints with nVidia these days I should take another look and see if there was IQ loss associated with that performance gain just for the h*ll of it.

What do you know? I still have those old benchies on file but my mistake. It was the 22.80 driver

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