Geforce2 GTS Pro problem!! Help me please!!

[Guest]

I just recently upgraded from a TNT2 Ultra to a Geforce2 GTS Pro and am not getting much performance out of it. I mainly play Unreal Tournament. However, I also JUST upgraded from Win98 SE to Win 2K Pro for stability reasons. Here's my problem:

My TNT2 worked just fine in Win98 but once I upgraded to Win 2K, [-peep-] got really jumpy at first but then smoothed out more as the game went on. I figured the GF2 Pro would smooth all this out with it's 64 Megs of DDR-RAM, but it hasn't happened at all. It is STILL jumpy as hell when I first get into UT, then smooths out later. Got any ideas??? System specs:

PIII 600 EB
128Megs PC133 Kingston RAM
ASUS P2B-F mobo (BX -- only AGP 2X capable)
Seagate Barracude 30 Gig HD
Sony E200 monitor
Ethernet Adapter for Cable modem

Please someone help me here... I'm thinkin it's either the operating system or the motherboard not being able to support AGP 4X, but I'm not sure. Someone let me know something please. Thank you.

Hpnotyz

 

[Guest]

I think your problem might be a bottleneck issue. A P2B runs PC133 as if it were PC100, hence your AGP get saturated quicker. I don't want to get into all of the technical bs because Tom already does it:

<A HREF="http://www6.tomshardware.com/mainboard/00q1/000214/index.html" target="_new">http://www6.tomshardware.com/mainboard/00q1/000214/index.html</A>

It's a long article, but a good one!

<font color=blue>Buzz Lightyear's hero,
Erik</font color=blue><P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Viking on 12/06/00 04:19 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[LTJLover]

I tend to disagree with the last post, my GF2 GTS helped me out quite a bit and I only have a K6-3 400 @100MHz bus. I think it is a driver issue or software in general. Make sure the latest drivers are installed.

Jon
"Water-Cooled CPU Runner"

 

[Guest]

Maybe.. but regardless, I would read that article, try changing the drivers, then make your own judgement.

Goto <A HREF="http://www.nvidia.com/Products.nsf/htmlmedia/detonator3.html" target="_new">http://www.nvidia.com/Products.nsf/htmlmedia/detonator3.html</A> for the latest Detonator drivers, and <A HREF="http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000pro/Update/8.0/NT5/EN-US/DX80NTeng.exe" target="_new">http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000pro/Update/8.0/NT5/EN-US/DX80NTeng.exe</A> for DirectX 8 for W2K.

Good Luck!

<font color=blue>Buzz Lightyear's hero,
Erik</font color=blue>

 

[Guest]

Btw, you said that "my GF2 GTS helped me out quite a bit". Were you running something similar (e.g. TNT2 to a GTS2)?? What software?

Just curious..

<font color=blue>Buzz Lightyear's hero,
Erik</font color=blue>

 

[LTJLover]

I was running a Guillemot TNT2 before I got the Asus V7700. I have been using the most updated proprietary drivers for both the video card and the motherboard (Epox MVP3G-2)

Jon
"Water-Cooled CPU Runner"

 

[JoeHead]

Definately try DRIVERS and chipset drivers if there ae new ones for your board. Get everything up to WIN2K compatability. I really disagree with the 100 MHz baootleneck. At real resolutions (1024x768) the GPU is the bottleneck.

<b> Fragg at will!!! </b>

 

[Guest]

you're running the AGP bus at 89Mhz!


<font color=orange>What do you think? </font color=orange>

 

[Guest]

Try the latest Detonator 3 reference drivers from Nvidia. They could give you a boost.