Need some Help with my new Gforce2 GTS

Woodnstone,

I'm having a very similar problem. I have the V7700 32MB pure version, on a CUSL2 motherboard. I have also loaded the latest drivers(v6.31c) set the mother board BIOS appropriately, and even tried the GeForce Tweak Utility(http://www.geforcetweak.com/). This utility claims to set the card to the AGP 4X mode but all the indicators I have say the card is operating in the 2X mode. Atthough from time to time I have noticed an improvement in my 3DMark99 scores but nothing consistent, one day its running 110 FPS the next day 85 FPS.

The ASUS web site claims that NVida recommends the 2X mode for stability. I don't know aboutyou but I didn't want to buy a 2X card. For the Intel chip set they recommend downloading V77bios.exe from their web site to enable the 4X mode. After several attempts I managed to download this file but it would not update my video BIOS. Thus I'm still seeing rather average video performance. They also had a suggestion for the Via chip set, but I don't remember exactly what was suggested. You can find it in ASUS's product support knowledge base section.

I'm considering trying the detonator 12.41 drivers as a next attempt to fix the problem. If they did lock the card in the 2X mode with the BIOS this will probably not fix the problem. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

Good Luck & let me know if you find a solution.

Regards

Spaceman 2006

Your problem could be caused by 4x being blocked by a hidden feature in BIOS. This is because some VIA chipsets cannot run 4x reliably, especially under certain BIOS revisions. Try downloading the latest BIOS and installing the latest 4-in-1 drivers in Turbo mode.

Cast not thine pearls before the swine

I actually try to avoid VIA questions because they can get really complicated. But here goes. Did it ever work? Did it ever POST?

Cast not thine pearls before the swine