Ports on 27/4/2001 at 11:02
Have just installed an Asus V7100 Geforce 2 MX and am getting repeated crashes to desktop with a critical error message or screen corruption lockups.
At the moment Deus Ex is the only game I'm having any dramas with.
Everything was okay with the previous card (a TNT2 Ultra), so I know it is card related.
I've searched forums, FAQ's, Deja/Google, have e-mailed Eidos Tech Support (no help from them) and still haven't found an answer.
Rest of the system is PIII 800EB, Asus CUV7x motherboard, Win 98, Directx 8a, 256 meg RAM, Storm Platinum soundcard (lastest Vortex 2 drivers).
I've patched up to the latest patch, installed the D3D patch, nothing's overclocked anymore, have tried Asus 6.31 drivers, Nvidia 6.50, 7.58 and 11.01. The 11.01's allowed me to play for about 4 hours and then the crashes started again.
I was really hoping that some of you guys might have a solution that I just haven't found or haven't thought of. Any help is appeciated.
I'm just about ready to smash this card with a sledgehammer :mad:
TIA
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davpod on 27/4/2001 at 12:11
Hmmm, tricky one. Here are the only things I could think of trying.
Is that a VIA-based motherboard? If so, have you got the latest via 4-in-1 drivers for it (available at (
http://www.viahardware.com).) www.viahardware.com). You could try downloading the latest AGP driver specifically (i.e. not the whole 4-in-1 package) and see if that makes any difference since it seems to be a graphics card related issue.
Also try (
http://www.geforcefaq.com) www.geforcefaq.com for a whole host of answers to frequent geforce problems. It may be that you need to update your video BIOS or something.
Have you tried turning the slider on the graphics acceleration down a notch and seeing if that delays the crashes? What about fiddling with the options on the Advanced display properties tab. That geforcefaq site probably has some hints on the best settings. Changed the AGP Aperture in BIOS? Try something less than or equal to your current RAM (i.e. 128 or lower - people have been known to have lockups with the aperture set at 256MB). Have you tried playing the game in OpenGL mode (something you can do with the latest patch) - that may make a difference.
A further point of note, I believe that the Det3 7.xx drivers and above are the best ones to use with Direct X 8. Just what I've heard.
Hope something in there helps. It may be something a lot more simple than all that and I've just missed it.
Ports on 27/4/2001 at 12:50
Thanks for the reply Dav.
Have tried just about all those things you mentioned, except for running in Open GL - thanks for the tip, I'll give it a try. <IMG SRC="thumb.gif" border="0">
That Geforce FAQ has been a permanent part of my desktop since the probs started. I read on it that if you have a VIA based mobo don't buy an Asus Geforce card. Too bad it's a bit late now :rolleyes:
Anyway, thanks again for taking time to reply.
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davpod on 27/4/2001 at 14:12
No problem. Sorry I couldn't have been of more assistance. One thing I noticed when running in OpenGL was that the graphics looked a lot... different. It was less dark and gritty, more bright and play-doh. ;) That's the only way to describe it.
It looked more like Half-Life than good old Deus Ex to me. I didn't notice any difference in performance. I swapped back straight away.
By the way, I assume you've also tried 16-bit mode instead of 32-bit and vice versa. It doesn't sound like that would make a difference with your problem but it's worth a shot. Still, if other games are okay with your new card then it may not be that bad an investment. If you're desparate to play Deus Ex to the end you could always resort to the extreme measure of putting your old card back in (if you haven't sold/scrapped it that is) until you've finished. That method would obviously be less than adequate but if you really want to play it... Otherwise... wait for Deus Ex 2?
Ports on 27/4/2001 at 15:18
This is the second time thru Deus Ex. I wanted to see how much better it looked in higher res with the new card. From the glimpses I've had prior to the crashes it looks pretty damn good.
I'll keep trying. I've just flashed the bios on my mobo, so maybe that'll help. Thanks again
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T0rp0r on 28/4/2001 at 13:05
Though I have not yet been able to fully solve my own video card problems, downloading the via 4-in-1 drivers was definitely a booster.
