hey, i have been having this problem with my graphics card for some time now. I cannot play games in opengl mode or direct x?
http://www.geocities.com/watlydude/ScreenShot.JPG
this is what appears when i try to play half life or counterstrike. i was wondering if anybody could help me? thanks a lot. gaetan

CAn't make out that screen shot. Have you tried reinstalling the graphics drivers? Better yet, have you installed the latest drivers from nVidia? Have you reinstalled DX9?

Asus A7N8X-X
1800+ @8x210mhz
512mb PC3200
Ti4200/8X 128mb
WDC 60GB

yeah i have direct x 9, and have tried all kinds of driver, the newest, and older ones. The screen shot shows the text and some images are distorted and have red marks around them. would you like me to enlarge it?thanks.g

What graphics card is it?

It just says 'Geforce Nvidia F' at the top of the post??

AMD Athlon XP2200+
Aero7 lite
512mb Crucial pc2700
Abit NF7-s V2.0
80GB Seagate SATA
120GB Seagate SATA
Geforce4 Ti4200 128mb
Benq FP767-12 17" 12ms
SB live 5.1 Digital

oops, sorry, its a Nvidia Geforce FX 5200 128mb ddr personal cinema agp. I have had troubles with it when i first got it but it started to work perfectly. Then i had troubles with my pc so i formatted and resinstalled windows. now i am having the same problem that i had before, but i dont know how i fixed it the first time! if i do manage to fix it this time, i will definately try write the method down!

It really bothers me when I see so many people saying stuff like, "I was having problems so I formatted". Formatting is the very LAST thing you should do after all other fixes have been tried.

When installing new drivers, the old one have to uninstalled 1st...& any anti-virus program must be shutdown during installation. That's clearly stated at the nVidia website.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/driver_installation_hints.html

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_61.77

Asus A7N8X-X
1800+ @8x210mhz
512mb PC3200
Ti4200/8X 128mb
WDC 60GB

i just downloaded the driver you gave me, i uninstalled all traces of other drivers, turned off all the antivirus, and then installed the new driver. no improvement. any other suggestions please? thanks. gaetan

Have you updated your motherboards chipset drivers?

If you have an nforce chipset i highly reccomend you do not get the latest 5.10 but stick to 4.24 instead.

I had a few different problems arise after updating from 4.24 to 5.10 so I reverted back to 4.24 and problems were solved.

Have the lambs stopped crying Clarice?

my chipset is an SiS730 (i presume that is my chipset?) i think i have the latest drivers for it, but am not sure, could someone point out which ones i need?

Not sure what board you have, but I probably should have asked earlier.

The SiS730 is an older integrated chipset with onboard graphics...it supports SDR-SDRAM (single data rate PC100/133) & has onboard graphics. It only supports up to 4X AGP.

Your problem is probably related to conflicts with the onboard graphics, or the fact that you're trying to run an 8X AGP card (AGP spec 3.0) on an 4X AGP (AGP spec 2.0) board. They're supposed to be backwards compatible, but it doesn't always work that way....

http://www.neoseeker.com/Hardware/faqs/kb/10,63.html

http://www.sis.com/wheretobuy/730cus.htm

http://www.tomshardware.com/motherboard/20010109/sis730-01.html

Asus A7N8X-X
1800+ @8x210mhz
512mb PC3200
Ti4200/8X 128mb
WDC 60GB

thank you very much for the info. i went into my bios settings, and there are the following settings which i am unsure about:
Primary Graphics Adapter - currently set to Onboard AGP but gives option for PCI.

Allocate IRQ to pci vga = Currently set to YES, but gives option for no

PCI Busmaster = currently set to disabled, but gives option for enabled.
do these things mean anything to you? they seem correct to me?
thanks
Gaetan

How about posting the make/model of your board so I can take a look at the manual....

Asus A7N8X-X
1800+ @8x210mhz
512mb PC3200
Ti4200/8X 128mb
WDC 60GB

its a PC CHIPS M810LR. with a SIS 7302 chipset. I have had this gfx card working before but it really annoys me how i can't get it to work now! i am really grateful for all your help, thanks a lot
Gaetan

The manual that I found says your board only supports up to 100mhz (200FSB). Is your 2200+ running at the correct speed of 1800mhz (13.5 x 133mhz)? or is it running at 1350mhz (13.5 x 100mhz)?

"PCI Busmaster = currently set to disabled, but gives option for enabled" - try enabling it

Asus A7N8X-X
1800+ @8x210mhz
512mb PC3200
Ti4200/8X 128mb
WDC 60GB

its currently set to the default of 1350mhz (13.5 x 100mhz). But there is an option to make it 1800mhz, but if i do that, system gets hot, and errors start appearing. i will try enabling it.
g

I believe your problem is you're trying to run hardware on a motherboard that doesn't officially support it.

Your board was not designed to run an Athlon XP CPU...it supports 200 FSB Durons & Athlons only. And it was not designed to run an 8X video card. I suggest you get a new motherboard.

If the Shuttle AN35N-Ultra is still available by the time you read this, I'd jump on the deal for $33!

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=list&catalog=22&Type=Refurbish

Asus A7N8X-X
1800+ @8x210mhz
512mb PC3200
Ti4200/8X 128mb
WDC 60GB

thank you for your advice:-) unfortunately, i am in England and would be a bit expensive to order from the US. I have decided to buy a new motherboard/cpu/ram bundle as i need a big upgrade anyway. Thanks for all your help everyone, you've been very helpful :-)
Gaetan

Didn't realize you're in the UK.

Good luck with your upgrade ;)

Asus A7N8X-X
1800+ @8x210mhz
512mb PC3200
Ti4200/8X 128mb
WDC 60GB