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First post, by revolstar

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Aye, got another one for you guys. In my Win98 rig, the keyboard and mouse randomly stop working in Need for Speed III and Fifa World Cup 98, but this happens ONLY when I use nvidia drivers 56.64 and 45.23. I've checked this using 2 separate GPUs - the FX5500 and the GF2 MX400. With the MX 400, the said keyboard & mouse issue goes away when I use older drivers, like Detonator 7.76 or 8.05, but then I can't play newer titles like Need for Speed Underground, because the screen is all messed up or I get freezes during gameplay (once again, this depends on the GPU driver version, with 45.23 and 56.64 NFSU runs just fine).

The other specs in this Win98 build are:
CPU: Athlon XP 2500+
MoBo: Gigabyte GA-7VT600
RAM: 512MB
GPU1: FX5500 or GF2 MX400
GPU2: 3dfx Voodoo2 12 MB (latest driver from 3dfxzone.it)

Uh, help?

Win98 rig: Athlon XP 2500+/512MB RAM/Gigabyte GA-7VT600/SB Live!/GF FX5700/Voodoo2 12MB
WinXP rig: HP RP5800 - Pentium G850/2GB RAM/GF GT530 1GB
Amiga: A600/2MB RAM
PS3: Slim model, 500GB HDD, mostly for RetroArch, PSX & PS2 games

Reply 1 of 1, by revolstar

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OK, so if anyone's interested, I've found a solution on reddit. This will also work in other games that have similar input problems. All you have to do is create a custom profile for the .exe file in Riva Tuner and give it idle priority.

Win98 rig: Athlon XP 2500+/512MB RAM/Gigabyte GA-7VT600/SB Live!/GF FX5700/Voodoo2 12MB
WinXP rig: HP RP5800 - Pentium G850/2GB RAM/GF GT530 1GB
Amiga: A600/2MB RAM
PS3: Slim model, 500GB HDD, mostly for RetroArch, PSX & PS2 games