First post, by PhilsComputerLab
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So I am working on a project and testing lots of graphics card with this motherboard.
I have tested a range of 3dfx cards, Banshee, Velocity 100, V3, V4 and V5 without a single hitch. You hear it all the time in this forum that 3dfx works very well with the super socket 7 platform.
Then I wanted to start testing Nvidia card and I ran into all sorts of issues. I tried TNT, TNT2 Pro, TNT2 M64, 256, 4 MX but not a single card will run stable in 3D games.
While trying out various Nvidia drivers, VIA 4 in 1 drivers, BIOS settings and AGP options (PowerStrip) I observed:
- Game runs but with black flashes in the image
- Game freezes
- After driver installation Windows hangs
- Freeze on desktop and when you move the mouse the PC speaker ticks
I re-installed Windows and using Nvidia driver 6.18 and VIA 4 in 1 4.31V all games will now launch, but a brief moment into the game the system with just lock up.
I also tried an ATI card, a Rage6 or Radeon 7200 I believe, and that card works flawless with the latest ATI driver. Performance isn't stellar, but that might be because the driver could be more CPU dependent, which is one aspect of this project I'm looking into.
So I am wondering if this sounds familiar and if anyone has any tips?
I have another MVP3 board, from DFI, that I could use instead, but I feel like continuing with the AOpen board so I have a full set of benchmark results, even if its just 3dfx and ATI.