Weird fps prob

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02-21-2002, 09:39 PM
Stryker5

Weird fps prob

I just lost and agp slot on my Asus A7V133 board and my GF2 GTS 32MB vid card was damaged. I replaced the Asus A7V133 board with an Abit KR7A-133. I replaced my vid card with a GF4 MX420. I also got 256MB DDR. Now when I play any game my fps is fine for 2 seconds and then it drops by 5 frames, which brings my system to a short freeze and it seems like lag. Anybody have a clue what could be causing this? I reinstalled windows and I tried using the GF4 drivers ont eh disc and the 23.11s with no affect. Is this a vid card prob?

BTW, Someone mentioned reinstalling the mobo drivers. Thing is I don't see any drivers on the mobo disc besides the via drivers. Systems specs below if you need them.
02-21-2002, 09:42 PM
tio2k

Re: Weird fps prob

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Originally posted by Stryker5
I just lost and agp slot on my Asus A7V133 board and my GF2 GTS 32MB vid card was damaged. I replaced the Asus A7V133 board with an Abit KR7A-133. I replaced my vid card with a GF4 MX420. I also got 256MB DDR. Now when I play any game my fps is fine for 2 seconds and then it drops by 5 frames, which brings my system to a short freeze and it seems like lag. Anybody have a clue what could be causing this? I reinstalled windows and I tried using the GF4 drivers ont eh disc and the 23.11s with no affect.

do you have any programs running in the background? if not then try installing latest drivers for your board.. and disabling vsync

i had that same problem, and it seemed likke it was a bios prob..

any other ideas anyone?
02-21-2002, 10:05 PM
Stryker5

Do you know where I can get the latest xp drivers for this board? I was looking at the irq just now. This is teh entry for the card..."(pci) 11 NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420". Shouldn't it be listed as agp?
02-21-2002, 10:11 PM
Snoop Dogg

Tried turning V-Sync off right?

Turned FSAA off?

How about Antisopheric off?
02-21-2002, 10:17 PM
Stryker5

They are always off. I make sure of that everytime I install new drivers. I also tried a different apg card with teh same result. This is also spilling over into other applications not just games. The visualizations in Media player for music does the same thing.
02-21-2002, 10:54 PM
Stryker5

Please guys, I know someone else must have an idea. Should I got back to the asus a7v133 and keep the vid card or return both and get something else?
02-21-2002, 11:37 PM
Skywize

You shouldn't install the via drivers if you run XP.