FX 5500 256 Video Problems

I will work my way up or down in the version from what you have posted
here. It seems the BF1942 was the first game I have had issue with.
Is it worth making a post to invidia about it on the latest drivers not
working?
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On 26 Feb 2006 15:43:12 -0800, "jedimole" <jedimole.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:

>Found another post in this, I had to go back to the nvidia 56.XX
>version!? Thats lik 3 revs back and it doesnt make sense

As your card is at least 3 generations old, you are lucky that is as
far back as you had to go. Modern drivers do nothing to help antique
hardware.
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Andrew wrote:
> On 26 Feb 2006 15:43:12 -0800, "jedimole" <jedimole.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Found another post in this, I had to go back to the nvidia 56.XX
>> version!? Thats lik 3 revs back and it doesnt make sense

No it doesn't make sense, NVIDIA's drivers are structured to support all
GPU's without having specific versions cutting off support without
reason. The current Forcewares will work with an FX without a problem,
I'm using them on an FX5700 and 5600 in two other systems and have no
problems.

> As your card is at least 3 generations old, you are lucky that is as
> far back as you had to go. Modern drivers do nothing to help antique
> hardware.

They do nothing to help it optimization wise, but most commonly they
take nothing away either, or take very little away in benchmarks like
3DMark03, etc. Normally the image quality enhancements and mip
filtering optimizations trickle their way down into older hardware as
well. For example, on a Geforce 3 TI200, the newer 7x.xx and 8x.xx
drivers have MUCH better texture filtering quality and better 2D quality
overall.

In this instance, you DO need a relatively new driver to support the DX9
software API. It was first supported in 52.16 for FX cards. If the OP
is still bent on finding an old and stable driver, I recommend the 71.84
WHQL set. You can find them on the FTP:

ftp://download.nvidia.com/windows/71.84_whql

Another well established set is 77.76:

ftp://download.nvidia.com/windows/77.77

(.77 just had one minor fix added, same exact driver).

The 8x.xx series added some major tweaks to the way the GPU is addressed
and for monitor support, so it's understandable there might be some
bugs, however I must reiterate that I have no problems with an FX5700
using the newest 81.98 set.
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jedimole wrote:
> I will work my way up or down in the version from what you have posted
> here. It seems the BF1942 was the first game I have had issue with.
> Is it worth making a post to invidia about it on the latest drivers not
> working?
>

No, I wouldn't. We can know for a fact that BF1942 works with at least
up to 77.xx with NV34 chips (FX 5200, 5500), NV36 (FX 5700), and NV31
(FX 5600) because I've used this driver with them all or have played on
machines using it. I upgraded to a 6600GT slightly afterwards (around
the time of 78.05), but never had a problem with my previous 5700.

I think it's time to do some basic system diagnosing, starting with the
lowest level (assuring adequate power, ventilation, and hardware
compatibility), then moving up to more complex issues like chipset
drivers, mismatched driver versions, and chipset AGP driver installation.
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I think I got it all the way to a version 66.XX and was fine.

I know this game is a bit old now as with DC Final added in, but I
still like to play it. I still seem to have the Crash to desktop with
DC though especially with Market Garden, has this ever been fixed or is
it still a problem? I have BF2 just not installed yet.
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I tried 78.05 but had no luck even after cleaning. I just wonder going
all the way back to 66 will affect any current games I wish to install.
Which leads to my last question, whats the best agp for money at this
poit that I know can work without building a new system!
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