Hardware lagging or something else?

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TIMEZONE

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Hey,

A week ago I started a thread: Windows 2000 Pro Lagging about that my computer is lagging with WINDOWS 2000 PRO and so I installed Windows XP Pro and then reformatted and I seem to be still lagging when I go to certain websites like youtube.com, hardocp, broadbandreports, dslextreme, and etc...and also when I play video's it plays for like 1 min and then it lags and computer crashes so I will have to restart...and I have just notice that maybe its my video card that is making my computer lagging!? My video card is a NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64 and I do not know where I can update my driver...my current driver is 5.1.2001.0 and I went to the NVIDIA website and found 71.89_win2kxp_english and try installing it and it said, "The NVIDIA setup program could not lcoated any drivers taht are compatile with your current hardware. Setup will not exit." And then I cannot istall the driver!

MY SPECS:

Intel P4 2.4GHZ
Intel ECS PT800CE-A
512MB RAM
Linksys Ethernet Card
114GB MAXTOR
NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 MODEL 64

Thanks.

.(sry about my English)

*EDIT - Also do you guys recommend me to get a new video card? If so which video card would you guys recommend? Under 100!
 
Right click My Computer, go to Hardware, then Device Manager and tell me what it says under Display Adapter.
 
nvidias site is misleading in that when you browse to the driver via their selection boxes, it takes you to the 91.31 drivers which are incompatible with your card. That is why I suggested those at first.
 
You should go to Control Panel, then Add/remove programs and find the nvidia drivers that are currently installed and remove them. The system will restart with ugly graphics and from there you can reapply the 71.89s.
 
You cant find the current Nvidia drivers under 'Control Panel/Add/Remove Programs'?
 
Go to START/RUN/type 'DXDIAG' in the box and hit enter. Go the display tab and tell me what it says.

Name:
Manufacturer:
Version:
Date:
 
Name: NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64
Manufactrer: NVIDIA
Chip Type: RIVA TNT2 Model 64
DAC Type: Integreated RAMDC
Approx Total Mem: 32.0MB
Display Mode: 1280x1024 (32 BIT) (70Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor

And also...when I typed in DXDIAG...my monitor blanked black and then it went back to normal...is this suppose to happen?

SCREENSHOT: http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g222/amenslove/dxdiag.jpg
 
Alright, lets try this. Go back to Device manager and display adapter.

Right click your cards name and go to properties. Click on the driver tab. Click uninstall.

After reboot Windows will want to install drivers for the card. Hit cancel on the windows that pop up. After that, go to your 71.89.exe file and run it.
 
skittzle said:
Alright, lets try this. Go back to Device manager and display adapter.

Right click your cards name and go to properties. Click on the driver tab. Click uninstall.

After reboot Windows will want to install drivers for the card. Hit cancel on the windows that pop up. After that, go to your 71.89.exe file and run it.
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i did what you said...but when I open the file 71.89.exe it pops up the same message!


EDIT - Also do you think its in DirectX? My version right now is: 8.1b
 
I really don't understand why those drivers will not work. They are the last 70 series drivers made. All research that I've done points to those drivers.

I will continue to look into this after lunch.

P.S. If anyone else following this thread cares to chime in. It would be appreciated. His card should work with those drivers.

[edit] back in 1 hour
 
skittzle said:
I really don't understand why those drivers will not work. They are the last 70 series drivers made. All research that I've done points to those drivers.

I will continue to look into this after lunch.

P.S. If anyone else following this thread cares to chime in. It would be appreciated. His card should work with those drivers.
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Yes please do.
 
ok lets try this now.

I found this bit of info regarding your card.

I think it might be a quirk with the BIOS in your card. Especially in
the old TNT and TNT2 models, different manufacturers reported their ID
different ways and there were two possible memory types, each requiring
a different BIOS.
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You can force an install by hand. After running the NVIDIA installer
once, your driver files should have been extracted to:

C:\NVIDIA\Win2kXP\[driverversion]

(Note, this is the procedure for Windows XP, but works similarly in 98).

1. Go into your device manager, expand display adapters, and right
click on the adapter. Choose Update Driver.

2. Select "Install from a list or specific location". Click next.

3. Select "Don't search. I will choose..". Click next.

4. Click Have Disk and navigate to the n4_disp.inf file located in the
directory mentioned above.

5. If your video card model does not show up, uncheck "Show compatible
hardware" and select your model (i.e. NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64).

6. Click next, and follow through the dialogs confirming any warnings,
etc, until the install is complete and reboot.
 
skittzle said:
ok lets try this now.

I found this bit of info regarding your card.



You can force an install by hand. After running the NVIDIA installer
once, your driver files should have been extracted to:

C:\NVIDIA\Win2kXP\[driverversion]

(Note, this is the procedure for Windows XP, but works similarly in 98).

1. Go into your device manager, expand display adapters, and right
click on the adapter. Choose Update Driver.

2. Select "Install from a list or specific location". Click next.

3. Select "Don't search. I will choose..". Click next.

4. Click Have Disk and navigate to the n4_disp.inf file located in the
directory mentioned above.

5. If your video card model does not show up, uncheck "Show compatible
hardware" and select your model (i.e. NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64).

6. Click next, and follow through the dialogs confirming any warnings,
etc, until the install is complete and reboot.
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The only thing that stopped me from doing this concept is to find n4_disp.inf...i do not know where that is located! please help thx
 
C:\NVIDIA\Win2KXP\71.89\nv4_disp.inf

Browse to that file. It should be there. You can always do a search on your harddrive for it too.
 
Ok..I have found the file but its call nv4.disp instead of n4.disp! anyway...I have tried it anyway and just installed and rebooted I'm not sure how am I going to test if my computer still lags or not?
 
TIMEZONE said:
Ok..I have found the file but its call nv4.disp instead of n4.disp! anyway...I have tried it anyway and just installed and rebooted I'm not sure how am I going to test if my computer still lags or not?
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You just need to use it for a while I guess. I was never certain that this would solve your problem but its a good start.

Many things could be causing your slowdowns. Viruses, Spyware, excessive processes running.

Let me know how she runs.
 
Ok. I have just tried going to www.youtube.com then searched naruto episode 52 and watched for about 5secs and then it stopped, lagged, then i have to restart my computer!? what do you think is wrong? ram?

I'm pretty sure its not a virus, ad-ware, spyware, or anything like that. I have scanned thru Norton, AVG, Ewido, HiJack this (log also), Spybot, and etc...and experts from BBR looked at my logg and told me there was no sign of virus! So any more suggestions would be appreciated. thx
 
Verify that the drivers installed properly by going to start/run/dxdiag and listing the version and date.
 
You should have no problems viewing a movie off of youtube with 512mb of ram.

[edit] Your video card is certainly out of date. You can find much better cards for really cheap.
 
Unfortunately, I need to leave for a while now. There are plenty of knowledgable people on the board who may be willing to help out.

I will check back when I can.

Good luck
 
Ok...thx for the help so far!

If anybody else could help me that would be great. Thanks! :)
 
TIMEZONE said:
Thx...Both are updated (drivers and directX)! I think its either RAM problem, PSW, and def. my video card.
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Yeah you could use more ram for sure. I remember having a similiar card to yours way back when but I dont remember ever having problems viewing web pages or streaming videos.

Good luck on the upgrades. Sorry I couldn't get it solved.
 
Ya, It's ok...you actually thought me a lot today. Thank you very much! :) I'll give you a cookie. lol

edit - but do you know where I can buy a ok computer under 100 or so? thx :)
 
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