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Unable to use accelerations on GeForce FX 5200 Graphic Card

Asked by: calamityvox

I have the most recent drivers, and the card is compatable with all of my other hardware and software, yet when I attempt to enable any type of acceleration or other features on the "Troubleshooting" bar, my computer completely freezes when I attempt to run any type of program that uses video, i.e. multimedia files, video games. How can I get this to work?

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2004-06-03 at 15:09:54ID21012803
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Answers

 

by: waffleironheadPosted on 2004-06-03 at 16:33:40ID: 11228276

solution may be to go back to an earlier set of drivers

 

by: eccs19Posted on 2004-06-03 at 16:54:58ID: 11228387

I would agree with waffleironhead.  I've seen a lot of reports lately that the latest Nvidia drivers seem flaky.

 

by: ysageevPosted on 2004-06-03 at 19:57:01ID: 11229187


Do you mean, the acceleration slider in the advanced display properties?  

If you have the latest drivers, I can suggest only two things:

1. Make sure that your directX is up to date to the latest version (9.something B)

2. Check you BIOS settings to and let us know what, if any, the values are for video bios shadowing, AGP speed, AGP write enabled, and anything else related to video.

 

by: calamityvoxPosted on 2004-06-04 at 13:18:17ID: 11236351

I don't really know very much about BIOS, and have had bad experiences when attempting to mess with it in the past, I just looked at my settings w/o adjusting them, and I didn't really see anything relating to that other than something with AGP, but nothing specifically mentioned.

 

by: ysageevPosted on 2004-06-04 at 13:36:24ID: 11236490

Make sure your directX version is up to date (part 1 of my previous post).

Can you tell us what version of directX you have?  You can tell by downloading Sisoftware Sandra:

http://www.sisoftware.co.uk/index.html?dir=dload&location=sware_dl_x86&langx=en&a=

When you run it, it has a DirectX button in the right panel.  Click it and it will tell you everything about direct x.

Alternatively, run windows update and make sure all the latest updates are installed, particularly directX.

Finally, do precisely tell us which drivers you are using for the card.  There are a good number of beta nvidia drivers out there masquerading as the latest drivers.

 

by: calamityvoxPosted on 2004-06-04 at 20:01:55ID: 11237944

I have the most recent version of directx: 9.0b, I downloaded it today just for good measure, even though I'm sure I already had it. I also have all of the most recent updates available for windows, I update regularly. I downloaded the drivers for the card from the nvidia website but the version number is: "NVIDIA Display Driver for Windows 2000/XP              version 56.72, 03/24/2004" directly copied and pasted from the readme.

 

by: eccs19Posted on 2004-06-05 at 06:12:05ID: 11239347

Have you by any chance tried drivers from the manufacuture of the card. (Example, I have a MSI video card, but uses a Nvidia chipset, so I can get away with either one of the drivers)

If it's made by a different manufacturer, then it could be something in the card that doesn't like the generic Nvidia drivers.

 

by: ysageevPosted on 2004-06-07 at 16:56:28ID: 11254428

I will agree that you should try what some others here have posted, install previous drivers,

In particular install the drivers that came with the CD that came with your card.  See if the problem persists.

 

by: ysageevPosted on 2004-06-07 at 17:03:51ID: 11254463

What is your motherboard model? What AGP features does it support and what is the BIOS set to?  AGP 8x? AGP write enabled?  AGP aperture size? Video bios shadowing?

These features should appear in the BIOS under "advanced chipset settings".  If you can let us know what they are.

 

by: eccs19Posted on 2004-10-12 at 04:38:12ID: 12285928

Split points evenly.  

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