GeForce 2 MX 400 + XP... too slow!

[chronicles]

Hi everybody!

I´ve here a GeForce 2 MX 400 64Mb AGP video card, plugged on my ASUS CUV4X-C motherboard (AGP 4X compatible). I used to run Windows 98 SE, lastest NVIDIA drivers + AGP at 4X run mode. GTA3 could run at 800X600X32 resolution (OK... with rare freezes). Now the scenario is the same, I just change my O.S. to XP. GTA3 runs to sloooow... at 640X480X16. Is my XP ignoring my GeForce power? Or my GeForce it´s too old for this game?

Thank you very much!

 

[paparazi]

I really don't mean to be rude but not enough information!
I suspect that your machine is struggling now you have upgraded to XP, this OS uses far more memory and system resorces and unless you have a fast machine with plenty of memory I am not surprised you have a performance hit.
XP isn't for everyone, personally I wouldn't recommend it unless you have 800mhz+ machine with more than 196mb ram.
I know it can be run with much less but with a resultant performance hit. Martin
Replying helps further our knowledge, without comment leaves us wondering.

 

[chronicles]

Sorry! ;-)
I REALLY know that I do not give enough information!

My machine: Pentium III 866Mhz, 384Mb RAM, 20Gb Hard Disk. Motherboard: ASUS CUV4X-C, video card: GeForce 2 MX 400.
The general performance is OK! But my video card performance is so poor compared with Windows 98...

Thank you!

 

[Comtech]

Have you grabbed the latest detonator drivers from NVidia?
They significantly improve performance of a GF2. Try DX9 as well. It works great on my Celly 800 with the same card. Cheers,
Jim

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