ASUS A7N8X Deluxe MB, Athlon XP 2200+, Win 98SE, and my old gf2mx400 64mb
ram (can't do everything at once).
I installed all the up to date drivers 41.?? for the GPU.
Surprisingly good framerate for everything including F1 2002 and NR 2003
except it CTD with no error message all the time. Does it in GPL, F1 2002,
HEAT, NR 2003 & SCGT. It doesn't do it with any prosaic programs which
leads me to believe its a GPU and/or driver issue (although I do recognize
that all components CPU, RAM etc. are being way more taxed during a sim than
in writing a letter to Gran in Word I still Tend to think its a GPU issue.)
The CTD seem to happen at random times, 5 sec into a GPL race, on the third
lap of testing in F1 2002, no CTD at all in a 3 lap GPL race at Spa. I've
started to log them manually to see if there are any patterns, length of
time computers been on, number of cars visible etc. No patterns have
emerged yet.
Every thing but Systray and Explorer are turned off.
I had some problems with the GPU in the old box although not this specific
problem and if I recall I went back to a 21.?? driver, do you think this
might help? Or is the GPU to small for the MB and gets pushed to far and
crashes, and should I just bit the bullet and get a gf4Ti (part of me wants
this to be the case. Not the wallet part).
Just one last thought I ordered Generic OEM PC3200 RAM before I realized
there might be a compatibility problem, turned out there wasn't and it never
fails to recognize it on Boot Up. Still I wonder if that might be an issue.
TIA