Well they always use the memory as a big selling point "a 32mb card is
obviously twice as fast" type bullshit. Like I said though, they
usually only put more memory on faster cards generally. You still
haven't mentioned what video card you upgraded to...
But make sure you do all the uninstall tricks, d/l the latest drivers,
etc.
Rafe Mc
>> What nVidia card is it? The amount of memory on the card has no effect
>> on speed, it just allows you to use higher res. That said, usually
>> cards with more mem are faster cards anyway. But if you're comparing
>> Glide and OpenGL, it may just be that the 32mb card is slower.
>Argh, so bascially the "upgrade" as I was ensured it was, may be nothing
>mroe than a money spinner ffrom Company "X". grrr...
>> Make sure you've completely uninstalled the Banshee. Go into Safe mode
>> - control panel and remove all 3d card entries except for the new one.
>> Latest drivers obviously, dx7 or 8, upgrade bios, all the usual
>> tricks.
>> Rafe Mc
>> >Hi I hope someone can give me some help.
>> >I had a 16M voodoo banshee card installed on my PC with reasonable
>effect.
>> >I now installed a 32M nVidia card and it's actually running a lot
>slower...
>> >when it runs... If I set all acceration features up to give maximum
>quality
>> >I get nothing but crashes, and hangs on various games and problems with
>> >windows. On a medium setting it seems to limit the amount of problems so
>I
>> >can play the games but FPTS are not as high as on the 16M card and that
>with
>> >detail turned down! Why can't i get it to run max detail and why is it
>> >slower than a card half it's power when it's set at medium to low detail?
>> >Any help appreciated.
