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by **vhschol** » Mon, 27 Aug 2001 06:00:03

NASCAR 4 is the game
Hi here are my system specs
Windows 98SE
DirectX 8.0a
Athelon 800mhz with
Giga-byte 71xe Motherboard with AMD 751/756 chipset
40 Gig HD
Zip CD650 DVD Player/CDRW
48x CD ROM
SB Live Platinum

Heres the dilemma, I was running the ATI All In Wonder 128 Pro 32MB and it
kept locking up my system, 1 or 2 laps into a race. I downloaded every new
driver and bios updates fro everything. papus basically told me to go s&$t
in my hat. The quote was. You Dont know what you are doing, this is the
rolls royce of games all others are tinker toys. I tried it all and nothing.
So just for snicks I vorrowed someones EVGA Geforce 2 MX. No problems, but I
lose all the features of the ATI. I just bought it like 6 months ago and
love it otherwise. Anyone know if Windows XP might help or hurt this
situation? Aany help would be appriciated. Thanks

by **BRH** » Mon, 27 Aug 2001 07:45:19

Can't answer your specific question about XP and the ATI card, however I had a
similar dilemma a few months back. I had an ATI All-in-Wonder card and a
Voodoo2. I wanted to upgrade the Voodoo2 (in my case to a Voodoo 5), but this
would have meant ditching the ATI card altogether, and losing my capability of
watching TV while websurfing or whatever. So, what I did was upgrade to the
Voodoo 5 and also bought the ATI "TV Wonder Value" card (It costs around $40).

I know that this would mean that you need to get TWO new vidcards (a Geforce or
whatever and the ATI TV Wonder), but it is a workable option.... FWIW, I've
had no compatibility problems with the 2 cards. (I'm running Windows 98SE).

Hope this helps. Good Luck.

> NASCAR 4 is the game
> Hi here are my system specs
> Windows 98SE
> DirectX 8.0a
> Athelon 800mhz with
> Giga-byte 71xe Motherboard with AMD 751/756 chipset
> 40 Gig HD
> Zip CD650 DVD Player/CDRW
> 48x CD ROM
> SB Live Platinum

> Heres the dilemma, I was running the ATI All In Wonder 128 Pro 32MB and it
> kept locking up my system, 1 or 2 laps into a race. I downloaded every new
> driver and bios updates fro everything. papus basically told me to go s&$t
> in my hat. The quote was. You Dont know what you are doing, this is the
> rolls royce of games all others are tinker toys. I tried it all and nothing.
> So just for snicks I vorrowed someones EVGA Geforce 2 MX. No problems, but I
> lose all the features of the ATI. I just bought it like 6 months ago and
> love it otherwise. Anyone know if Windows XP might help or hurt this
> situation? Aany help would be appriciated. Thanks

--
Bert

by **Eddie Petti** » Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:31:13

> NASCAR 4 is the game
> Windows 98SE
> Athelon 800mhz with
> Heres the dilemma, I was running the ATI All In Wonder 128 Pro 32MB and
> it kept locking up my system, 1 or 2 laps into a race. I downloaded
> tried it all and nothing. So just for snicks I vorrowed someones EVGA
> Geforce 2 MX. No problems, but I lose all the features of the ATI. I
> just bought it like 6 months ago and love it otherwise.

I'd try several things, one of which would be to install a slot fan and
several case fans, I had a similar issue with a GF2 card that was
overheating, I didn't know which component was overheating but I installed 5
or 6 fans and it went away. Once I switched to a GF3, the problem went away
entirely. I've built a new computer since then, and included a few case
fans for good measure. You might try adding some inexpensive case fans
before you give up and shell out a few hundred dollars.

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by **Rafe McAulif** » Mon, 27 Aug 2001 16:27:31

>> NASCAR 4 is the game
>> Windows 98SE
>> Athelon 800mhz with
>> Heres the dilemma, I was running the ATI All In Wonder 128 Pro 32MB and
>> it kept locking up my system, 1 or 2 laps into a race. I downloaded
>> tried it all and nothing. So just for snicks I vorrowed someones EVGA
>> Geforce 2 MX. No problems, but I lose all the features of the ATI. I
>> just bought it like 6 months ago and love it otherwise.

>I'd try several things, one of which would be to install a slot fan and
>several case fans, I had a similar issue with a GF2 card that was
>overheating, I didn't know which component was overheating but I installed 5
>or 6 fans and it went away. Once I switched to a GF3, the problem went away
>entirely. I've built a new computer since then, and included a few case
>fans for good measure. You might try adding some inexpensive case fans
>before you give up and shell out a few hundred dollars.

Some sound advice. I'd suggest that you try all avenues before you
install a new OS to try and fix it. Win 98SE is still the bees knees
of OS's for ***. Win XP will give you a slow down of 30% alone,
that's if you get it to work.

Rafe Mc

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