I'm a newbie, can anyone help?

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 [email hidden]

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. vhschola wrote:

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> 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 > > [email hidden]

-- Bert

"vhschola" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> 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. -- Looking for some good online Nascar 4 Racing? Join the Stock Car Pro Racing Club. http://www.scprc.com Racing on Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, starting at ~10:15 PM Eastern for ~1.5 hours

On 25 Aug 2001 20:31:13 -0600, Eddie Pettit <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>"vhschola" <[email hidden]> wrote: >> 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 gaming. Win XP will give you a slow down of 30% alone, that's if you get it to work. Rafe Mc