driver (or overheating?) woes

[bladderdash]

Check this out, from a friend of mine. Sounds like overheating to me, what do you guys think? And then, what do you think he should do to solve it?
Thanks, Bladder

Motherboard: MSI K7T Pro (MS-6330)
CPU: AMD Athlon 750 MHz (Thunderbird)
Video Card: Asus Geforce 2 GTS (AGP-V7700)


Order I installed:

Installed Windows98 Second Edition

Installed Asus video drivers 5.33a at

http://www.asus.com/Products/Addon/Vga/asuse/enthusiast_drv.htm

(Already tried using Nvidia detonator drivers)

Updated to BIOS 1.4 at http://www.msi.com.tw/support/bios/63.htm


Problem:
When I play games in Direct3D and DirectDraw (Diablo 2, Unreal Tournament,
Half-Life, etc.) the game freeze frame's after a few minutes of playing the
game. I have left the computer on for hours after this happens and the game
does not continue. Although 2D games (Starcraft, Software Rendering in
Unreal Tournament) work fine with my computer, the Direct Draw version of
Diablo 2 does not work.

 

[MacGyver1]

It's probably AGP settings. VIA chipsets and NVIDIA cards have AGP problems. Sometimes you have to set AGP to 1X, change AGP aperature size (64, 128, 256), and stuff to do with Fast Writes and Side Banding. Drivers also have something to do also.

Is anything overclocked? That can make some things unstable. I would try changing the settings I talked about. If that doesn't help, try looking for articles about "VIA chipsets and NVIDIA video cards working together".

Later,
MacGyver