EVGA Geforce MX card HELP!

[YaKuZa]

my friend jus purchased an EVGA MX card to replace his TNT2 Ultra. now he is getting a lot of crashes during 3d games like quake3. his computer completely freezes. does anybody kno what is going on or sharing his same difficulties? did he just get a bad card? his MX card is not overclocked, but he has a dual celeron system, both 366@450. he has already tried it declocked, stuff still freezes. thanks in advance for any help.

 

[atom]

Try the latest reference drivers.

Also, check to see if the heatsink on the card is hot when it crashes. IMO this card really needs a fan, especially if your case isn't cooled properly. I got one and it used to lock up occasionally. After I put another 80mm fan in my case and a spare 486 fan I had on the heatsink, it rarely crashes.

 

[Wolfman35]

The EVGA brand cards are very chipset specific. They don't work well on VIA boards at times especially when the supplied current to the AGP slot is marginal. I had one that would not even POST on a VIA 694 board but ran fine on an Abit BE6-II. The Asus 7100 does not have this problem and is cheaper. Sell the E-Card and get an Asus or the Elsa.