HELP! New TBIRD System Freeze?

xWeston

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My System is freezing while playing games and i know that i need do download a 4in1 Driver update to make it work, but im not sure which one.

Here are my specs
Windows 2000 all of windowsupdates installed.
Abit KT7A-Raid
1.2ghz Tbird with mini-super orb
TNT2 Ultra 32mb AGP
SB Live! Value
30gig Western Digital ATA100 7200rpm
TDK 12x10x32 burner
52x cdrom
Enlight Case
Western Digital Firewire card
2-128mb Crucical pc133
1-128mb Generic pc133

I need to know which of the 4in1's are best for gaming as well as playing divx movies. I believe i tried the 4.27 ones, and for games they worked fine but my divx movies would freeze while i was watching them, which is not a good thing considering i have almost 100 nowadays. Also, i'd like to know what nvidia drivers are best for my card. I am currently using 6.50 and they seem to be plenty fast, but when i alt-tab i bluescreen. My card has tv-out, and this needs to be supported in the drivers, whcih 7.52 doesnt support because i've tried.
Please help me, the freezing issue is the biggest problem, i notice anandtech tests with 4.24 4in1 and 5.22 for nvidia drivers, is this the best setup? Any other Hints/tips/help you could give me with a kt133a/tbird setup would be great.

Also please inform me of any bios settings to make ram faster or anything! PLEASE!
Weston

email me if ya want, weston@antievil.com
 

Dulanic

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Drivers 6.47 are good drivers also.... as for VIA 4 in 1 drivers I would use the 4.29 from www.viahardware.com they seem to work the best and have the least bugs in Win2K.

Also remeber to install the following!

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/recommended/q261606/default.asp

And this will fix some lockups... specifically half-life evolva and MechWarrior4... Im sure others will lock up without it but thoose I know for sure.

http://www.amd.com/products/cpg/athlon-duron/amd_win2k_patch.html