How strange! the 77.77 nVidia drivers will NOT work on a GF2 GTS

[AnitaPeterson]

Hi there,

I upgraded my videocard drivers yesterday, after reinstalling my OS... and I downloaded the most recent nVidia drivers for my ASUS v7700 Deluxe card, which is a Geforce2 GTS.

Lo and behold, the installation aborts with a message like "No compatible hardware found". This happened repeatedly, since I wanted to make sure nothing else is at fault here.

To add to the mystery, the official card list on the nVidia download page lists all the cards from GF2 MX 100 (!) to the 7800, except the GF2 GTS.

So I downloaded the some older drivers from the "archive" section, and they work perfectly.... but I'm still wondering how come this card, which was the flagship of the product line at some point, is now left behind, while absolute pieces of garbage like the MX 1/200 are still supported ?!?

 

[kylebisme]

The weirdest part is that Geforce2mx is just a lower clocked, slower memory version of the gts; so why one would be supported but not the other is truly a mystery.

 

[Spacecomber]

Maybe it is somehow related to the MX cards becoming Geforce4 cards, at least in name; and they don't want it to appear they are no longer supporting their Geforce4 line???

Nevertheless, the Geforce 256 and Geforce2 are conspicuous by their absence.

 

[Marsumane]

Originally posted by: Spacecomber
Maybe it is somehow related to the MX cards becoming Geforce4 cards, at least in name; and they don't want it to appear they are no longer supporting their Geforce4 line???

Nevertheless, the Geforce 256 and Geforce2 are conspicuous by their absence.

The geforce4mx cards are actually geforce 2 cards with modifications, not the other way around

-Oh and to give some advice: email nv and see what they have to say

 

[AnitaPeterson]

I've e-mailed nVidia, let's see what they reply...

 

[Spacecomber]

Originally posted by: Marsumane
The geforce4mx cards are actually geforce 2 cards with modifications, not the other way around

That's what I meant by saying that they became Geforce4 cards, at least in name. I understand that the Geforce2 and all versions MX, whether they have Geforce4 in front of their names or not, are essentially the same with regard to their important hardware features.

 

[Kalessian]

I had the same problem with my GF2Ti:

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=31&threadid=1669131&enterthread=y

I would assume that the GF2MX WON'T work, unless one of you can confirm it does.

 

[mwmorph]

dont get 77.xx just use whatever, there's no reason to updayte since 77.xx adds nothing to your geforce2. my geforce2ts is running 56.xx since that was the latest driver ot work with mideval total war.

 

[Kalessian]

Yeah, I just keep mine with Xtreme-G 71.89. It's fine.

 

[kylebisme]

Originally posted by: Spacecomber

Originally posted by: Marsumane
The geforce4mx cards are actually geforce 2 cards with modifications, not the other way around

That's what I meant by saying that they became Geforce4 cards, at least in name. I understand that the Geforce2 and all versions MX, whether they have Geforce4 in front of their names or not, are essentially the same with regard to their important hardware features.

Basicly, but Geforce4mx added multisampling and a crossbar memory controller.