Leadtek A6200TD driver issues

[sourceninja]

I'm building a cheap PC for a friend. He ordered a leadtek A5200TD 128meg agp video card. I downloaded the latest drivers from nvidia, but they will not install, they say that the card is not supported. So far the only drivers I have gotten to work are the drivers I got directly from leadtek's website. Which force the cards name in device manager to leadtek 6200 and peform poorly in 3D (very poorly). Is there some other place I need to look for drivers? Or is there a way to force the nvidia drivers to install?

 

[cocokiwi]

Tell him to Take it back and get a MegaSpeed Nvidia Geforce FX 5700LE DDR 256meg memory with Dual video and TV out

this card rocks and will run Halflife 2 ,and is priced $95.99 at Target USA

Price - $90
Ship - $5 - $5.99 Ground, FedEx $11~$18


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If one is into gaming and wants a cheap but good gaming card look at cards with at least 256 meg as the 128 meg cards will lag in memory,backgrounds tend to be slow in changing.I had one before I got my 6800 GT 256meg,my son uses it now!

Cheers Dennis

 

[Fardringle]

I'm sorry, but there is so much bad advice in that post that I have to respond one section at a time:

Originally posted by: cocokiwi
Tell him to Take it back and get a MegaSpeed Nvidia Geforce FX 5700LE DDR 256meg memory with Dual video and TV out

this card rocks and will run Halflife 2 ,and is priced $95.99 at Target USA

Price - $90
Ship - $5 - $5.99 Ground, FedEx $11~$18

If you really want to spend $100 on a video card, get an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro from NewEgg. It's $100 refurb and about $120 for new, and will DRAMATICALLY outperform an FX5700LE. The LE is a HORRIBLY crippled version of the FX5700, which is significantly slower than the FX5700Ultra, and the 9800 Pro is significantly faster than the Ultra. Even a plain Radeon 9600 (or a GeForce 6600) would be less than $100 and still significantly faster than any variety of the FX5700 except possibly the Ultra...

Originally posted by: cocokiwi
If one is into gaming and wants a cheap but good gaming card look at cards with at least 256 meg as the 128 meg cards will lag in memory,backgrounds tend to be slow in changing.I had one before I got my 6800 GT 256meg,my son uses it now!

Cheers Dennis

Again, wrong in many ways. The only cards that will even begin to take advantage of 256MB of RAM are the GeForce 6800 and Radeon X800 series and higher. More than 128MB of RAM on slower cards is just marketing hype and won't do anything for you except make your wallet lighter. If you are looking for a budget card, DO NOT spend a premium price for extra RAM that will not help at all.

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Now, to answer the original question, which version(s) of the ForceWare drivers have you tried? There have been some issues with video playback in Windows Media Player on the new 77.72 drivers, but the release notes for these drivers specifically state: "Support for GeForce 7800 GTX and GeForce 6200 AGP" and "Improved TurboCache? performance." See here for details.

While TurboCache (TD) cars are not at all ideal for serious gaming since they use shared system RAM, they do work quite well at a low price for normal business use and light gaming.

Run Driver Cleaner on that PC to remove all traces of previous video card drivers from the machine, then install a new copy of the 77.72 ForceWare drivers to see what happens.

 

[cocokiwi]

oop's....I did not notice the LE until after I posted it! I had a 5200 and later got the 5700
way better ,there is a marked difference between 128 and 256meg memory....
and the 6800. I was impressed with the 5700 as I got the 6800 after getting HL-2 and Farcry ,I gave my old ASUS 5700 GF to my son and put the 6800 in my setup!

I did a quick skip to pricewatch and wrote that real quick....fast post!

my problem right now is a HDTV wonder card which I just got and will not install! sent e-mail to ATI about problem and got info on how to reinstall the video card(their's)DUH!
I wonder if they read my post to begin with(grin)

Cheers Dennis

 

[sourceninja]

I tried the newest 77.72 drivers, they give me the not supported error. I have also tried past drivers. So far the only drivers to work are the one's that came with the video card. I have read that what I actually need is a modified inf file that will force the nvidia driver to install. Now I just need to hunt it down. He most likley will not play games on this computer. It is for his office, but both 2d and 3d support are very laggy. I would say my old ati8500 out peforms this card in its current state. Either that or I've been completley spoiled by my 6800 gt.

 

[cocokiwi]

Mine is in the Winfast A400 batch But is a 6800 Gt with 256 meg DDR-3 memory

Why they use sutch weird numbers in the model i don,t know!

Works great thou!

Except for this NOT working ATI HDTV Wonder ! Weird!

1 > drivers not recognized

2 > error in Multmedia program -----RegDBGetKeyValueEX--- Failed

from ATI---

1 > Instructions on installing Video Card -THEIRS....Nothing about my problem
2 > Instructions on Installing Multimedia program....Nothing on the ERROR in it

and if I want to call them it,s a Toll call to CANADA....FREE if you want to talk about BUYING something....Tech Support..forget it!

Nutty if you ask me! easy way out just send garbage.

Cheers

Dennis

 

[stevty2889]

The new drivers worked with my Leadtek 6600GT, however they also dropped my 3dmark scores as well..