So, here is the situation.
I used to have a Geforce 3 TI200 installed on my computer, and I noticed something funny - when I used NVIDIA driver version 23.11, everything ran fine, but if I ever used a newer driver version, my computer would instantly crash whenever I ran a 3D game. Since the 23.11 worked alright with that card, I didn't think much of it.
Now, I have a Geforce 4 4200, and I have the same problem. However, since the 23.11 won't work with this card, I'm pretty much stuck. Whenever I try to run a game in 3D, no matter what driver version I use (and I've tried pretty much all that are still available at NVIDIA), I always crash right away. I've done this with multiple games, so I know it can't be a software issue.
Out of pure frustration more than anything, I tried an operating system reinstall, this time doing a 98/XP dual boot. While XP has all the same instant-crashing problems, everything ran just smoothly with windows 98. So, since this has happened to me on numerous games, with multiple video cards, and only on XP, I'm left to conclude that it must be an issue between XP and the new generation of NVIDIA drivers.
If anyone has any ideas, please let me know.
My system specs:
AMD Athlon 1.33 ghz
Asylum Geforce4 4200
IWill KK266 Motherboard with VIA KT133A chipset (no video chip built in to the board), newest VIA Hyperion drivers, most recent bios installed
512 MB SDRam
Game Theatre XP
Windows XP Pro with all updates installed (doesn't work)
Windows 98 with all updates (does work)
I used to have a Geforce 3 TI200 installed on my computer, and I noticed something funny - when I used NVIDIA driver version 23.11, everything ran fine, but if I ever used a newer driver version, my computer would instantly crash whenever I ran a 3D game. Since the 23.11 worked alright with that card, I didn't think much of it.
Now, I have a Geforce 4 4200, and I have the same problem. However, since the 23.11 won't work with this card, I'm pretty much stuck. Whenever I try to run a game in 3D, no matter what driver version I use (and I've tried pretty much all that are still available at NVIDIA), I always crash right away. I've done this with multiple games, so I know it can't be a software issue.
Out of pure frustration more than anything, I tried an operating system reinstall, this time doing a 98/XP dual boot. While XP has all the same instant-crashing problems, everything ran just smoothly with windows 98. So, since this has happened to me on numerous games, with multiple video cards, and only on XP, I'm left to conclude that it must be an issue between XP and the new generation of NVIDIA drivers.
If anyone has any ideas, please let me know.
My system specs:
AMD Athlon 1.33 ghz
Asylum Geforce4 4200
IWill KK266 Motherboard with VIA KT133A chipset (no video chip built in to the board), newest VIA Hyperion drivers, most recent bios installed
512 MB SDRam
Game Theatre XP
Windows XP Pro with all updates installed (doesn't work)
Windows 98 with all updates (does work)
