Re: Pentium 4 2ghz/No win 98 or ME Please help

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From: Roy Pollard
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 21:50

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Go talk to someone who knows about PCs - They'll tell you that there are
major problems with the way the 850 mobos handle 4X AGP on GeForce3s -

"Chris Bender" <ch...@atgsource.com> wrote in message
news:Qkls7.10685$w7.2201349@news02.optonline.net...
> I upgraded to the works, pentium 4 2ghz pc, 15,000 rpm scsi drives, and a
> geforce 3 card.
>
> Here are the specs
>
> intel pentium 4 2ghz cpu
> intel d850md motherboard
> visiontek geforce 3 card
> 1 gb rd ram
> Adaptec 29160 scsi adapter
> 2 seagate cheetah 15,000 rpm ultra 160 drives (18.4 gig each)
>
>
> I put the system together and repeatedly tried to run windows 98 on it. I
> even went out and picked up a copy of ME to try that and the same results,
> games crashing, 3dmark crashing at dragothic high detail, Yes I installed
> all of the latest MB drivers and it was giving me the same thing. I
decided
> to try windows 2000 and guess what? It works perfectly, not a single
crash,
> 5920 on 3dmark 2001..runs great. I still feel funny having windows 2k as
my
> gaming platform though, Do you guys have any recommendations to get the
> above working in win 98 SE? Please let me know, thx - Chris
>
> Chris Bender
> ch...@atgsource.com
>
>
>
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