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

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From: Noel
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 21:35
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Roy, What if anything have you heard about how the 850 mobos handle 4X AGPs
like the GeForce3?s   Come on share...

Noel

Roy Pollard <pl...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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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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