GeForce 4 TI 4600 Problems...
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MagicalVacation
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That won't be possible....
I just opened up my case to inspect things, and I'd like to report that the video card itself was upside down, is that at all normal?
But then again, that's the ONLY way it could possibly be connected to the PC, both the CPU as the Video card fan's function, but the Video card is rather close to the sound card, there's about 1 or 2 PCI slots in between them.
Everyting normal?
I just opened up my case to inspect things, and I'd like to report that the video card itself was upside down, is that at all normal?
But then again, that's the ONLY way it could possibly be connected to the PC, both the CPU as the Video card fan's function, but the Video card is rather close to the sound card, there's about 1 or 2 PCI slots in between them.
Everyting normal?
Big B
HWF Godfather
By upside down, you mean that the fan side is facing down, right?
If so, that's normal for all cards. Unless there's some wierd card out there, that's the only way cards come.
It's not unusual to have a few spaces between the other cards and the video card. It's really not a problem to have a card right next to the video card, but most people prefer not to do it that way, especially since they tend to overclock---which produces more heat.
Basically, the card positions don't sound abnormal and is probably what most people may do.
Can't you get a cheap AGP card (like a GeForce 2 MX or something) and try that? Also, can you remove the other cards in your system and uninstall the drivers for those devices (especially the sound card). Or if you don't want to do that, disable them in Device Manager and see if that fixes anything.
If so, that's normal for all cards. Unless there's some wierd card out there, that's the only way cards come.
It's not unusual to have a few spaces between the other cards and the video card. It's really not a problem to have a card right next to the video card, but most people prefer not to do it that way, especially since they tend to overclock---which produces more heat.
Basically, the card positions don't sound abnormal and is probably what most people may do.
Can't you get a cheap AGP card (like a GeForce 2 MX or something) and try that? Also, can you remove the other cards in your system and uninstall the drivers for those devices (especially the sound card). Or if you don't want to do that, disable them in Device Manager and see if that fixes anything.
MagicalVacation
Geek Trainee
The reason why I can't ask to borrow someone's card and test it is because my PC is being Leased. So legally it's property of the leasing agency, not me. I'm not allowed to change any parts of the PC untill the payment has been completed. Really, if I were to change anything and they find out about it (by an unexpected check up) I'd be a dead man, a very dead man.
I disabled the sound card though, but nothing changed. According to windows both my sound and video card are perfectly compatible.
I'm beginning to think I'm never going to find the solution, though most of the time the answer lies in the most unexpected...
What still strikes me as odd though, is that my 3DMark2001 SE score lies around 12000 which seems to be perfectly normal for a Geforce 4 TI 4600 on a Pentium 4 2.53Ghz system (according to the comparison though). But I'm still getting slowdowns in SOFII, GTAIII, NWN (http://nwn.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=180533&forum=49&sp=0), and Warcraft III (http://www.gamingforce.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9835)
I disabled the sound card though, but nothing changed. According to windows both my sound and video card are perfectly compatible.
I'm beginning to think I'm never going to find the solution, though most of the time the answer lies in the most unexpected...
What still strikes me as odd though, is that my 3DMark2001 SE score lies around 12000 which seems to be perfectly normal for a Geforce 4 TI 4600 on a Pentium 4 2.53Ghz system (according to the comparison though). But I'm still getting slowdowns in SOFII, GTAIII, NWN (http://nwn.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=180533&forum=49&sp=0), and Warcraft III (http://www.gamingforce.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9835)
I may be repeating myself but make sure you already tried the drivers located on your mainboard cd. I certainly don'T have a system as powerful as yours but when I first installed my video card drivers I used detonator 41.09 drivers which scored very badly in 3DMark2001SE and I couldn'T run any games smoothly. I then used xp drivers which allowed me to improve greatly my 3DMark2001SE score as well as playing NFS6 and NHL 2003 very smoothly but not MOHAA. I then tried soltek's drivers for my video card and it scored exactly the same as xp drivers in 3DMark2001SE but I can now play any games as smooth as they can be with the hardware that I have. So make sure you already tried your mainboard drivers because when you received your system, maybe the people who configured just let windows use its own drivers so do not assume that they took the time to install the best possible drivers.
MagicalVacation
Geek Trainee
Uhum, just tried it, logically the performance only got worse.
I don't think I've mentioned this before, but I'm also having problems with DVD-video playback using the standard DVD player called PowerDVD. When backgrounds are moving you can clearly see it doesn't go smoothly at all, rather choppy too... Really strange, luckily I've still got my PS2, but still...
I don't think I've mentioned this before, but I'm also having problems with DVD-video playback using the standard DVD player called PowerDVD. When backgrounds are moving you can clearly see it doesn't go smoothly at all, rather choppy too... Really strange, luckily I've still got my PS2, but still...
MagicalVacation
Geek Trainee
euhm, I doubt that's the case, this PC is only 2 or so weeks old, and I've had those problems since the very beginning.
Big B
HWF Godfather
I see...
If I were you, I'd get a hold of whoever built that PC and have them fix it or get you a new system. It's obviously not working correctly, and you can't swap parts to fix it yourself due to an agreement. They've promised a fully working computer to you for your money, and that is not what you've got here.
If I were you, I'd get a hold of whoever built that PC and have them fix it or get you a new system. It's obviously not working correctly, and you can't swap parts to fix it yourself due to an agreement. They've promised a fully working computer to you for your money, and that is not what you've got here.
syngod
Moderator
I know people were having problems with the Creative cards, although last I heard the majority of problems were fixed with newer det's Creative had posted.
I'd try running "dxdiag" from the run menu. If that's not showing any issues chances are you may have a bad card and I'd look into either trying to get it replaced or see if you can have the Creatice switched for a different brand of card.
I'd try running "dxdiag" from the run menu. If that's not showing any issues chances are you may have a bad card and I'd look into either trying to get it replaced or see if you can have the Creatice switched for a different brand of card.
MagicalVacation
Geek Trainee
What are DET'S?
Big B
HWF Godfather
Detonator Drivers, aka nVidia drivers, GeForce drivers, etc.
They are the short hand for the offical name of the drivers nVidia put out. They work with just about every card based on an nVidia grahpics chip, from the TNT2 to the current GeForce 4 cards. I imagine they'll start supporting the upcoming GeForce FX card here shortly in a driver update or two.
They are the short hand for the offical name of the drivers nVidia put out. They work with just about every card based on an nVidia grahpics chip, from the TNT2 to the current GeForce 4 cards. I imagine they'll start supporting the upcoming GeForce FX card here shortly in a driver update or two.