bad 3d video

[darkman]

if some one could please help me i have a new 650mhx Athlon, and a abit ka7 board and a vippor 770 ultra and i have a hard time running any game ie(diablo 2, heros of might and magic 3)it will not run D2 in direct 3d mode but it used to when i had a p2 450 with micronic board. but not on the new mobo and processor. please anyone who can help let me know

[Debug_Fdisk]

well first off be more specific with what your running what os are you getting a post/boot are there any specific errors your recieving or msg windows tells you when you are tring to utilize direct 3d i am more then certain one of us techs would be able to lead you in the directions to getting it to work
general tip to get it to run make sure the drivers are current or update drivers for the system

[darkman]

ok sorry about not giving all the info, i have win98SE and the lastest drivers for the chipset (VIA agp port) and the current drivers for the video card. When ever i try to play a game the screnn goes dead and the power light blinks orang on the moniter, the moniter just dies its a viewsonic PF90
any suggestions

[Ugo]

Is it a fresh install fo the game? I have seen that happen when people just move the game from their old HDD to their new one. Some things are set durring install that are assumed to be the same every time you boot the game.

[darkman]

new install of os and game

[Sowulo]

Check your AGP mode. You might have been at 2XAGP before and 4XAGP with the new.

[darkman]

the agp port is at 4x the card is set for 4x and the mem is 128 of pc133

[Sowulo]

OK, a quick backup--Is the Viper new as well? If so, try your old Video Board in the newer setup and see if the games run better. If the Viper was in your old system I'd bet your old MB didn't support the 4X. If that's the case knock down the new setup to 2X and see if that helps.

[Gabriel]

I would try to Update the graphic adapter's Chipset driver with latest one.
I encountered almost the same problem with Riva TNT Chipset (diablo II fu#$ed up) when i replaced the chipset's driver it all worked fine.

[paraflyer]

Regarding the TNT ultra, I highly suggest downloading the reference driver set, rather than using the card manufacturer's. The newest set of nVidia Detonator drivers should be able to solve this...very similar to problems I had with System Shock II and Flight Sim 2000....

[archangel]

I had the same thing happen to me. Install the referance driver and that should take care of the problem.

[darkman]

thanks all for the advice i downloaded the drivers from nvidia and that semmed to solve the problem thanks for all the help