Old motherboard drivers causing bad FPS?

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July 4th, 2001, 01:56 PM
KaMi-sTyLe

Old motherboard drivers causing bad FPS?

I bought a GeForce3 to replace my old 8mb TNT2 Riva. But once i got it installed with the newest drivers, my FPS was still around 30! I KNOW it should be more then this since i am running the game at 640*480! So do you think it is my old motherboard drivers causing this? And if so, i have no idea which drivers to get for them, so if u would be such a savour and tell me how i would find out where i should look to fin dout my motherboard maker i would be very greatful. Also i am running a 655Mhz Pentium3 with 128MB RAM...please help someone. THanx
July 4th, 2001, 02:10 PM
Ruslan

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Originally posted by KaMi-sTyLe:
<STRONG>But once i got it installed with the newest drivers, my FPS was still around 30! I KNOW it should be more then this since i am running the game at 640*480! </STRONG>

Why You need more? I think,what game's software automatically correcting FPS rate in order to keep FPS rate stable at recommended 30FPS. Just a thought... May be I'm wrong,though...
July 4th, 2001, 02:26 PM
KaMi-sTyLe

No cuz the game is Half-Life....and if i go to a completey dark corner with no movement and zoom in at the wall i can get in the 90s...and i was playing yesterday and i guy was gettin 120fps...i dont get it...im guessin old motherboard....but im not sure. Oh and the 30 isnt stable, it drops to the teens....
July 4th, 2001, 04:34 PM
Dr Jam

quick thought

does your mb support agp 4x ?
July 4th, 2001, 07:05 PM
KaMi-sTyLe

Im not sure...if its a newer feature then probly not considering my MB is old and crappy...is there anyway to look to see if it does or not?
July 4th, 2001, 08:10 PM
Dr Jam

You can tell from the MB manual or if you can find out the manufacturer and model of your MB you can check it out through - Windrivers Search pages

(howz that for a plug ps windrivers rulez !)