how can i know exactly what drivers i need for my system?

#1 killahgorillah

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Posted 20 February 2006 - 05:03 AM

hi, i have had alot of driver problems.. i couple of terrifying bluescreens etc.
i use 81.95_forceware_winxp2k_english_whq for my graphics card and nForce_5.10_WinXP2K_WHQL_english for my motherboard.
my computer specs:
Amd athlon xp 2200+
1024 mb ram
msi k7n2g motherboard ( nvidia geforce 2 chipset based)
and ge force4 ti 4200 with agp8x
:blushing:

are these the wrong drives or have my computer seen his glory days?

#2 boooggy

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Posted 20 February 2006 - 05:24 AM

try the newest drivers from nvidia...
for grafics: http://www.nvidia.co...p_2k_81.98.html
and for chipset: http://www.nvidia.co...rce3_winxp_5.11

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#3 killahgorillah

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Posted 20 February 2006 - 05:33 AM

oki, but shouldnt i use somthing to get rid off the old once.. like after i uninstal them? i tryed driver cleaner, didnt help much:S

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Posted 20 February 2006 - 05:38 AM

would be nice to apply them on a fresh install.....

#5 killahgorillah

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Posted 20 February 2006 - 05:56 AM

okay here we go.. lets se if i can avoid a bluescreen:P

well the good news.. no bluescreen.. the game just crashed with looping sound.. but thats not a driver problem is it?:S

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#6 stickzilla

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Posted 21 February 2006 - 04:37 PM

Don't forget to look into updating your soundcard drivers as well. It's not uncommon for the sound to cause game crashes.

#7 thunder77

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Posted 22 February 2006 - 06:23 AM

boooggy are you from Romania? :hello:

Can you haelp me with some advices?

Thanks

#8 killahgorillah

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Posted 08 March 2006 - 10:27 AM

my soundboard is integrated with my main board. But i have dowloaded and installed some audio drivers from nvidia.. still every game i play crashes after 5 minutes.. luckily no bluescreens, but it crashes to desktop and i get an error from windows.. witch doesn't explain why it crashed.. just that it dit:S

#9 Stead

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Posted 08 March 2006 - 07:32 PM

have you tried turning the sound acceleration down in dxdiag?

also, it may be worth trying the compatability tab in the shortcut properties, if its an older game it may be fixed running it in win95 comptabliity (this fixed an issue for me with an old game called ReVolt i found again the other day, would just crash to desktop whenever i tried creating or joining a multiplayer game, and on another computer the game would just randomly crash to the desktop)

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