Graphic Card Problems

I have a NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 [Display adapter]
              NVidia Riva 128/128ZX [Display adapter]
(thats what it says on Belarc Advisor)

I have the latest drivers downloaded- its a .exe and when I choose to extract it - where should I put it?

My OS is 2000 Professional. It worked before in 98, 00 server, and ME.

The problem is that when I open Counter-strike and play it says its not supported- I tried different resolutions but it doesnt help at all.

Now I had a video card on my motherboard- but I disabled it in the bios, well a friend did.

Help, please?

Thanks in advance

download the latest det drivers from http://www.nvidia.com , then uninstall all the old gfx card drivers and intall the new dets.
have u tried getting te latest driveres for all your other hardware? (mobo, sound etc...)
also i see u have 2 graphics card installed remove the riva card.

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Yep.. The RIVA card should not be there. It\'s probably your onboard card. Uninstall it. Get the latest drivers from HERE

Install them, if you have to extract them frist into a directory, just put them were u can find them. c:/nvidia etc.  Install then reset.

Better uninstall both cards and reset. Then, when the system find the new hardware and ask you for drivers, install them. This is better I think.

I have a video card on my motherboard- and i have one I put in...

Also- when i start it up should I put the monitor cord (blue thing with screws) in the video card or the computer?

how do i uninstall drivers?

i have all the latest drivers on everything.

edit: also it has this option where it divides the monitor in two- if you have 2 monitors. how can i disable this PERMANENTLY.

Nevermind- Silent D (aka r4nd0m)\'s groovy dad fixed it up, now its all fixed.

It didnt cry or anything....

thanks anyway

My Turn:

What is a good vid card that i can buy for cheap that will last me a lil while? And where can i get it? (prices?)

I think GeForce 4 is the best one out that I can list off hand- from what I hear its good.

What games/applications are you going to use?

Originally posted by Lord Nicon
My Turn:

What is a good vid card that i can buy for cheap that will last me a lil while? And where can i get it? (prices?)

u got a price range?
u can get a leadtek GF4Ti4200 agp 8x for about 150$, personally i recommend getting something like a radeon 9700/9600 pro it will last u more than a little while.
btw seeing that u live in America go here http://www.newegg.com they got some pretty sweet prices.

Well If possible, Id like to keep my rage a little under 150 (i guess thats what i would top out at). Ive just been out of my pc gaming roots and i plan on doing more, especially since HL2, and Deus EX 2 are coming out. Im not sure i could afford a card good enough for Doom3, *shrugs*. That and i tend to do a lot with video editing and things of that nature.

well for 175$ u can get a "Gainward GeForce4 PowerPack! Ultra/750-8X XP Golden Sample" its a ti4800se basically a ti4400 with agp 8x support, clock speeds are 275mhz core 550mhz ram, the ram is 3.3ns meanining its a pretty good oc\'er, u can easily get this badboy up to 300/620 ie a ti4600.

also another alternative is getting a hercules radeon 9500pro, i heard that their is a software mod which can boost its performance to the standards of a radeon 9700 non pro.

But for what price(the 9500pro)?. I was looking and i came across a GFX Card that i had never heard of. It was and Xtasy with the radeon 9200 SE VPU(200Mhz core) 64megs of DDR, 4 parallel rendering pipelines and a list of other features.  

Then on the other hand i saw a Predator MX 440 with 64 megs of DDR as well.

Both are somewhat cheap.

If those arent good then I was thinking I\'d just dish out the 150 for the BFG Asylum GeForce FX 5200 (ultra128mb 8x APG and VGA, DVI and TV Out).

well do yer self a favour and stay away from the g4 mx\'s and the fx5200 theyre crap, well since u mentioned u want to do video editing as well as play games check out the fx5600\'s (non-ultra) check out this page theirs one in particular which looks interesting a prolink/pixel view fx5600  256mb(4ns) VIVO card for 141$ http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=property&DEPA=1
heres a review of almost the same card but with a 3.6ns ram clocked at 550mhz where as the 4ns ram is at 500mhz.
http://www.obengware.com/uji/pixelview5600256mb.htm its not in english but pictures are clear
heres another review from guru3d http://www.guru3d.com/article.php?cat=Videocards&id=47 again not of the same card but their should not really be a whole leap in performance.

No wonder the prices were so damn cheap. No knowledge on the Xtacy huh? Damn cards and there need to be 150 dollars. Well i gues ill just dish it cause i definately dont want a shitter that will last me 3 mo\'s. or so. Thnx for the links.

oh i said nothing about the xtacy rad 9200, well basically its a card for the masses i.e a mainstream budget card (like the Ti4200 only not as good ). it comes in a couple of flavours, ie with different clock frequencies the se is clocked at 200mhz while the regular 9200 is at 250mhz, its a good card for a budget gamer, but dont expect to get anything above 10fps in doom 3 .

btw keep looking around for the best offers, u live in the states and their are many options available to u. over here its either spend 20$ and get a noname cheapo card or spend a bucket of money and get some high end card. (thats what i did when i got my leadtek ti4200 VIVO card)