8 MB VIDEO CARD

by **OOJPOOO** on Mon Nov 25, 2002 1:04 pm

ive had NHL 2002 work with my 8MB video card when it required a 16 MB ... why wont NBA work now? How much would a video card upgrade go for ? thanx ..

by **OOJPOOO** on Mon Nov 25, 2002 1:05 pm

how can a computer bought 3 months ago have a 8 MB video card? everything else is higher then the standards but the video card

by **OOJPOOO** on Mon Nov 25, 2002 1:30 pm

it says i have a 8mb video card but the GEFORCE4'S have 32-64 when i look on the hewlett packard website .... can anyone clear this up for me ?

by DK on Mon Nov 25, 2002 1:40 pm

This means you don't have a Geforce 4.

BTW You got screwed a 3 month old computer should not have an 8 mb card, it should have a 32 no-name at least.

by **OOJPOOO** on Mon Nov 25, 2002 1:54 pm

i have a file GEFORCE4 which came with the computer ... i might be looking at the wrong part of the computer ... i have 8 mb listed as my video memory ... is that what is supposed to be 16? or am i looking at a totally different thing .. the computer is an HP

by DK on Mon Nov 25, 2002 2:03 pm

Right Click on your desktop and click properties, click on settings tab then it should say "Display:..."

What does it say?

by **nels** on Mon Nov 25, 2002 3:48 pm

maybe you havnt got the drivers installed properly? if you have been playing games with 8meg video card on a 3month old computer i feel sorry for you

expecially if all this time you really got a GEFORCE4 hehe.

by **Raptor** on Mon Nov 25, 2002 4:06 pm

ya try Upgrading your 3d carde drivers

by **OOJPOOO** on Mon Nov 25, 2002 4:12 pm

highheat baseball 2002, 2003 .. madden 2002 ... nhl 2002 have all worked fine with this supposed 8 mb card i have ... do you guys have websites to update my 3d drivers? or how to properly install them? thank u

by **Raptor** on Mon Nov 25, 2002 4:14 pm

http://www.nvidia.com/ if its a geforce this is were ya go

by **OOJPOOO** on Mon Nov 25, 2002 4:24 pm

memory size is 8 mb but i just checked .. madden which i played 5 mins ago requires at minimum 16 mb's so i cant have a 8 mb video card .. is video memory a totally different thing? thank u

by **nels** on Mon Nov 25, 2002 4:47 pm

why would they give u an 8meg carD? that is so dodgy.. my computer is 3 years old and i have a 16 meg card. Are you sure its not just 'set' to 8 meg? like not the proper drivers? do you have the papers showing you exactly what you bought? it should list all the features.

by **The Icon** on Mon Nov 25, 2002 4:53 pm

maybe have one of those updated geforce 2 cards, which they sell as geforce 4 mx? then it woud really just be 8 mb. sorry buddy.

by **nels** on Mon Nov 25, 2002 5:14 pm

he doesnt mean that its 8 meg seriously though..
my good old TNT 1 from 3 years ago is 16 meg.. you CANT have 8 meg that would be really bad of the comp people you got it from. What kind of video card does it say you have when you RIGHT CLICK on the desktop.. go to properties then click on settings? just browse through your control panel and go through the video/display tabs and tell us what is says.

by **OOJPOOO** on Mon Nov 25, 2002 6:06 pm

ok here we go

chip type - kle/ple
bios version 1.104
system memory 248mb
video memory 8mb

via tech vt8361/vt8601 graphics controller

my computer is a HP/windows xp .. logically i wouldnt think xp and all easports 2002 games could work with 8mb video card ....

by **nels** on Mon Nov 25, 2002 6:44 pm

That is a ASUS GeForce.. its good.. it will either be GeForce 3 or 4.. I think it's a 4.. no idea if its a good geforce 4 or not but damn better than what your running it at and way better than my TNT 1

http://www.asus.com/vga/vgaindex.htm

It's there somewhere.. But just download nvidia's latest drivers.. http://www.nvidia.com and then when you install them it will automaticly determine what kind of GeForce it is and install the drivers and set them up correctly.

Hopefully It will work.

by **nels** on Mon Nov 25, 2002 6:48 pm

Actually I could be wrong on this.. but it is a Asus graphics card, and the description you have me leads to all them video cards I sent you a link about, but no idea if it relates to them.. it seems though it would.. but anyway see if the latest nvidia detenator drivers work.

by **OOJPOOO** on Mon Nov 25, 2002 6:49 pm

wut do i DL off that website u just gave me ... not the nvidia the other one ... also i just went through help and evaulated my system it said

Model: VIA Tech VT8361/VT8601 Graphics Controller
Driver: trid3dm.sys
Thursday, December 27, 2001
Not Supported

thank u for all ur help so far ..

by **Stevish** on Mon Nov 25, 2002 7:13 pm

Go to
http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=70

I think our man here got raped by his computer vendor. I'm 95% sure that they only gave him an intergrated onboard video chip, which explains the low amount of memory. And to make it worse I think its a Trident chip, which has almost to none 3D rendering power on it. However, from what I know of intergrated Video cards, you can swap "system memory" to "video memory." So you should play around with your system settings a bit and see if you can do that, or even go into the bios and see if there are any settings related to this. But man, if I were you, the first thing I would do is call up HP and make the mofo people who sold you the system give you your Geforce4.

by **OOJPOOO** on Mon Nov 25, 2002 7:28 pm

how would that explain me being able to play all ea sports 2002 games without any problem?

by **OOJPOOO** on Mon Nov 25, 2002 7:30 pm

what exactly would I dl off that website u just sent me?

by **nels** on Mon Nov 25, 2002 8:03 pm

Well you ONLY want the NVIDIA drivers anyway.. it supports all the GeForce based cards.. you dont need the drivers specificaly for your card, because they are a year old and there is like nothing that supports them or the drivers.. so you just download these detenator drivers and it should set up your video card perfectly and everything should work and look 10 times better

http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=winxp-2k_40.72

remember to get XP version.

by **OOJPOOO** on Mon Nov 25, 2002 8:26 pm

is says my video card is not supported and tells me to look for a drive ... any advice? and can i get clarification on if 8mb memory means i only have an 8 mb video card?

by **nels** on Mon Nov 25, 2002 8:38 pm

http://download.kobian.com/mb_dri_kt133.html#viat

latest drivers i could find. If it says 8 meg well i think it is

but that really sucks.. it would be built in onto the motherboard as well. Download these drivers anyone they are probably newer. Maybe not. I'll see if there is newer drivers but probably not.

edit: argh.. I think these drivers are for a certain maker.. i think many makers have this graphics controller chip, like aopen and asus... do you think you can find out what the maker is?

by **nels** on Mon Nov 25, 2002 8:50 pm

ah.. one of my friends (who knows all this sort of stuff) said they DO have a website.. www.viaarena.com. They have drivers for your card that were released in September this year, even though this probably means nothing it is def 8 meg. Download these drivers.

http://downloads.viaarena.com/drivers/4in1/VIA_4in1_443v.zip

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