[plug] 3d problem

[Ben Jensz]

Well my T-Bird 1.2 box has an MSI K7T Pro 2 motherboard based on the VIA
chipset and I've got a 64Mb DDR Geforce 2 GTS graphics card that I used
with the T-Bird 1.2 and I've never had a problem like you guys are
describing?

My main box is now the Athlon XP 1600+ with an MSI K7T266 Pro 2 (VIA
KT266A) chipset motherboard still with the same graphics card above.  I
used to run Win98SE perfectly with that setup (now run Win XP Pro).

I know that at first when I had my T-Bird 1.2 box, I had a few lockups
due to it overheating during games (high CPU utilization), but after I
got some better cooling for it, it ran 100% properly.  For comparison,
my XP 1600+ (1.4Ghz) is currently running at 46 degrees idle, and before
that, it was at 49 degrees whilst I was playing Counter-Strike online a
short time ago.  Now thats in my fairly warm room in Broome, I do have
some fairly extreme cooling though for it (no, not peltier extreme :p).

I personally think that anything over 50 degrees when idle is a tad hot
for an Athlon (or probably a Duron), unless you're in some pretty damn
hot ambient temperatures.

Whats the specs on the box that you are running Christian?


/ Ben

-----Original Message-----
From: Christian Müller [mailto:mullerc at iinet.net.au] 
Sent: Thursday, 27 December 2001 2:43 PM
To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
Subject: Re: [plug] 3d problem


I have exactly the same problem and still have not found a solution for
it! 
I went through everything; updating bioses, drivers, exchanging
hardware, 
the same thing always happens. The problem is that the computer freezes
at 
random times during 3d games, sometimes after a few minutes, sometimes I

can go for more than an hour or so.

Christian

At 12:04 27/12/2001 +0800, you wrote:
>Hi Guys
>Sory this isnt a linux related question but this has been bothering me 
>for months. The problem is that I have a geforce2 MX 400, and when I 
>play 3d games such as quake3, hitman, unreal, .etc it locks up halfway 
>through gameplay, Ive tried this with Winme and 2000. I originally 
>thought this could be a cooling problem as the heatsink was quite 
>small, so I got a blue orb, but alas it still crashes.I have all the 
>updated drivers for the card and my Motherboard. Below is my system 
>specs, If anyone has anything that could help it would be appreciated.
>
>Aopen AK33 Mobo
>Palit Daytona Geforce 22 MX 400 w blue orb
>256mb PC133 SDRAM
>Duron 950 w Coolermaster dp5-6h51
>250W psu
>Pioneer DVD
>Running Win2k SP2
>
>Thanks
>
>Aaron W