Which video card?

10-14-2002, 10:37 PM

Hello folks.

OK here's my delima. I installed BF1942 on my athlon 1.4GHz with GF2 Ti450(gainward factory OC'd) and 384MB RAM.
The game will load and get to the point where you select your spawn point, and then it will crash. I've gotten driver errors pertaining to the sound card, I got that prob worked out, now it's giving me errors with the video card. It gives me BSODs and says something about NV_4.dll so I'm assuming it has something to do with the video card.
I've got the newest WHQL cert drivers installed.
I've DL'ed the newest beta's, and some older versions to try when I get home, no net access at home right now so I need all the info I can get before I leave work.

If it is the card that is bad, what would be the best sub$120 replacement?

watch ou.... · 10-14-2002, 10:38 PM

teehee, this is my post? I wasn't logged in when I hit submit.

I suck at teh intarweb!

10-14-2002, 10:42 PM

Put the card back to the factory default... DO NOT OC the card and the see if the game loads. Remember that when you OC cards, CPU or Mem you are running it out of spec and game publishers DO NOT test on OC'ed platforms.

-Red MEat-

10-14-2002, 10:47 PM

I think that is the same problem that I had (and many others). Try changing your monitor to 60hz refresh rate. If it works that way, then you have to edit the defaultvideo.con (going off memory here) file. There should be a line called 'AllowAllRefreshRates' (or something very similar) and change its value to '1'.

Sorry for they vagueness, but it was a while ago that I had to reset mine and it cleared the 60hz problem right up.

watch ou.... · 10-14-2002, 10:51 PM

cool I'll try the refresh thing, the card is OC'ed by the man, thus through the cards BIOS, so I can't un OC it.

Well I'm gonna try a Radeon 8500 and see what happens.

10-14-2002, 10:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
Anonymous Posts: n/a	Which video card? Hello folks. OK here's my delima. I installed BF1942 on my athlon 1.4GHz with GF2 Ti450(gainward factory OC'd) and 384MB RAM. The game will load and get to the point where you select your spawn point, and then it will crash. I've gotten driver errors pertaining to the sound card, I got that prob worked out, now it's giving me errors with the video card. It gives me BSODs and says something about NV_4.dll so I'm assuming it has something to do with the video card. I've got the newest WHQL cert drivers installed. I've DL'ed the newest beta's, and some older versions to try when I get home, no net access at home right now so I need all the info I can get before I leave work. If it is the card that is bad, what would be the best sub$120 replacement?

10-14-2002, 10:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
Anonymous Posts: n/a	Video problems I think that is the same problem that I had (and many others). Try changing your monitor to 60hz refresh rate. If it works that way, then you have to edit the defaultvideo.con (going off memory here) file. There should be a line called 'AllowAllRefreshRates' (or something very similar) and change its value to '1'. Sorry for they vagueness, but it was a while ago that I had to reset mine and it cleared the 60hz problem right up.

10-14-2002, 10:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
watch ou.... Private Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 12	teehee, this is my post? I wasn't logged in when I hit submit. I suck at teh intarweb!

10-14-2002, 10:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
Anonymous Posts: n/a	Put the card back to the factory default... DO NOT OC the card and the see if the game loads. Remember that when you OC cards, CPU or Mem you are running it out of spec and game publishers DO NOT test on OC'ed platforms. -Red MEat-

10-14-2002, 10:51 PM	#5 (permalink)
watch ou.... Private Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 12	cool I'll try the refresh thing, the card is OC'ed by the man, thus through the cards BIOS, so I can't un OC it. Well I'm gonna try a Radeon 8500 and see what happens.