Again with video troubles...

[z_killemall]

Well, I got rid of the GeForce2 Mx 400 64MB PCI card some months ago (traded it for a 128MB AGP GeForce Fx5200), but I still have some problems.
Now video and DVD playback works perfect, but I have troubles in almost everything else, from Java-based animations (the 3D logo in my site for example) to 2D and 3D games. The speed is normal and fluid, but the animation freezes for 100 miliseconds approx. every second, which is more than annoying.:banghead:
The rarest thing is that it happens only in Windows. If I boot in Linux everything works perfectly! I have no idea of what can be happening...
BTW, I have a 1.7 GHz P4 with 320 MB of RAM (PC-133 DIMM), I'm using Windows XP SP2, and it's up to date.
Thanks in advance;-)

[Twimfy]

Did you do a complete driver clean prior to installing the new graphics card? Nvidia drivers are as you probably know, unified across many architectures.

Search for Nvidia driver cleaner, get rid of everything and then download Nvidia's latest forceware driver.

If that doesn't work check your Bios settings to ensure that your bios is using AGP rather than PCI or onboard as the primary adapter. If no option exists, consider a bios update. Either of these may resolve a possible resource conflict.

After all of this, consider a complete OS install...was the card new or second hand? May have been overclocked in a prior life, skipping can be a symptom of an over stretched GPU.

[z_killemall]

The card is second hand, but I know the previous owner and it never was overclocked. Also it wouldn't make any sense since it works perfectly under Linux, it has to be a software issue. I'll try to do a driver clean and reinstall the forceware drivers.

[Borman]

Have you reinstalled Windows at all lately? An extreme solution, but driver conflicts arise so

[z_killemall]

Did you do a complete driver clean prior to installing the new graphics card? Nvidia drivers are as you probably know, unified across many architectures.

Search for Nvidia driver cleaner, get rid of everything and then download Nvidia's latest forceware driver.

If that doesn't work check your Bios settings to ensure that your bios is using AGP rather than PCI or onboard as the primary adapter. If no option exists, consider a bios update. Either of these may resolve a possible resource conflict.

After all of this, consider a complete OS install...was the card new or second hand? May have been overclocked in a prior life, skipping can be a symptom of an over stretched GPU.
Thanks a lot! I did everything except the OS reinstall and now it's working great!
I think the trouble was the CMOS configuration, the primary graphics adapter was still set to PCI :redface:

[z_killemall]

Well, I'm again with the same trouble, it appeared just a few hours after I made everything.
This time at least I know the source: the CPU. I knew from before that it didn't work well if it was under 60ºC (I have no idea why), but now it works all the time like when it was cold. I don't think there's way to repair it and for the moment I haven't got enough money to get a new motherboard and RAM for the moment, so I think I'll look for a cheap Pentium 4 processor around.
Thanks a lot anyway.

[Twimfy]

Weird, oh well, good luck with that, you should be able to pick up a P4 fairly cheaply.

[z_killemall]

The cheapest P4s (used 1.7-1.9 units) I found here are sold at approx. 40 US dollars, I think I'll buy one as soon as possible, this one is really pissing me off.

[opethfan]

Try to get an older Northwood core CPU, as they run cooler.