GeForce 2 MX - please help!

[Guest]

I installed a Gainward Geforce 2 MX several months ago.
I played many games using it, including Black & White, and Max Payne.

Yesterday, I went to play Max Payne, and it said "Max Payne requires a
DirectX 8 compatible display adapter."

I have no idea what's going on. If I run DXDIAG, I can pass the D3D
and DirectDraw tests, although the "Enable" buttons are ghosted. The
"AGP" button is also disabled.

I tried to reinstall drivers using the following procedure:

1. Switched adapter to Standard PCI VGA adapter.
2. Rebooted.
3. Add?Remove Software, removed NVIDIA Windows drivers.
4. Rebooted.
5. Upon "Found New Hardware," installed Geforce 2 MX drivers.
6. Rebooted.

I end up at the same place. I have downloaded new drivers, I have
installed the drivers from the CD that came with the card, and I
always end up with the exact same problem.

What do I need to do to clean the drivers, and install working
drivers?

Thanks!

[Guest]

The same thing happend to me!! I have A sony Vaio with a Geforce 2 card. How can fix the problem??? Thanks

[Pepe]

Have you tried reinstalling DX8.0a, you could always download a newer version, I just read that there is a 8.1 beta around(use at own risk).

If you use new drivers, are they from your manufacturer or from Nvidia, since incompatabilities might exist.

[Glyrion]

Windows XP comes with DirectX 8.1 so I doubt there's any risk images/icons/wink.gif

[Makasin]

and XP roxs i its flawless
anyways: get the new drivers from nvidia.com and install new DX8.1 and Mobo drivers

[MikaRMD]

If you are using the Detonator 12.81 drivers, then there's the problem. There is something strange there and you need to revert to older drivers. nVidia is looking at the issue.

[Guest]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by MikaRMD:
If you are using the Detonator 12.81 drivers, then there's the problem. There is something strange there and you need to revert to older drivers. nVidia is looking at the issue.<hr></blockquote>

Really? Before I bought Max Payne, I was using the ASUS version of the detonators (6.31c). I had trouble just getting the Max Payne Demo to start! So I downloaded their 12.90 drivers, was able to play with minimal problems, and that's when I decided to get a copy of the full version.

Now, I'm using an updated 14.10 ASUS driver and so far, I can still play the game, although when I tried to start the game using one of the new mods, it locks up. But it still works fine if I play an unmodified game.

So my question is - is it only the 12.81 Detonator drivers that have an issue with Max Payne? Or is it 12.81 and UP? Just want to be a step ahead of potential trouble. images/icons/grin.gif