[COD]Big_Balls Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 To get the joking out early I know that what I did was wrong by not perchasing the computer through COD. I bought a DELL demension 8100 series I have 256mb of ram 32 bit I dont know what type of ram it is. I had a GeForce 2MX2 game card that I just replaced with a GForce ti4400 which burnt out. so I perchased a ATI 9600XT. What my problem seems to be is that I play this one First shooter game called Freedom fighters. and when I get in heavy action on the game my charictor does not want to keep up with my mouse. I was wondering if it is a problem that anyone else has run into in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rbreb13 Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 As I said in PM. What driver version are you using? Are you sure all references to the Nvidia drivers are gone? Get the 3.7 Catalyst and try them they are the best out right now IMO. I use them myself. www.ati.com Downloads go through the rigamarole and they'll offer you the 3.10's. Go to the bottom of the page and look for archived drivers or something like that. Get the driver and the control panel separately, not the full larger install package. Driver procedure: 1) From Add/Remove Programs control panel: Uninstall ATI Control Panel 2) Reboot 3) From Add/Remove Programs control panel: Uninstall ATI Driver 4) Reboot 5) Cancel out of all the Found New Hardware crap 6) Install ATI Driver 7) Reboot 8) Install ATI Control Panel 9) Reboot Done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rbreb13 Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 Also heres a Det Destroyer you can try. detonator_RIP.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[COD]Big_Balls Posted December 23, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 Now how do I find the driver I am using now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rbreb13 Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 Don't worry about it and just follow the instructions I gave. If you don't know it doesn't really matter. If it was the one that shipped with the card its probly 3-6 generations ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 the other question i have is this. What type of mouse? Wireless? Optical. ect... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[COD]Big_Balls Posted December 23, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 Okay did all that and still the same problem. the link you posted I down loaded then went in the add/remove file and I have some thing in there that say GeForce so I tryed to remove and said file cannot be found.so I removed everything in order and reinstalled in order and still have same problem. But I think I found the drivers NEC NR-7800A CDROM GENERIC IDE Disk Type55 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[COD]Big_Balls Posted December 23, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 And I have the original ball mouse which has not been changed out yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[COD]Big_Balls Posted December 23, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 No I am using the dreded ME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rbreb13 Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 But I think I found the drivers NEC NR-7800A CDROM GENERIC IDE Disk Type55 wtf it should have nothing to do with your cd-rom drive. Oh and btw you have RDRAM Rambus most likely I just worked on a Dell 8100 today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[COD]Big_Balls Posted December 23, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 o would it be cheaper for me to buy a new motherboard? or easier? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rbreb13 Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 Big_Balls,Dec 22 2003, 09:51 PM] No I am using the dreded ME Oh crap! Thats one of the things I fixed I installed XP on the Dell to get rid of the dreaded ME (Mediocre Edition) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[COD]Big_Balls Posted December 23, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 `So should I buy a new mother board instead of trying to fix this crap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rbreb13 Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 I would buy a copy of XP Home Edtition Uprade or OEM and get rid of ME and all the Dell crap. You would see a good performance increase from that. Buying a new Mobo means you're gonna need a new case and a new processor. Yours is a socket 423 willy P4 I think (slow). So you're looking at a major overhaul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[COD]Big_Balls Posted December 23, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 If it were a dodge truck I would push out to the desert and shoot it up but since my DELL cost more than that I think I should keep it around for a little while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rbreb13 Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 $91.00 XP Home OEM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rbreb13 Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 Also I've seen problems like this on other forums. Switching from Nvidia to ATI is sometimes a real pain. And the only way to be sure to remove driver conflicts is a complete reformat and reinstall of the OS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[COD]Big_Balls Posted December 23, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 So Rb should I send you the vidcard when I have you build my computer in the summer? That way it gets done right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rbreb13 Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 Big_Balls,Dec 22 2003, 10:09 PM] So Rb should I send you the vidcard when I have you build my computer in the summer? That way it gets done right. I guess. We can build around it for sure. No telling what kind of stuff will be available this summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital_Terror Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 Big_Balls,Dec 23 2003, 01:59 AM] If it were a dodge truck I would push out to the desert and shoot it up but since my DELL cost more than that I think I should keep it around for a little while. LOL, I Passed a few Dodges on the side of the road last week..Something about a broken trans/engine mount hehe DT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iroc Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 Sounds to me Big_balls like your getting video lag. How much AA and AF are u running and at what resolution? Have you reformatted yet since the Nv to ATI switch? A friend of mine did the same thing and reformatting is the ONLY way. Even those programs that search and and remove old files won't get it done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsgolfman Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 I switched from Nvidia to ATI and didn't have any problems. Of course, I got rid of all the files associated with my Nvidia gpu. I have a program, can't remember the name now, it's on my home PC. Basically, searches your registry and deletes all associated entries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rbreb13 Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. Best way to be sure the driver conflicts are not the problem is a reformat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[COD]Big_Balls Posted December 23, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 I will try anything to help. How do you reformat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rbreb13 Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 http://www.windowsreinstall.com/ Theres a start but I have to recommend that you go to Wal Mart or somewhere and get a copy of Windows XP Home or Pro. ME is the worst MS OS ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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