Riva TNT sucking worse than my ancient Canopus Pure3D

[Robert Hancock]

Most issues with power consumption cause crashing problems, not poor
performance. I think you CPU is just too slow, NVIDIA cards don't tend to
run that well with processors that slow.

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"Pävlöv" <joe...@crackwhore.org> wrote in message
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> Greets,
>
> I read through as much in the group dating as far back as February
> 20th on issues of power consumption for TNT based (PCI in my case)
> cards but nothing I could really get any good info out of. So here is
> my question: I replaced my Canopus <queue: TAPS playing quietly in the
> background> with this card hoping to run games better than my old
> workhorse but they are running horribly now. I mean frames went
> through the floor horrible. Went and got the 3.68 drivers and that was
> no good. Tried the newer beta drivers and that only made it worse. So
> far the 3.76 drivers are behaving fine. I've got an intake fan blowing
> across the card to dissipate some of the heat. These things generate a
> lot it seems.
>
> Many eons ago when these cards were introduced I remember mention of
> power consumption and power supplies not being strong enough, current
> draw and yadda yadda yadda. Off the top of my head I think I have a
> 250W in here but I could be mistaken. I'll have to open it up again
> and look inside. Are my poor frame rates a possible result of a poor
> or inadequate power supply? Too much crap in the ol' box?
>
> I made sure to comb the registry for anything still referring to 3dfx
> and Glide stuff and it's ok in that dept.
>
> So here a little info on what my config looks like. Don't laugh too
> hard:
>
> -TYAN 1469VX (bios 4.0) + 233MMX WIN98SE, DX7.0a
> -128MB 60ns FPM, up from 64MB 10ns PC66 (BIOS settings are 5222, all
> caching and shadowing disabled, I can detail this if you need it)
> -STB nVidia RIVA TNT 16MB SDRAM (PCI) 3.76 drivers
> -USR 56k external
> -SB AWE64 Gold (ISA)
> -Miro DC20 (PCI)
> -Adaptec 2940 (PCI)
> -Gravis Ultrasound Extreme (ISA, and yes both work fine together!)
> -Panasonic / Matsushita 7502-B (SCSI)
> - 2 x IBM DHEA 6.5GB
> -ZIP 100 (SCSI)
>
> Although I don't play 3D games much I really want to see what this
> card can do. Would upgrading to a K6-II/III 400 with a Powerleap
> adapter be a good idea? Thanx a million for any and all follow ups!
>
> Cheers,
> -Pavlov

[Mechanic]

My god man! The minimum cpu requirements for a TNT is a P-II 350! I guess it would suck worse than a Pure3D, with that 233. A cheaper upgrade would be a "good" Banshee card as they can be had just about anywhere for $70 or so and they aren't as cpu intensive as the Riva chipset. The Banshee will run rings around that Pure3D on your 233... and it also runs glide only games where the TNT can't... at least not in this life time anyway... ;^) Hope this helps

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