Mx 4000 problem?

[T3st3r]

hey all that is my 1st post here i got here by using google searching for the problem i have form my pc few months back it was working fine and smoothly ,1 month ago the pc started getting crazy when i try to play my favourite game sro online it kept glitching and end up wiz freeze or the monitor goes off and have to restart the pc manually ,did fresh install for windows and the prob was gone for few weeks and now it came back and even worse,i have geforce mx 4000 *its oldy but am not much gamer *
tried with the latest driver from nvidia that support that card
it works fine for few min and then the monitor flicks and have to restart it to fix that error and when i restart it i see small black window at the corner of shutting down window and some times i get nv4_disp error *didnt get tht error before just started to get it few days back,
already tried the omega modified driver at aoafiles but it didnt help i can start the game smoothly but when i try i cant see anything much shadows and glitching e.t.c,here's a screenshot of how it looks at its worst cases, at the attachments

now am downloading driver from omega drivers hope this will help
hope that some one will answer my 1st post ,
thx in advance

p.s srry for my english not my native language

[danrok]

Looks like the card could be overheating, has memory or voltage problems.

Have you checked that the cooling fan on the card?

[Favu]

A friend of mine had a similar card that did similar things, unless you ran it without any drivers at all.

I would say that the card has had it, I'm afraid.

[dsio]

Which driver exactly is it?

[T3st3r]

i found tht driver : nvidia_wxp_omega_16693 tested it now some how 3 hours of the new driver working fine just i get black blank window on some windows titles when i install applications or so but think tht's coz of vista transformation pack files,
and ehmm it doesnt has cooling fan but i give it smooth air flaw the side of the case is taken out checked it now not much heated but sometimes i check it and it be much heated but it was always like that

[dsio]

The best drivers for that card, performance and stability wise are the 44.03 Omega Modified Drivers for Win2K/XP

Omega 44.03s. Your card is a Geforce 2, which is why older drivers actually give the best performance (directX 8.1). Those drivers don't support DirectX 9 or higher though. But yea, the ones your using now should be fine too.

[Samuknow]

Make sure it has air flow and is not overheating. It does however look like it is toast.

[T3st3r]

well yea its really old and the computer is always on ,was planning to get new card coz the pc started to complain about that just now things must speed up ,but am not a gamer so will buy any decent card btw,what vga card you recommend ?

now i used the driver that came with the cd installation and tested game and worked fine,just hope it can survive one more month or too if its hardware problem but thx much guys for your replies

[Samuknow]

Is it AGP?

There are plenty of cheap cards that will do the job.

How much do you want to spend on a new card?

[Necorum]

MX 4000 is the problem all together id ditch that card and get something else and not worry about it. sorry to be rude but MX series /puke

Newegg.com - GECUBE GC-RX26PGA2-D3 R Radeon HD 2600PRO 256MB 128-bit GDDR2 AGP 4X/8X HDCP Ready Video Card - Desktop Graphics

or if you are on a budget

Newegg.com - ZOGIS ZO68LE-DAGP GeForce 6800LE 256MB 128-bit GDDR2 AGP 4X/8X Video Card - Desktop Graphics

eWiz.com EVGA GeForce 6200 256MB TV-out/DVI/2H AGP Video Card

or just pci

Newegg.com - EVGA 256-P1-N399-LX GeForce 6200 256MB 64-bit GDDR2 PCI Video Card - Desktop Graphics

any of those "SHOULD" be better

[Samuknow]

That 6800 is the exact card I was thinking. Nice performance/price point.

[Necorum]

I hate any "Bestbuy" GFX card MX (personal problem)....... yea that 6800 is nice nothing like my old 6800 Ultra but its def. a upgrade.

[MUff1N]

In my old Gateway 500X system P4 2.4Ghz @ 2.66Ghz using CPUFSB (My first computer, 2001) I had an old Nvidia Geforce4 MX440! The only games it ran well were RTCW...LOL
I did upgrade to a Shader 2.0 card though which performed much better being the ATi 9550 256mb GDDR2 256bit AGP card...
With this card (and some overclocking on it) I was able to even play FEAR on it!
Although I did add a 80mm cooling fan to the passive heatsink to keep it cool.
(Red fan blowing on the Graphics card & Soundblaster card on the bottom of the case)

Btw, I still have this old system in a box in the garage and it still works just fine...LOL

[Necorum]

Yea never buy MX if your broke go 9800 or FX series. I think even the 5200 fx PCI GFX will out perform that MX and you can usually find them for around 25 bucks

EDIT

Asus 128mb AGP GeForce FX5200 DVI VGA S-Video V9520 - eBay (item 250234593804 end time Apr-14-08 19:41:51 PDT)

wow my guess was right on the price :P

[skool h8r]

MX series make me cry. They're *almost* as good as cards that state "Now support extreme resolution gaming of 800x600 at a staggering 10FPS! ~(Tested in RTCW)".

As for the card itself, it's toast i'd say, in fact, see if you can make an MX4000 sandwich with them, always a tasty option if you like that kinda stuff.

[booman]

I've purchased at least 3 Sapphire Radeon 9600 Pros from newegg.com and they will play most games up to 2006. Like Far Cry, Battlefield 1942/vietnam. They are decent cards for $60.