Drivers for GeForce 2 MX?
- Thread starter gervil2nd
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Wndows 7 struggles to run properly on my old IBM 386...very low WEI scores.
I feel your pain.
I feel your pain.
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Mercurial
NOOB EMO C# Programmer D:
Yep same
Yep, I'm having the same problems I used the xp driver installer for my card (geforce2 mx/mx 400) and it worked pretty well but when I open a program that requires use of 3d/directx features it crashes(blue screen of death)~, my guess is its the driver dll's doesnt support Directx 11 or doesnt support windows 7 at all :O.
I'm not a program expert or PC expert so can anyone be kiled enough to develop/modify the current drivers for it to work on windows 7 :O
or does anyone know how to change directx11 to directx 9 in windows 7 ;O?
I tried but I cant get it to work : (
Thank you very much
Mercurial~
Yep, I'm having the same problems I used the xp driver installer for my card (geforce2 mx/mx 400) and it worked pretty well but when I open a program that requires use of 3d/directx features it crashes(blue screen of death)~, my guess is its the driver dll's doesnt support Directx 11 or doesnt support windows 7 at all :O.
I'm not a program expert or PC expert so can anyone be kiled enough to develop/modify the current drivers for it to work on windows 7 :O
or does anyone know how to change directx11 to directx 9 in windows 7 ;O?
I tried but I cant get it to work : (
Thank you very much
Mercurial~
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Romulinx2
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I can only find this information from Nvidia
What's a legacy driver?
What's a legacy driver?
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Romulinx2
British & Ex Oric PC user
We, at least you know now. 
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Mercurial
NOOB EMO C# Programmer D:
Finaly!
So after 6 days of BLUESCREENS and 4bit display mode, I finaly figured that forceware versions 8x.xx below should work with windows 7 for those using geforce2 mx/mx 400 simply download a driver below 8X.XX and run compatibility mode (Windows XP SP2).
Sadly 8X.XX is way too old and has few awesome features ;(. I hope someone can mod a nice 180+ forware version to wokr with older cards
Thank you very much
Mercurial~
So after 6 days of BLUESCREENS and 4bit display mode, I finaly figured that forceware versions 8x.xx below should work with windows 7 for those using geforce2 mx/mx 400 simply download a driver below 8X.XX and run compatibility mode (Windows XP SP2).
Sadly 8X.XX is way too old and has few awesome features ;(. I hope someone can mod a nice 180+ forware version to wokr with older cards
Thank you very much
Mercurial~
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Unfortunately there isn't much use or need of drivers for cards as old as GeForce 2, so you probably won't see many developers looking to support them. I know it's hard some times, but there are some great cards out there that you could upgrade to (even PCI and AGP still). Try www.newegg.com or www.tigerdirect.com.
Sorry that I can't be of any more help.
Sorry that I can't be of any more help.
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Simba7
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I would suggest MS retain backwards compatibility with Drivers, even a DX7 compatibility layer if possible.
That way people with decent laptops (I have a Thinkpad R40) can still run it without problems. Sure, we won't get Aero.. but who cares. If I can watch a DVD on my laptop, that's good enough for me.
As for the programs themselves, go ahead. Why does MS keep compatibility for old programs back to Windows 95, but not for drivers? They need a "Compatibility Mode" layer for older drivers.
That way people with decent laptops (I have a Thinkpad R40) can still run it without problems. Sure, we won't get Aero.. but who cares. If I can watch a DVD on my laptop, that's good enough for me.
As for the programs themselves, go ahead. Why does MS keep compatibility for old programs back to Windows 95, but not for drivers? They need a "Compatibility Mode" layer for older drivers.
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Perhaps now is really that time to consider an upgrade when Win7 is actually released.
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angryman
NEEDS FOOD BADLY
Not to mention hardware compatible with windows 7 isn't expensive unless you are looking for top of the line.
In the end you need to decide whats best for you. If you are happy just watching a DVD, then upgrading to windows 7 might not be the best choice unless you don't mind updating the hardware as well.
Although I agree backwards compatibility is a good thing, I am more concerned with them working on the current product rather then an older model.
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Yes but MS doesn't officially support their older OS's now, let alone 3rd party hardware...
XP will be next to loose all support.
You cant really blame them.They are probably hoping the makers of old hardware would support their own customer bases.
I think they do what they can with the compatibility modes, but all future generation Windows would get very bloated if they had to officially support older version OS's and outdated hardware.
Decca
XP will be next to loose all support.
You cant really blame them.They are probably hoping the makers of old hardware would support their own customer bases.
I think they do what they can with the compatibility modes, but all future generation Windows would get very bloated if they had to officially support older version OS's and outdated hardware.
Decca
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Simba7
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Well, I have run Windows XP on an old Pentium 233 before with 256MB of RAM. It ran decent and all the hardware was supported. This system is around 13 years old now.
Then comes Vista and Windows 7. No backwards support for XP drivers, it uses 5x as much space, and over 8x for memory. It can't even support my laptop that's 5 years old. Why?
It's mostly the video card drivers. If they could develop a DX7/8 emulation layer, that would be perfect. Even if you had to install it separately, that'd be fine with me.
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Well its kind of like asking Chrysler to warranty or still stock parts for my 1972 Challenger...it would be nice but.
Just the way things go unfortunately.
Decca
Just the way things go unfortunately.
Decca
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davidrose9
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geforce2 mx mx 400
We have one machine w/ geforce2 mx mx 400 graphics card, same with us blue screen when I tried aero troubleshoot. I tried older drivers and the one I found most stable was 7X.XX xp.whql I still can't get aero to work, but it did work fine with Vista, which we ran previously on it. Could not get 8X.XX to install so I gave up. I wonder if there is much difference anyway. It's an old warhorse PC, don't care about aero too much, anyway. I am very pleased with windows 7 and we have been really pushing it hard on all our PC's, with just a few minor issues, very clever OS, good thing vista was beginning to make xp look better to me.
We have one machine w/ geforce2 mx mx 400 graphics card, same with us blue screen when I tried aero troubleshoot. I tried older drivers and the one I found most stable was 7X.XX xp.whql I still can't get aero to work, but it did work fine with Vista, which we ran previously on it. Could not get 8X.XX to install so I gave up. I wonder if there is much difference anyway. It's an old warhorse PC, don't care about aero too much, anyway. I am very pleased with windows 7 and we have been really pushing it hard on all our PC's, with just a few minor issues, very clever OS, good thing vista was beginning to make xp look better to me.
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davidrose9
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use 81.xx and it will work
I just used 81.xx and it's the same getting troubleshooting report as 7X.XX "Video card driver doesn't support Aero effects" But thanks...
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Microsoft Makes Windows 7 Minimum Requirements Official
I understand wanting to get Win7 working, but not meeting minimum requirements and then slagging on MS for it is ridiculous.
I understand wanting to get Win7 working, but not meeting minimum requirements and then slagging on MS for it is ridiculous.
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