HELP driver for geforce 4 mx 440 agp8x

[engrjayze]

i know this video card is old but where can i get drivers for this on windows 7?
Windows vista updated it's drivers with the one provided by Microsoft but Windows7 don't have it yet..it's currently using vgapnp.sys and hardware acceleration is disabled..hope to hear from you soon..thanks

 

[torrentg]

Sorry, your card does not meet the minimum system requirements for either Vista or Windows 7.

Best advice is to upgrade to better card. You can get an AGP DX 9, or better even 10, card real cheap all the way up to what I run, in specs.

http://www.osnews.com/story/21413/Microsoft_Makes_Windows_7_Minimum_Requirements_Official

You could try installing the XP driver through the device manager, though.

http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

 

[engrjayze]

Sorry, your card does not meet the minimum system requirements for either Vista or Windows 7.

Best advice is to upgrade to better card. You can get an AGP DX 9, or better even 10, card real cheap all the way up to what I run, in specs.

Microsoft Makes Windows 7 Minimum Requirements Official

You could try installing the XP driver through the device manager, though.

Drivers - Download NVIDIA Drivers

thanks for the advice..
vista have a driver for my card when i used that os..is there any way that i can get that and use in windows 7?
buying is not an option for me because i just want to run windows 7 on my old computer with basic video functionality

 

[torrentg]

NVIDIA has never made a driver for your card and Vista. On the download page, XP is the newest OS supported. The XP driver may work, like I said though.

ForceWare Windows XP/2000 32-bit

 

[engrjayze]

NVIDIA has never made a driver for your card and Vista. On the download page, XP is the newest OS supported. The XP driver may work, like I said though.

ForceWare Windows XP/2000 32-bit

i downloaded then extracted the mentioned drivers..and manually installed it..it's working fine but i need to lower the hardware acceleration to disable direct3d coz every time i open a software that relies on directx i get a bsod..
thanks for the help btw

 

[torrentg]

You're welcome.

I'm not really sure how to disable hardware acceleration on Win 7 graphics, but you can try to set a basic theme instead an Aero one.

Right click the desktop and choose personalize. Then scroll down to the basic and high contrast themes section and try one of those.

Maybe running like that will alleviate the bsod, but I am doubting it.

 

[engrjayze]

You're welcome.

I'm not really sure how to disable hardware acceleration on Win 7 graphics, but you can try to set a basic theme instead an Aero one.

Right click the desktop and choose personalize. Then scroll down to the basic and high contrast themes section and try one of those.

Maybe running like that will alleviate the bsod, but I am doubting it.

Win7 defaulted to using the basic theme already..i don't want aero since it doesn't work anyway...

i recently found out how to edit hardware acceleration settings thru:
Change display settings>Advanced settings>Troubleshoot tab>Change settings..then move the slider to the chosen preference

 

[a5mcclelland]

I have a Geforce4 mx 440 working on Windows 7, using the forceware 71.90 drivers, no problems with it, so maybe the drivers will work on your card, without having to turn down acceleration

 

[engrjayze]

I have a Geforce4 mx 440 working on Windows 7, using the forceware 71.90 drivers, no problems with it, so maybe the drivers will work on your card, without having to turn down acceleration

i manually installed the drivers latest drivers offered by nvidia [93.71_forceware_winxp2k_english_whql.exe]..but everytime i play games that uses directx3d - windows 7 crash and shows a BSOD..so i turned down hardware accelerations to disable directx3d and the games plays fine - san the acceleration.

The driver you mentioned is older..does it really work without turning acceleration down?..i really want to make sure before i install it..and qould you be so kind to give me the download link?
Thanks

 

[YupYup]

Link for 32 bit ForceWare 71.90 Win2000|XP WHQL download from Guru3D.com

 

[engrjayze]

Link for 32 bit ForceWare 71.90 Win2000|XP WHQL download from Guru3D.com

Thanks for the fast reply.

 

[YupYup]

Thanks for the fast reply.

Your welcome.

 

[a5mcclelland]

The driver, despite being older, works and without having to turn down acceleration. Same thing (BSOD) happened to me with the 93.71 driver. I see the link posted there now, if you've tried it, does it work?

 

[engrjayze]

The driver, despite being older, works and without having to turn down acceleration. Same thing (BSOD) happened to me with the 93.71 driver. I see the link posted there now, if you've tried it, does it work?

haven't tried it yet..have you tried higher versions than the one you had installed?..did you installed it manually through the device manager or by clicking the setup.exe?

 

[Mercurial]

try driver 81.xx

 

[a5mcclelland]

I've not yet tried later drivers, but im working my way up the list, the 71.90 drivers are my best so far, im trying some of the 81.xx series drivers tonight, and I'll update you then.

 

[a5mcclelland]

I have tried the 81.98 drivers with success, however, before you double click the EXE, you have to set compatability mode to "Windows xp (service pack 3)". I've tried all the drivers available on the 9x.xx series, but they all cause a BSOD, i'll try one between 81.98 and 9x.xx soon.

 

[engrjayze]

I have tried the 81.98 drivers with success, however, before you double click the EXE, you have to set compatability mode to "Windows xp (service pack 3)". I've tried all the drivers available on the 9x.xx series, but they all cause a BSOD, i'll try one between 81.98 and 9x.xx soon.

okay thanks.. i will wait for your finding regarding higher driver versions

 

[a5mcclelland]

I've tried 85.96 Beta drivers, and got a BSOD. Im sticking with 81.98 whql drivers, seem to be the best found so far.

 

[engrjayze]

I've tried 85.96 Beta drivers, and got a BSOD. Im sticking with 81.98 whql drivers, seem to be the best found so far.

thanks for the update..i will try to install 81.98 and post back the results
btw is this the download link for the driver you tested? -->>http://downloads.guru3d.com/Forceware-81.98-Win2000|XP_d1282.html

or do you have other download links?