mtm2 and geforce 6X00 line of cards..

Psyco · Post by **Psyco** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 1:22 am

Still work? got a 6600Gt in the mail... figured I'd ask if I'm going to have problems.. (I did with my last nVidia card..)

Woody · Post by **Woody** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 6:04 pm

I built a new system last month with a 6800GT and noticed no problems with it the couple of times I fired up MTM2. Mostly I have been playing Evo2 and Expand Rally and they both wortk great with it also.

Psyco · Post by **Psyco** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:20 pm

okie eases my mind a bit.. I wish 3dfx was still around

I've hated nVidia ever since.. (but I got a good deal on the card anf they dont make the x700 in agp yet...)

Woody · Post by **Woody** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 1:15 pm

I have nothing against any other brand of card but I have been through a Geforce 2 , a Geforce 5700 ultra and now this 6800GT and have experinced no problems outside of sometimes trying beta drivers that dont work correctly but that was always solved with a driver roolback.

Psyco · Post by **Psyco** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 6:20 pm

Don't get me wrong... I had several problems with my 3dfx voodoo banshee but I've had soooo many image quality and jumpy speed issues with my 2 nVidia cards.. (mostly all driver problems..)

I look at it this way... you can have the best card in the world in your computer.. but if your computer don't know how to use it, is it really the best card?

I want this radeon 9600Xt back already... (and I haven't even taken it out yet..)

Psyco · Post by **Psyco** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 6:28 pm

and... I ran a registry cleaner the other night (I like to run them from tiem to time.. ) and now when I close a window thats been open for a few min it closes pretty slowly... I can open one and close it and it dont do it.. where did I screw something up?

And I havent went through the windows xp reactivation process... if I change the vidcard and ram on diffrent restarts (which I would proboblly do anyway fro troubleshooting purposes) will that lower the risk of having to go through the process?

Drive2Survive · Post by **Drive2Survive** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 2:39 am

Windows Product Activation (WPA):
http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.php

The hardware is checked each time Windows boots, to ensure that it is still on the same machine. (...) WPA asks for â€˜votesâ€™ from each of these ten categories: â€˜Is the same device still around, or has there never been one?â€™ (...) If you change the device in any category, you have lost that Yes vote â€” but will not lose it any more thereafter if you make changes in that category again. So, for example, you can install a new video display card every month for as long as you like.

Interspersing your changes with restarts won't allow you to 'creep up' on WPA... but it sounds like you've already gone through a couple of video cards, so swapping in your 6600GT now isn't going to 'count' against it.

If, on Windows startup, there are not the required seven Yes votes... The system will continue to boot normally for three days, during which time you will be able to contact the activation center via the net. If the extra changes have been removed, or if 120 days have passed since the original activation, you will be able to use the automatic process

I had to reactivate after getting a new mobo. Involved all of, connect to the internet and click. That was it.

Can't help with your registry/window problem, sorry.

Psyco · Post by **Psyco** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 8:53 am

Well... that problem went away when I installed the new card it seems... but..

Newegg.com sent me 2 cards.. instead of shipping my ram I got a second 6600GT... but.. since I'm a really honest guy 99% of the time I called them and they are having it picked up today..

I shoulda sold it on ebay.. I coulda came out $125 ahead..