Games Crashing in XP

[Bob Reid]

It seems I an not the only one having problems with games
crashing or not running at all under Windows XP.
I am using an AMD Atlon (tm) XP 2000MHZ processor, with
512 mb of memory, NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440. I have upgraded
all the drivers to XP supported versions. I am also
running DirectX9a. and have installed SP1a pack.
The games I am trying to run are. GTA III, GTA Vice City,
Carmageddon TDR 2000. Rally Championship. Before I
purchased this computer all the games used to run under
Windows ME, without any problems.
Any Ideas????

 

[Chris H.]

With an AMD Athlon, Bob, you may have a VIA chipset on there. Check
http://www.via.com.tw/en/index/index.jsp to see if there's an update for
your motherboard. One of my machines' performance turned around
dramatically with the 4-in-1 drivers addressing a problem on the motherboard
related to the AGP slot.

 

[Bob Reid]

Hi Chris
Thank you for the info, but, unfortunately I am now
confused as to what driver I need to download.
My motherboard is a Matsonic MS8137C+ MAINBOARD
with VIA KT266A Chipset Socket A mainboard.
The problem is that there are downloads for drivers on
both matsonic and via websites.
Youe help would be appreciated.
Bob

 

[Chris H.]

VIA would probably be the most current, Bob. Just match up your motherboard
with the information on the site, and it should lead you to the proper
4-in-1 driver, if they have one available.

 

[Bob Reid]

Hi Chris
Thanks for the info, have tried all you said, but to no
avail. I never had this problem with Windows ME. I really
do not know what to do next. Could the Nvidia Graphics
card be incompatable with XP or the Motherboard?
Regards
Bob

 

[Chris H.]

Did the motherboard come with onboard sound and graphics, and then you added
the graphics card, Bob? You may have a conflict in the BIOS, if that was
the case.

Are you perhaps running some third-party software, like anything Norton on
the system or maybe ZoneAlarm? If so, try uninstalling those temporarily
and see if there's any difference. We had a situation a while back where ZA
was blocking certain things, and people were having a bad time with it.

Perhaps Jimmy will pop in with some ideas. I'm nearly fresh out.