defector

I'm not up to date with the new motherboards, but maybe 350 Watts isn't enough for the 915G motherboard and X300 video card set-up.

jmmijo, it's all good.

Originally posted by jmmijo: Quote: Originally posted by defector: Quote: Via blows. This is why I switched to an Intel D875PBZ mobo in my main pc. It's ancient sidekick, an Abit BP6, is a model of stability, too. Well this is really not a proper answer in that you're just saying, in your opinion, that *any* mianboard with a VIA chipset is junk. Hmm, I've used many brands of motherboards over the years and it depends more on the design of said mainboard from a quality manufacturer like Asus, Aopen and yes, now even Intel, then on the chipset. I've owned and used many boards based on VIA chipsets and they've all been fine I also have owned chipset boards from basically every vendor on the planet, Intel, SiS, ALi, nVidia, ATi, you name it I've either worked with it and/or owned it... You're right. I shouldn't have even posted that. Sorry. The funny thing is, now I see that his/her problem was fixed by going with different memory. I was going to suggest that, but I read that the memory was changed twice and assumed that actually meant different memory instead of just different modules of the same brand and type. Guess I shouldn't post when I'm tired and being nagged.

Via blows. This is why I switched to an Intel D875PBZ mobo in my main pc. It's ancient sidekick, an Abit BP6, is a model of stability, too.

Well, I played with it more, and the joystick works fine on it, as well as sound. The HUD view seems off center, likewise in Wing Commander Prophecy, but maybe I'll just have to play with it some more.

Considering my gf4 mx440, it hard to judge smoothness or visual quality on a game like this, but there's no stability problems so far.

Freespace 2 is on my pc, but I hadn't really played with it. A little monkeying around with it this morning shows it has problems displaying some text, though overall graphics look good and keyboard inputs seem to function properly. I'll hook up the joystick and unmute the sound when I mess with it later.

Looking pretty good for me at 640x480 medium quality with 2xQ FSAA and 2x AF, though barely playable at 13-14 fps. Hardware: Intel D875PBZ 2.6C P4 512MB ECC DDR3200 ram 80GB mirrored Seagate SATA HD's GeForce4 MX440 8x AGP 128MB w/passive cooling(clocked at 318/530) Software: Windows XP Pro 61.77 NVidia graphics driver Doom 3 w/1.05 beta patch

The patch appears to be working fine for me.

Viralbug, what version of Windows are you using now that has finally pushed you over the edge? XP is what provides me with motivation to move away from Windows. Windows 2000 was reasonably stable, but Microsoft really dropped the bag with Windows XP.