Wicked Dave

PLEASE CAN U HELP? i have the following setup... AMD 3200+ XP cpu 1 gig ddr ram Asrock k7-600 motherboard XFX Geforce 6600gt AGP 128 mb gfx card agp x8 slot 400watt power supply Since installing the above - 2 games Need for speed underground 2 and Toca Race Driver 2 have been reduced from a fairly good frame rate to a VERY slow 1-2 fps even in the menu stages. I have installed new drivers for motherboard, gfx card and patched both games but NOTHING has helped. CPU and gfx card temps are fine too. Can anyone, PLEASE offer a solution. I don`t want to pull out my remaining hair. Thank You ! [Edited by Wicked Dave on 2005-02-05 10:10:19]

If it helps anyone else with this kind of problem - it was the joystick rumble/vibration driver from thrustmaster that caused the frame rate drop. Both Toca Race Driver 2 and Need For Speed Underground 2 became silky smooth once the driver for the rumble feature on my Thrustmaster Firestorm Dual Power 3 gamepad were deleted. Strange solution i know but... it worked.