Midtown Madness 2 - - Works fine until I actually start play

[Cypress 0]

hey guyz, has anyone got midtown madness 2 to run properly in windows 2000? it runs properly in mine, but when i start playing, it freezes and the framerate drops like to 0!

 

I do not know why this has happened, I also downloaded and installed the new patch.

 

It runs perfectly until I actually start playing...I see all the graphic detail but when i try to move the car/vehicle, it moves like a minute later...it just runs too slow...especially on my 933MHz with 64mb GEFORCE DDR...with 256RAM...

please help

i hope i provided enough information

[DosFreak 2]

Driver version?

[Cypress 0]

NVIDIA GeForce DDR AGP (Dell)

File version

5.00.2169.0375

 

Its a dell version of the Geforce cuz i got the Dell computer package.

 

I tried denonator drivers and it made it worse...does this mean i got to wait until dell releases its next drivers? or should i try the latest drivers of the geforce...help me

[DosFreak 2]

Try the 6.34 drivers from www.progtec.com

[Cypress 0]

http://www.progtec.com/?

 

empty site...

 

[DosFreak 2]

http://zoiah.m3dzone.com/

[Cypress 0]

I installed the drivers

rebooted

executed midtown madness 2

and still the same effect

 

[DosFreak 2]

Verify that the drivers installed properly. Mabye your still using older drivers and it didn't update....

[Cypress 0]

uhh of course...its all verified...i wish i could provide a screenshot, but my web server is down so i cant upload the screenshot...just to prove you...

 

anywayz it DID update...and still aint working...maybe i should try a more later driver version? hmm which one?

[DosFreak 2]

No 6.34 should do it. Hmmmmmmm.

[Cypress 0]

I just tried it in SOFTWARE MODE...it runs exactly the same...but with less graphic quality...hmm...maybe its win2k problem?

[DosFreak 2]

1. Which res?

2. Are you sure your processor is 933?

3. Are you running dx8 and SP1 + all Windows update updates?

4. Have you reinstalled MM2 since upgrading to 2k?

[Cypress 0]

1. I tried all res in game...my desktop res is 1024x768

2. 933MHz im positive...i brought this computer as a DELL package...DELL Dimension 4100 is 933Mhz (not overclocked)

3. Im running direct x 8 and SP1 network is installed...also all gaming compatability updates are installed along with critical package updates.

4. I did a clean install of win2k, not upgrade. I just recently installed MM2...after it didnt work, i immediately posted here

[jdulmage 0]

bump your drivers to 6.47 at http://zoiah.m3dzone.com/

 

I finally got a problem with those 7.17 drivers when MM2 was causing the weirdest looking graphics. so I put 6.47 on and it worked fine. Maybe try those. Set your Graphics Apenture size to 64 MB in the BIOS settings.

 

[This message has been edited by jdulmage (edited 27 November 2000).]

[Cypress 0]

ok it worked

i installed powerstrip and it fixed the problem/s

 

thanks judulimage for helping me over icq