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Jan 17^th, 2004 at 2:03pm

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Hello All!
A friend is having low frame rates running FS2004. His machine is powerful enough and theres plenty of RAM. He bought a new GeForce FX 5600 128mb card hoping to boost the performance of the sim. I checked out his hardware settings in the sim and his video card is not listed in the device box and I dont know why. The card is PCI instead of AGP. Could this be the reason is not showing up in the hardware settings? The way it is now, he has no options for any hardware settings. Kinda sux. His frame rates stay around 10, even with the sliders low........any ideas?
Thanks for any help! Don 8)

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Reply #1 - Jan 17^th, 2004 at 2:33pm

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installing the newest drivers could help,i think...

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Reply #2 - Jan 17^th, 2004 at 3:00pm

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It sounds like you need to install the AGP driver for the motherboard. Otherwise the AGP slot wont be recognised to be different to an ordinary PCA slot.

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Reply #3 - Jan 17^th, 2004 at 3:07pm

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Thanks for the replies. I havent seen the card myself.....but he tells me that the card is PCI not AGP. So, if its a PCI card it will not go into an AGP slot correct?
Thanks again, Don 8)

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Reply #4 - Jan 17^th, 2004 at 3:52pm

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Sorry, I misunderstood the question! I thought the problem was the card was in the AGP slot but still in PCI mode....... Silly me Roll Eyes

I guess the only thing to do is follow Silents suggestion 8)

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Reply #5 - Jan 22^nd, 2004 at 11:53am

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Nothing will help. It's a PCI card and THAT is the problem. Tell him to take the card back and whip the guy who sold it to him, then make him replace it with an AGP graphics card. (providing your freind has an AGP slot)

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Reply #6 - Jan 22^nd, 2004 at 12:39pm

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Check BIOS to see that the card is identified as AGP and not PCI.
On initial boot new MB my 9700P got classified as PCI though it was in the AGP slot.

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Reply #7 - Jan 23^rd, 2004 at 1:12am

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Maybe Nickle is right, or maybe it really is an AGP card, just open it up and look inside to see if it's in the one and only AGP slot....... or a PCI slot. Then check the BIOS settings to see if they match.

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Reply #8 - Jan 23^rd, 2004 at 11:55am

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Hi All!
Thanks for the replies. I haven't had the chance to physicaly look at his PC, but I will this weekend. He tells me that the card is PCI not AGP. I will indeedy check the BIOS. If it is a PCI card, the beatings will begin at the guy who told him to buy the PCI instead of AGP! See Ya! Don 8)

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