msi GeForce 4 4200 frame rate locked at 60 with Windows 2000

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daveo

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Lost here..... I have an MSI Geforce 4 4200 120MB Video Card slotted on an Asus A7V motherboard - AMD Thunderbird 1Ghz processor with 640mb of ram.

There is a common problem with the Nvidia chip and Windows 2000 in regards to a lock frame rate at 60fps within games.

I've tried several programs to fix this i.e. "Refresh Lock", "Windows 2000/XP Nvidia Refresh rate lock", "PowerStrip 3.15" and "NVFresh Tool 1.0"

But nothing seems to work. I'm sure these program work with older Nvidia cards but not with GeForce 4.

Any Ideas? I even turned the Vsync off and on.
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HELP!
 
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Hello,

I have followed the previous link at www.xp-erience.org but couldn't get the point. I didn't found any article about nVidia/XP's refresh rate problem when using OpenGL (DirectX works fine and I get my 85 Hz @ 1024*768 ), and I tried almost every utility found at www.xp-refresh.net.

I only tried to install version 29.42 from the Detonator drivers, not the 30.00 beta, what I don't want to. By the way, how do I know which version of these drivers is currently installed? I suspect mine have stayed at 28.32, is that possible?

Oh, by the way, my config is nForce based (K7N420 Pro) and I use the integrated GPU.

Thanks for your future help!
 
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daveo,

I have moved this thread from nVidia/AMD/SIS Motherboards to Multimedia, since this a Video Card issue.

Take Care,

Richard
 
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p-fulla, I'm not to sure about your system and Windows XP but check out these tweeking sites.

GEFORCEZONE.COM
http://www.geforcezone.com/

and

TWEAKED.NET
http://www.tweak3d.net/

TECHTV.COM/SCREENSAVERS
http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/

(A little advice: If you can, dump XP and install a copy of Windows 2000 second edition. They both have the same KERNAL but I find that Win 2000 is much more compatible for now. I give XP 2 more years before it's the OS for all. I've reinstalled 6 systems with Windows 2000 because of compatibility problems.)
 
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