No, there isn't issues between VIA and TNT, but there is a "secret" if you'd
like to call it - "always use nVidia reference driver as possible as you
can". before you install the new card, just make sure you removed the old
card driver from windows, sometimes things don't go smoothly if you left old
driver in.

Jun Qian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gareth Cranny" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 5:39 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Video compatability problems.


I recently tried upgrading my videocard to a Creative Labs 3D blaster, which
uses the Nvidia TNT2 M64 chipset, and experienced nothing but trouble...  My
system is setup as follows :

DFI AK74-SC mboard with a VIA KT133 chipset
AMD Duron 600MHZ (manually unlocked multiplier :) )
128mb pc133 Ram
S3 Virge DX
Fujitsu 10GB
Sony CDRW
D-Link DFE-530TX Ethernet adapter (for sympatico)

I have no problems with my current setup, however, with the 3D Blaster
installed instead of the s3 card, the system will freeze every time I open
IE.  I made sure the networking card and video card were on seperate IRQs,
but one of them was *ALWAYS* sharing with ACPI Router for IRQ steering.  I
tried all available PCI Slots, new Nvidia and creative drivers, all to no
avail.  Is there an issue between Nvidia and VIA?  I also tried the new VIA
4-in-1 drivers, no luck...

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