help! Geforce 4mx 440 64mb running at 32mb!!

flx · 01-15-05, 07:00 AM

Well, some time ago, my brother was trying to play Warcraft 3 in our amdAthlon 1500+ 512 ram with a geforce 4 mx 440 with its full 64mb working on winXP pro sp1.

He was experiencing slowdowns, so I searched in google for a possible cause and maybe some solution.

The fact is that i found that there was a file (whose name and I don't remember) responsible of the 64mb compatibility was causing it.

I told him that he should rename the file, to prevent windows from loading it, and he did so. Yesterday he realized he still have his geforce 4 working at 32mb when he tried to start HL2 (LOL). I completly removed and reinstalled the drivers several times, but it dont seems to solve anything.

Well, my question is: does anyone knows what file could it be or what can i do??

thanks

Daneel Olivaw · 01-15-05, 07:14 AM

Is it an integrated video card ? (NForce2)

**saturnotaku** · 01-15-05, 09:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flx

Well, my question is: does anyone knows what file could it be or what can i do??

There's pretty much nothing you can do except buy a new video card. There were some manufacturers who made cards that claimed to have 64 mb of RAM but it was only done through a driver trick where they actually only had 32 mb of physical memory. If you purchase a card through a well known manufacturer (BFG, Leadtek, eVGA and others) you will not run into this problem again.

flx · 01-15-05, 12:10 PM

It's an point of view geforce 4 mx 440 64mb DDR 4x agp.

It the "32mb instead 64mb" issue is provoked by a file that was renamed (or deleted :S) if i could know the name of that file...

Daneel Olivaw · 01-15-05, 05:13 PM

how can a file change the amount of ram reported by your card bios? Check with Everest, no file can screw with everest.

flx · 01-15-05, 06:18 PM

Everest shows 32mb too. I know tha card has 64mb before, if that file was responsible of how the os handles the card, it will allways count as a 32mb. I think it's time to burn some backups and format the drive. Thanks for replying anyway ^^

Daneel Olivaw · 01-16-05, 08:31 PM

I swear a file does not handle the amount of ram the os sees.

good luck

Slyder · 01-17-05, 11:03 AM

What about when you first turn the computer on ?

Does the gfx card do a ram check ?

01-15-05, 07:00 AM	#1
flx Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 3	help! Geforce 4mx 440 64mb running at 32mb!! Well, some time ago, my brother was trying to play Warcraft 3 in our amdAthlon 1500+ 512 ram with a geforce 4 mx 440 with its full 64mb working on winXP pro sp1. He was experiencing slowdowns, so I searched in google for a possible cause and maybe some solution. The fact is that i found that there was a file (whose name and I don't remember) responsible of the 64mb compatibility was causing it. I told him that he should rename the file, to prevent windows from loading it, and he did so. Yesterday he realized he still have his geforce 4 working at 32mb when he tried to start HL2 (LOL). I completly removed and reinstalled the drivers several times, but it dont seems to solve anything. Well, my question is: does anyone knows what file could it be or what can i do?? thanks

01-15-05, 07:14 AM	#2
Daneel Olivaw Northwood hugger Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Montreal Posts: 1,244	Re: help! Geforce 4mx 440 64mb running at 32mb!! Is it an integrated video card ? (NForce2) __________________ -Intel Core2 Duo 4300 (3.0GHz) \| Asus P5N-E SLI \| 6GB Corsair CVS PC2-5300 \| GF8800GT 512MB \| Western Digital 1TB Raid0 \| Antec SLK2600AMB \| Antec Earthwatts 500W -Intel Pentium4 2.4C (3.4GHz) \| Asus P4P800 Dlx \| 2GB Crucial Rendition PC-3200 \| GF6800LE 128MB \| Seagate 200GB \| Antec Overture II \| Antec TruePower 2.0 480W Mild agnosticism —the view that the existence or nonexistence of God or gods is currently unknown but is not necessarily unknowable, therefore one will withhold judgment until/if more evidence is available. A weak agnostic would say "I don't know, but maybe you do."

01-15-05, 12:10 PM	#4
flx Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 3	Re: help! Geforce 4mx 440 64mb running at 32mb!! It's an point of view geforce 4 mx 440 64mb DDR 4x agp. It the "32mb instead 64mb" issue is provoked by a file that was renamed (or deleted :S) if i could know the name of that file...

01-15-05, 05:13 PM	#5
Daneel Olivaw Northwood hugger Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Montreal Posts: 1,244	Re: help! Geforce 4mx 440 64mb running at 32mb!! how can a file change the amount of ram reported by your card bios? Check with Everest, no file can screw with everest. __________________ -Intel Core2 Duo 4300 (3.0GHz) \| Asus P5N-E SLI \| 6GB Corsair CVS PC2-5300 \| GF8800GT 512MB \| Western Digital 1TB Raid0 \| Antec SLK2600AMB \| Antec Earthwatts 500W -Intel Pentium4 2.4C (3.4GHz) \| Asus P4P800 Dlx \| 2GB Crucial Rendition PC-3200 \| GF6800LE 128MB \| Seagate 200GB \| Antec Overture II \| Antec TruePower 2.0 480W Mild agnosticism —the view that the existence or nonexistence of God or gods is currently unknown but is not necessarily unknowable, therefore one will withhold judgment until/if more evidence is available. A weak agnostic would say "I don't know, but maybe you do."

01-15-05, 06:18 PM	#6
flx Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 3	Re: help! Geforce 4mx 440 64mb running at 32mb!! Everest shows 32mb too. I know tha card has 64mb before, if that file was responsible of how the os handles the card, it will allways count as a 32mb. I think it's time to burn some backups and format the drive. Thanks for replying anyway ^^

01-16-05, 08:31 PM	#7
Daneel Olivaw Northwood hugger Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Montreal Posts: 1,244	Re: help! Geforce 4mx 440 64mb running at 32mb!! I swear a file does not handle the amount of ram the os sees. good luck __________________ -Intel Core2 Duo 4300 (3.0GHz) \| Asus P5N-E SLI \| 6GB Corsair CVS PC2-5300 \| GF8800GT 512MB \| Western Digital 1TB Raid0 \| Antec SLK2600AMB \| Antec Earthwatts 500W -Intel Pentium4 2.4C (3.4GHz) \| Asus P4P800 Dlx \| 2GB Crucial Rendition PC-3200 \| GF6800LE 128MB \| Seagate 200GB \| Antec Overture II \| Antec TruePower 2.0 480W Mild agnosticism —the view that the existence or nonexistence of God or gods is currently unknown but is not necessarily unknowable, therefore one will withhold judgment until/if more evidence is available. A weak agnostic would say "I don't know, but maybe you do."

01-17-05, 11:03 AM	#8
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