Extremely poor performance with Geforce 4 ti4600...please help

[CurtisEbear]

Ok, this happened to me the last time i reformatted. In fact, it happens every time i reformat, and i can never remember how i fix it. Anyway, I just reformatted, and now my game/benchmark performance has dropped significantly. I have 41.09 det drivers (same ones i was using before reformat) and the latest motherboard AGP drivers that work (the newest ones just make the problem worse for me). Here's my system:

Asus A7A266 motherboard
BFG GF4 ti4600
512 mb pc 2100 DDR
XP 1600+
some other stuff

what happens is I run 3dmark 2001SE (I realize its outdated but its all I had and I have 56k and didnt want to spend all day downloading 3dmark2003). I get in the low 6000's for a score, which is extremely low considering when i get it working i usually get around 11,000.

Last time this happened i was tearing out my hair trying to get it to work, just like now, and found the quick fix here on AT, but that was about 6 months ago and the thread appears to be gone. Someone else posted basically the same problem as me, and someone else posted the solution. Best I can remember, it involved creating a new Binary Value somewhere in the registry, naming it something, and setting a specific value for if i remember right, it had something to do with some sort of a driver conflict. I can't seem to find this fix anywhere (here and google...i got nothin else).

if anyone knows this or remembers or anything...please help me out here.

 

[CurtisEbear]

good night bump

 

[QuantumSlip]

under some registry key for the video card, you create a new binary value called "EnableAliAGP", and set it to 01. I forgot where to put it exactly though.

 

[Confused]

Here is the original thread I think


Confused

 

[kurt454]

Originally posted by: QuantumSlip
under some registry key for the video card, you create a new binary value called "EnableAliAGP", and set it to 01. I forgot where to put it exactly though.

Download and install the latest Rivatuner. It has the 'EnableAliAGP' setting on it.

 

[DTSS]

Dude, before you go a mess w/ the registry. Try installing the Version: 44.03 drivers. Those are the newest drivers from Nvidia and work perfect w/ the ti4600. I know cause thats what I have. Mess w/ the registry and before long you will be installing windows again.

Daryl - DTSS

 

[CurtisEbear]

while thats not the exact thread i remember reading, that does help. I will download the 44.03 drivers and get that rivatuner thing. What Quantumslip said, I am fairly certain, is what I did last time, but if I can do it with RivaTuner I'll just do that.

Yeah...that wasn't the same thread, but the thread I read last time was pretty much the same issue, the guy had and ALI chipset and it was conflicting with his video drivers or something like that. thanks a lot, i'll let you guys know if that works.

 

[CurtisEbear]

Thanks for all the help everyone. While i never did find the original thread i had talked about, i did find the website the person in that thread had linked to...http://www.ali.com.tw/eng/support/support_guide_agp.htm.

Google search for "enableAliAGP" gave me that link. I shouldve figured that out...its from a troubleshooting guide at ALI's website. Guess I'm a little slow.

Now I'll probably download the newest det drivers to see how that works. thanks.

curtisebear