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'IRQ Holder for PCI Steering' device which will always use the same IRQ as the GeForce). If you find
that the GeForce is sharing an IRQ with a PCI or ISA card, in the case of a PCI card try moving the PCI
card to another slot (avoid the slot directly next to the AGP slot as this usually shares an IRQ with the
AGP slot) or, in the case of an ISA card, reconfigure the card to use another IRQ. You may need to read
the 'I have Windows 2000 and all of my devices share the same IRQ, causing problems with my
GeForce. How can I fix it?' question.
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If your AGP Aperture is set to 256MB, try changing your AGP Aperture to another value (keep it above
16 as setting it at or below 16 will disable AGP) - see the 'How can I change my AGP Aperture size?'
question.
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If you have a TwinView supposting card but are only using one monitor, try disabling TwinView as
mentioned in the 'I get two monitors detected when I only use one. How can I disable TwinView?'
question.
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Try ticking the 'Disable support for enhanced CPU instruction sets' box in the OpenGL tab of the
NVIDIA Control Panel applet.
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You may find that switching your desktop colour depth to 256 colours helps with stuttering problems.
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You can try disabling auto-mipmapping in the NVIDIA control panel. This has helped some people with
stuttering problems: however, it may result in reduced image quality and overall speed.
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Q. All 3D applications are slow on my GeForce. How can I fix it?
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If you are using a non-Intel chipset based motherboard, make sure you download and install the very
latest AGP and other drivers from your chipset manufacturer's or motherboard manufacturer's website.
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If you have a low end CPU, then you may have to upgrade your CPU to make the most out of the
GeForce. Only higher end CPUs can take full advantage of the power of the GeForce, despite the T&L
engine. In particular, any AMD Super Socket 7 chips in general give poor performance, due to the poor
AGP implementations on most Super Socket 7 motherboards.
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Q. When I run a 3D application, the screen suddenly goes black (I lose the monitor signal),
but the computer doesn't lock up. How can I fix it?
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Try going into Safe Mode and go to Control Panel / System. Remove all monitor devices listed and let
Windows redetect the monitor when it restarts.
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Try changing your refresh rate. See the 'How can I manually set refresh rates and force the refresh rate
above 60hz?' question for more details.
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If you have no monitor drivers for your monitor, select 'Plug and Play Monitor' from the (Standard
monitor types) section of the monitor drivers list.
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Make sure that you are using a powerful enough power supply. See the 'How powerful should my power
supply be in order to use the GeForce? question for more information.
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Your motherboard may not be supplying enough power to the GeForce - see the 'What's all this with the
original GeForce and motherboards not supplying enough power?' question.
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Try forcing AGP1X. Read the 'How can I force AGP1X to be used instead of AGP2X or AGP4X?'
question for more information.
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