GeForce MX 4000 slowdown

[Xendo355]

Hello. I recently acquired a GeForce MX 4000 from a friend and while it's not the best card for 3d games I thought that it would be better than my integrated graphics card( an ATI Radeon Xpress 200). The install went smoothly with no errors and everything looked okay. Then I went to start up Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and the graphics suffered from slowdown. I thought it was strange that it would not run it when my integrated graphics card did. But, I shrugged it off and preceded to start up another game(C&C: Renegade) and it did the same thing.

I am truly at a loss at what could be causing it. I would appricate any help you could provide. Thank you in advance.

My system specs are:

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Computer:
Computer Type ACPI Multiprocessor PC
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition
OS Service Pack [ TRIAL VERSION ]
Internet Explorer 7.0.5730.11
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name YOUR-99DDF15D27
User Name Owner
Logon Domain [ TRIAL VERSION ]
Date / Time 2007-03-19 / 23:02

Motherboard:
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4 524, 3066 MHz (23 x 133)
Motherboard Name Intel Grand County D101GGC (2 PCI, 1 PCI-E x1, 1 PCI-E x16, 2 DDR DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN)
Motherboard Chipset ATI Radeon Xpress 200
System Memory [ TRIAL VERSION ]
BIOS Type Intel (07/07/06)
Communication Port Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000 (128 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000
Monitor Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB] (F6EY65192686U)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter Realtek ALC861 @ ATI SB450 - High Definition Audio Controller

Storage:
IDE Controller ATI IDE Controller
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
Storage Controller SCSI/RAID Host Controller
Storage Controller SCSI/RAID Host Controller
Disk Drive Generic USB CF Reader USB Device
Disk Drive Generic USB MS Reader USB Device
Disk Drive Generic USB SD Reader USB Device
Disk Drive Generic USB SM Reader USB Device
Disk Drive ST3160212A (160 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)
Optical Drive ER0144U NXP210J SCSI CdRom Device
Optical Drive Generic STEALTH DVD SCSI CdRom Device (Virtual DVD-ROM)
Optical Drive TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H652D (DVD+R9:8x, DVD-R9:8x, DVD+RW:18x/8x, DVD-RW:18x/6x, DVD-RAM:12x, DVD-ROM:16x, CD:48x/32x/48x DVD+RW/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) [ TRIAL VERSION ]
H: (FAT32) 5409 MB (3487 MB free)
Total Size [ TRIAL VERSION ]

Input:
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse PS/2 Compatible Mouse
Game Controller Microsoft PC-joystick driver

Network:
Primary IP Address [ TRIAL VERSION ]
Primary MAC Address 00-16-76-67-9A-ED
Network Adapter Microsoft Loopback Adapter (10.2 [ TRIAL VERSION ])
Network Adapter Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC (76.2 [ TRIAL VERSION ])
Modem PCI Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP

Peripherals:
Printer Canon iP1700
USB1 Controller ATI SB450 - USB Controller
USB1 Controller ATI SB450 - USB Controller
USB2 Controller ATI SB450 - USB 2.0 Controller
USB Device Multimedia Card Reader
USB Device USB Human Interface Device

DMI:
DMI BIOS Vendor Intel Corp.
DMI BIOS Version GC11010M.15A.0030.2006.0707.2039
DMI System Manufacturer Gateway
DMI System Product T5048
DMI System Version
DMI System Serial Number [ TRIAL VERSION ]
DMI System UUID [ TRIAL VERSION ]
DMI Motherboard Manufacturer Intel Corporation
DMI Motherboard Product D101GGC
DMI Motherboard Version AAD54032-300
DMI Motherboard Serial Number [ TRIAL VERSION ]
DMI Chassis Manufacturer
DMI Chassis Version
DMI Chassis Serial Number [ TRIAL VERSION ]
DMI Chassis Asset Tag [ TRIAL VERSION ]
DMI Chassis Type Desktop Case

 

[wolfram]

Sorry to say this, but the MX4000 is an old card. I think GTA SA doesn't support the MX4000, IDK about C&C.

However, make sure you have the latest drivers from Nvidia for your videocard (the newest driver package may not support the MX4000, I'm not sure).

Regards :wave:

 

[HPCE_Larry]

Yea you'll want something a little more modern then the mx4000 to play GTA. check newegg. You can get half decent cards for ~$50 that aught to be able to play it.

 

[Xendo355]

Alright, thanks for the info. I'll look into a better card.