MSI Ti4200 VTD8x card

[chorro]

Is anyone using this videocard?? I was wondering why I can't use the drivers from nvidia's site because all I get is a black screen with small white dots at the top. The only way to properly see the desktop is to use the drivers from the cd which are version 3100. I have an old Gainward GF4 mx440 64mb card that can use Nvidia's drivers without any problems.

Is there a slight chance that the videocard is defective?? It's new and only been used once since December 29th of last year..

[Shinma]

Installed the most current DirectX version prior to driver installation?

[chorro]

I'm currently running Directx 8.1 that came with XP. If I update to SP1, the card will not work with the drivers from the cd. It acts the same way if I use Nvidia's 40.72 drivers. Is there something wrong with the card or can it only use the drivers from the cd??

[chorro]

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turns out it was a defective card....replaced it plus used the newer 41.09 nvidia drivers as I learned that the 40.72 are Detonator and don't work with the newer Titanium 8x cards as they use a different architecture. Now everything's running smoothly as I can adjust the resolution as well as the refresh rates with no problems!!!