(eg, Forceware 66.93, Omega 66.93, Extreme G 67.66, MSI 66.72) the driver doesn't recognise the card and just won't install. Here's what happens (on Windows 98, Windows 2000 & Windows XP - exactly the same result for each) - Forceware 60 Series. Regardless of the variety of Forceware driver, generic or custom, it all comes down to the version number of the Forceware driver. I've tried a bunch of generic NVIDIA Forceware drivers, as well as some customised drivers (eg, Omega, Extreme G, MSI, etc) which are all just derivatives of the same version no. I'm using the December 2005 version of Directx 9.0c which I believe still had MMX support - I've been told Microsoft dropped MMX support from Directx sometime in 2006. But there's a problem with the card's 3D behaviour, which I think is driver related, and I suspect it has something to do with the CPU's lack of SSE support. The 2D performance of this card is excellent - works a treat on a 1920x1080 LCD display. That's why I'm using this GeForce 6-Series card, it's from the same era as this antique PC, and has very satisfactory 2D & 3D capabilities considering its vintage. Straight away, quite aside from the PCI interface, any modern card will have driver issues with the CPU's lack of SSE & SSE2 instructions (it has MMX & 3d-Now!). Up front, I'm using it in an old IBM Aptiva which has PCI slots and an AMD K6-III CPU. I'm looking for any useful advice regarding legacy drivers for an EVGA 512-P1-N402-LR GeForce 6200 512MByte DDR2 PCI video card. I know there's a specific forum for EVGA Graphics Cards, but that forum stops at GeForce 9 Series, so I'm guessing something as old as a GeForce 6 Series card would qualify in the "all other EVGA products" category - maybe in a sub-category of "fossil". Hello Forum Members, I'm new here, so please be gentle.
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