Other apps that run in normal windows run justįine. Any app with that funny window style will simply freeze.
You wouldn't even think there was a problem until you start running the metro-styled windows apps.Īpps like Edge/Spartan, the System Update, the Windows Store all use the new metro-style window rather than the standard window, like Internet Explorer.
Howevery, when I install theĭriver for the 5200 and restart, the computer looks great, with proper resolution and zero choppiness. That allows me to use windows, except that the resolution is very low and screen effects are choppy, just as you'd expect with a card before you installed the proper driver. Windows 10 installs the generic Microsoft driver. Now, I know this is an older card, not capable of running modern games with nice graphics. A fix for when Windows 8.Hello! I'm using an older Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 on the machine where I'm running the Windows 10 preview.Global weather visualisation – for those about to lose some tiles….A fix for connectivity issues with Intel Centrino WiFi and Windows 8/Windows 8.1 (trouble with the new laptop you got for Christmas?) 26 December, 2013.BT line with Caller ID/Display? Your bill is about to increase – as BT slides a cheeky price increase (from 4th Jan 2014) under the radar… 1 January, 2014.Nov 2014 Update: For those having trouble with get_iplayer 9 November, 2014.A Fix for WiFi and/or Lync drop-outs in Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 (Preview) 11 November, 2014.
How to speed up Windows 10 (Technical Preview – Build 9926) 27 January, 2015.Breaking: 3rd June 2015 – the BBC has broken get_iplayer (contains workarounds) 3 June, 2015.
However, there is a solution that works a treat! Download the XP driver 81.98 – it has to specifically be this one as I have found the flickering problem to exist in other XP drivers before and after this particular version. I can find no way to change the output frequency (which is possibly something to do with trying to give smoother, more fluid motion to DVD’s encoded at 24fps – but just makes the screen flicker for normal TV – particularly badly if you are watching in PAL) and the FX 5 series cards are now end-of-life with Nvidia no longer supporting them or releasing drivers that provide support. In Vista and Windows 7, the default driver automatically provided by Windows Update is the Vista driver version 96.85.ĩ6.85 in Vista and Windows 7 works fine with FX 5 series cards – except for tv-out, which for some reason it drives at 25Hz. If you are reading this, it is probably because you have an Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 or FX 5 series video card in a Media Centre/Center (MCE) that is not properly driving your TV via the tv-out (svideo) connector. This is a (very geeky) gem that you won’t find anywhere else – it took me long enough to work it out!