PT880 Neo Series Motherboard Issue

I have recently replaced my old motherboard a P4PB-400-FL with a PT880 Neo Series motherboard MS-7008 Version 1. The problem i am having is in reguards to my video card which is a G4 TI4600 128 mb 4x 2.0, my benchmarks have been cut in half since the new motherboad was installed. Is this a issue anybody else is having? I do not overclock my video card so i have no clue as to why the benchmarks have been cut in half.
System Specs....
P4 3.06 HT 533FSB
1024 PC2700 DDR 333 - Single Channel
WINDOWS XP PRO
400 W ANTEC POWER SUPPLY
G4 TI4600 128 MB 4X 2.0
Current video card driver: Nivida 56.64
Direct X version: 9.0b

There seems to be an issue with the Latest VIA 4in1 Drivers, as I have seen this Problem with Both the INTEL and The AMD Based VIA Boards. Is there any way you can Roll back to the previous Version of the VIA 4-1 Drivers....Also Are you sure that your Vidio Card is Running in 4XAGP Mode?.....If I were you, I would Go to http://www.guru3d.com and download the NVHardpage Utility, as I see that you are Running the 56.64 Drivers, and if you run this NVhardpage you will be able to Enable "Hidden" Features for your Cards Drivers, such as "CoolBits Oveclocking", "AGP Options" "Performance Options" and "Hardware Options", and once you enable these Options in NVHardpage, you will then see that you have the Extra Tabs in your regular NVIDIA Driver Panel ...You will also have the Option to Enable Disable BOTH "Fast-Writes" and "Sideband-Addressing" ............Let us Know how you make out............Sean REILLY875

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https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=79880.0
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Hi,
17Amps on the +12V rail..............
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Hey guys, im helping a friend of mine build a computer, now we got it together and it fails on, Testing base and extended memory, we have tried various rams and it always fails there, so it isnt a ram issue, we have a new CPU so i doubt its that either,
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1. PSU , 18a on 12v
2. Motherboard
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sys specs are
420w psu 18a on 12v
333 RAM, various brands tested
MSI pt880 neo
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I used to have bios v.1.9
I contacted MSI USA and explained the following issue:
play for 5 min HL2 and have a memory allocation error
play BF1942 for a little while (15min?) and computer crash
enable Dual mode for my memory and computer crash working with Word lol
They have just sent me a new bios v.2.3 and guess what ??? After long tests my computer never crash and I am the happiest man in the world cause now I could spend more time with my girlfriend lol
So try to contact MSI to have this latest bios or reply to this thread and i will try to send it to you
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