i have a diamond viper v770 32meg video card. there are no drivers for windows 2000 so i am using the compatible nVidia riva TNT 2 drivers instead.
Yes, that's a TnT RiVa 2. I have a Diamond 550 and it runs great on Windows 2000.
The exact drivers you need are:
https://www.feldoncentral.com/Sachs/W2K-647.exe
1. Download that file and run it. Extract it to a <i>convenient</i> place on your hard drive.
2. Now go to <b>Start menu</b> -> <b>Settings</b> -> <b>Control Panel</b>.
3. Double click on <b>System</b>.
4. Click on the <b>Hardware</b> tab at the top.
5. Click on <b>Device Manager</b> in the center.
6. Click the [+] sign next to <b>Display adapters</b>.
7. Double-click on TnT Riva 2 (or Diamond VIPER 770).
8. Click the <b>Driver</b> tab at the top.
9. Click the <b>Update Driver</b> button at the bottom.
10. The <b>Upgrade Driver Wizard</b> comes up. Click Next.
11. Click <b>Display a list of known drivers...</b>. This takes a while.
12. Click the <b>Have Disk...</b> button in the lower right corner.
13. Pick <b>NVIDIA RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro</b> (don't pick any of the other ones).
14. Hopefully Windows will cooperate and say "The wizard is now ready to install the driver for the following device: <b>NVIDIA RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro</b>". If so, click Next twice.
If it puts up a Certificate Warning, tell it to go ahead anyway.
15. If Windows says "There is already a newer driver installed for this card." you need to force Windows to accept the driver you are installing.
If it asks you "The file you are copying is OLDER than the currently installed file. Keep the newer file?" you must answer NO each time.
If you have any more questions, please post them here.