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« on: April 26, 2008, 07:28:01 AM » |
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Yesterday during POTBS my game kept freezing up, then I'd have to manually turn off my pc and reboot, a message keeps coming up nv4 display driver stopped working properly. When I google it, it brings up pages with offers to fix the prob but I'm a bit concerned it may be full of spyware or a virus, does anyone know of a reliable source to fix the prob.....help please...thanx in advance.......  |
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« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2008, 10:05:43 AM » |
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I take it you've already tried completely removing the existing drivers and installing the latest ones? There's a guide here.. http://www.tweakguides.com/NVFORCE_3.html |
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« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2008, 11:13:28 AM » |
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go to Guru 3D and download one of the latest betas or leaked ones, they're (almost) always better  |
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« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2008, 01:02:36 PM » |
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Had that problem myself. Uninstall the driver, use Driver Cleaner and reinstall the latest drivers from the same site. Guru 3D. It fixed my problem, and it's a fairly common one. Obviously.  |
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« Reply #4 on: April 28, 2008, 07:55:01 AM » |
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Vista or XP?
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« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2008, 12:41:26 PM » |
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For myself, it's Vista. That is detriment enough in itself. What kicks me in the gonads and has me seriously thinking about dual booting is the idea that I would probably get a 15% performance boost in gaming in XP. Not sure it's worth it though. I have plenty of system and only a couple of games push my system. Off topic for the thread semi-rant.  |
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« Reply #6 on: April 28, 2008, 02:50:07 PM » |
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I find my games run better in Vista...XP is sitting on a drive and largely ignored over the past few months.
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« Reply #7 on: April 29, 2008, 01:48:19 AM » |
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I use XP Home....
I uninstalled driver, did a registry clean etc etc...Installed a Beta version of the latest nvidia driver to suite my graphics card and it seems to be going fine ATM...
Thanks for all your help folks..
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« Reply #8 on: May 22, 2008, 03:25:39 AM » |
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 Fucken thing is doing it again........I've shot off a rather 'blunt' email to nvidia, telling them that it seems to be a rather common problem,,, so fix the fucken thing....
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« Reply #9 on: May 22, 2008, 03:48:39 AM » |
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Fucken thing is doing it again........I've shot off a rather 'blunt' email to nvidia, telling them that it seems to be a rather common problem,,, so fix the fucken thing.... Won't help. I have the weirdest fecking problem and the answer I've gotten is could be your video drivers. In COD4, sometimes after downloading a map and booting the map for a server, I get game lag. If I shut down the game, I'll find that I'll have as many as 6 separate instances of COD4 running. Emailed everyone and was basically told by everyone to get fecked, it's not their problem. It doesn't happen that often, so it's not a huge deal, but it's still a pain in th arse. Good luck. What video card are you using? |
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« Reply #10 on: May 22, 2008, 03:00:13 PM » |
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I used to get that initial slow down in COD4 every now and then - it has stopped since upgrading from 2 - 4gig of RAM?!
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« Reply #11 on: May 22, 2008, 10:05:20 PM » |
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Fucken thing is doing it again........I've shot off a rather 'blunt' email to nvidia, telling them that it seems to be a rather common problem,,, so fix the fucken thing.... Won't help. I have the weirdest fecking problem and the answer I've gotten is could be your video drivers. In COD4, sometimes after downloading a map and booting the map for a server, I get game lag. If I shut down the game, I'll find that I'll have as many as 6 separate instances of COD4 running. Emailed everyone and was basically told by everyone to get fecked, it's not their problem. It doesn't happen that often, so it's not a huge deal, but it's still a pain in th arse. Good luck. What video card are you using? XFX 7600GT It does seem to be a driver problem, I've tried everything......and it eventually comes back, maybe I'll shoot them an email, telling them I'm a 'big gamer', with hundreds of contacts, and I'll tell everyone I know not to buy there product.... And if that doesnt work, I'll scratch their eyes out....  |
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« Reply #12 on: May 23, 2008, 12:34:35 AM » |
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give them a
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« Reply #13 on: May 23, 2008, 02:15:28 AM » |
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I used to get that initial slow down in COD4 every now and then - it has stopped since upgrading from 2 - 4gig of RAM?!
Vista, 8800GTS
I'm already @ 4GBs of ram. 1333MGhtz. Q6600 @ 2.8. I have only a slight lag when the issue arises, but I shouldn't ever have any. Blahh,blahh, blahhh!It should work. Period.(wishfull thinking) |
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« Reply #14 on: May 23, 2008, 03:54:15 AM » |
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give them a
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