Vista - GeForce 8800GT ? failure

**jonmal123** · 4 Weeks Ago

Double

**smarteyeball** · 4 Weeks Ago

Quote: Originally Posted by thepizzaman

Quote: Originally Posted by archie123

no mate if it was the wrong driver it wouldnt install , you cant install the wrong one it wont let you

stereo mode is just for 3d gaming dont worry about it

edit....by 3d gaming i mean the 3d glasses type , proper 3D not 3d gaming.........if that makes any sense ??

hows it going now? wahts the situation?

more problems with nvidia archie.....

i think its a bad omen of whats comming

I think that when ATI hired thier new driver team, the old team went to Nvidia

hm... that sounds about right

**jonmal123** · 4 Weeks Ago

This is now the situation. I deleted the old drivers - got back into windows low res - the system, through device manager, loaded a driver (I think from the Dell partition) and on rebooting I am back to normal (so you were right - software not the card)
One question remains - the driver now loaded is 7.15.11.6736 dated 19/10/2007. Should I live with that or get the most up to date one from Nvidia. Thanks for your help with this... John

**archie123** · 4 Weeks Ago

try this one , now its not the latest by a long shot (few months old now) but its the last real bug free one , all us gamers are running it at the mo whilr NVidia pull their fingers out their arses and sort themselvs out

NVIDIA DRIVERS 186.18 WHQL

a driver from 2007 is only gonna cause issues

they'll be fine as long as you dont plan on doing any gaming

**jonmal123** · 3 Weeks Ago

Thanks for the advice! I've loaded the driver you suggested rather than the latest one offered. So far so good!

**archie123** · 3 Weeks Ago

fingers crossed

**jonmal123** · 3 Weeks Ago

Em... Since those postings everything had been fine till this morning. Booted up -everything OK came back to the PC 15 mins later to find it had rebooted and the following message diplayed "Display Driver nvlddmkm stopped responding ans was successfully recovered." Does this mean trouble ahead? Is something still not fixed? Driver 7.15.11.7545

**jonmal123** · 3 Weeks Ago

Hi! Don't have an easy way to test the card. I wasn't monitoring card temp - how would I do that? Only "game" I use is MS Flight sim but not today. Haven't touched the fan speed...

**skunksmash** · 3 Weeks Ago

Quote: Originally Posted by jonmal123

Hi! Don't have an easy way to test the card. I wasn't monitoring card temp - how would I do that? Only "game" I use is MS Flight sim but not today. Haven't touched the fan speed...

the only reason i ask is b/c the 8800GT does suffer from thermal paste degredation..... after using them a while the temp just starts going through the roof, the fact your getting artifacts is an overheating symptom... i had one i had to RMA myself, in the end the card would hit 70c idle

(yes ATI users, Nvidia are not perfect

)

use Everest, ''GPUZ'' or ''Rivatuner'' to monitor card temps..... report back on the results.

4 Weeks Ago	#11 (permalink)
jonmal123 Vista Home Premium 32bit 40 posts	Re: GeForce GTX 295 ? failure Double
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4 Weeks Ago	#12 (permalink)
smarteyeball Vista Ultimate SP2 x64 : Seven Ultimate x64 1,692 posts	Re: GeForce GTX 295 ? failure Quote: Originally Posted by thepizzaman Quote: Originally Posted by archie123 no mate if it was the wrong driver it wouldnt install , you cant install the wrong one it wont let you stereo mode is just for 3d gaming dont worry about it edit....by 3d gaming i mean the 3d glasses type , proper 3D not 3d gaming.........if that makes any sense ?? hows it going now? wahts the situation? more problems with nvidia archie..... i think its a bad omen of whats comming I think that when ATI hired thier new driver team, the old team went to Nvidia
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4 Weeks Ago	#13 (permalink)
thepizzaman Vista Home Premium 32bit and Ubuntu 9.10 32bit 1,295 posts	Re: GeForce GTX 295 ? failure Quote: Originally Posted by smarteyeball Quote: Originally Posted by thepizzaman Quote: Originally Posted by archie123 no mate if it was the wrong driver it wouldnt install , you cant install the wrong one it wont let you stereo mode is just for 3d gaming dont worry about it edit....by 3d gaming i mean the 3d glasses type , proper 3D not 3d gaming.........if that makes any sense ?? hows it going now? wahts the situation? more problems with nvidia archie..... i think its a bad omen of whats comming I think that when ATI hired thier new driver team, the old team went to Nvidia hm... that sounds about right
My System Specs

4 Weeks Ago	#14 (permalink)
jonmal123 Vista Home Premium 32bit 40 posts	Re: GeForce GTX 295 ? failure This is now the situation. I deleted the old drivers - got back into windows low res - the system, through device manager, loaded a driver (I think from the Dell partition) and on rebooting I am back to normal (so you were right - software not the card) One question remains - the driver now loaded is 7.15.11.6736 dated 19/10/2007. Should I live with that or get the most up to date one from Nvidia. Thanks for your help with this... John
My System Specs

4 Weeks Ago	#15 (permalink)
archie123 Vista Home Premium 64bit SP2 1,745 posts	Re: GeForce GTX 295 ? failure try this one , now its not the latest by a long shot (few months old now) but its the last real bug free one , all us gamers are running it at the mo whilr NVidia pull their fingers out their arses and sort themselvs out NVIDIA DRIVERS 186.18 WHQL a driver from 2007 is only gonna cause issues they'll be fine as long as you dont plan on doing any gaming
My System Specs

3 Weeks Ago	#16 (permalink)
jonmal123 Vista Home Premium 32bit 40 posts	Re: GeForce GTX 295 ? failure Thanks for the advice! I've loaded the driver you suggested rather than the latest one offered. So far so good!
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3 Weeks Ago	#17 (permalink)
archie123 Vista Home Premium 64bit SP2 1,745 posts	Re: GeForce GTX 295 ? failure fingers crossed
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3 Weeks Ago	#18 (permalink)
jonmal123 Vista Home Premium 32bit 40 posts	Re: GeForce GTX 295 ? failure Em... Since those postings everything had been fine till this morning. Booted up -everything OK came back to the PC 15 mins later to find it had rebooted and the following message diplayed "Display Driver nvlddmkm stopped responding ans was successfully recovered." Does this mean trouble ahead? Is something still not fixed? Driver 7.15.11.7545
My System Specs

3 Weeks Ago	#19 (permalink)
jonmal123 Vista Home Premium 32bit 40 posts	Re: GeForce GTX 295 ? failure Hi! Don't have an easy way to test the card. I wasn't monitoring card temp - how would I do that? Only "game" I use is MS Flight sim but not today. Haven't touched the fan speed...
My System Specs

3 Weeks Ago	#20 (permalink)
skunksmash ultimate 64 SP1 2,190 posts	Re: GeForce GTX 295 ? failure Quote: Originally Posted by jonmal123 Hi! Don't have an easy way to test the card. I wasn't monitoring card temp - how would I do that? Only "game" I use is MS Flight sim but not today. Haven't touched the fan speed... the only reason i ask is b/c the 8800GT does suffer from thermal paste degredation..... after using them a while the temp just starts going through the roof, the fact your getting artifacts is an overheating symptom... i had one i had to RMA myself, in the end the card would hit 70c idle (yes ATI users, Nvidia are not perfect ) use Everest, ''GPUZ'' or ''Rivatuner'' to monitor card temps..... report back on the results.
My System Specs

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