@ Vista Ultimate x64 & SLI

tRens · 02-03-2008

I have a dual booting system with Vista Ultimate x64 and Windows XP x64.

In XPx64 I can have multiple games running at the same time in windowed mode and much much more.

For this example I have two WoW clients open in windowed mode full detail @ 1680x1050 and ventrilo and multiple firefox's open along with music playing and a file being coverted to mp4 format. This will work flawlessly nothing crashes nothing locks up nothing does anything wrong.

Soon as I go into VUx64 and do the same exact thing the computer will work for a bit. Then I will notice the mouse twitch and it is as if my computer is a locomotive on the railroad going 60mph and suddenly slamming on the breaks and slowly grinds to a halt. When it does stop responding the sound that was playing keeps playing and does not repeat or seem to not work correctly it is like only the GUI stops responding completely but the subsystems of windows keep working. Though I cannot recover from this as I have to hardboot the system to have any functionality besides listening to music.

I have the most up to date nvidia drivers for the mobo and the release drivers from the nvidia site for my video cards. 169.25 (or something close to that they're currently at Nvidia.com)

Everything is up to date and what not.

I have everest running most of the time and I did notice that the second video card in the setup. That is the card in the SLi setup that does not have the monitor hooked to it. Is 20c hotter than the first card the one that actually outputs the video to the monitor.

In XPx64 I have everest running as well and the second card never EVER exceeds the first cards temp.... even in games... Crysis, CoD4, TF2, HL2, WoW etc etc etc

Here is the setup

Q6600 @ 2.4GHz (default)
4GBs G.Skill ddr2 5 5 5 15 2t @ 1000-1100 mhz. Though I run this at 800
Evga 680i SLi
Evga 8800gtx SC x2 in SLi
X-Fi Xtrememusic (PCi)
DRU-800a (dvd)
raid 0 (stripe) Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB (OEM)
ABS 1300W PSU (I should have bought a freaking Ultra)

I have ran memtest for hours and prime95 in XPx64 & VUx64 for about 8 hours a piece.

I am thinking that the lockups in Vista are totally related to drivers. Most likely a combination of SLi and current vista drivers? I have installed all of the critical updates from nvidia.com and anything I could find from windowsupdate.

I can run Crysis in XPx64 without crashing for hours on end. The funny thing is as soon as I start Crysis up and load a level it is only a minute or more before it does the same thing as with two WoW clients running in VUx64. This is very frustrating as I have purchased this to use it not to be held back by it

I am sure this is long winded and may even be covered in another thread and or this could be the wrong area to post this. If so please tell me as I am at work and didn't have but a moment to write this and skim over the rest of the threads.

Thank you in advance.

tRens

PS - sorry if this is out of place or posted before.. if there is a thread with help for this please be kind enough to point me in the right direction.

03-28-2008

"tRens" <tRens.347lc0@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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	> > ::I have a dual booting system with Vista Ultimate x64 and > Windows XP x64. > > In XPx64 I can have multiple games running at the same time in windowed > mode and much much more. > > For this example I have two WoW clients open in windowed mode full > detail @ 1680x1050 and ventrilo and multiple firefox's open along with > music playing and a file being coverted to mp4 format. This will work > flawlessly nothing crashes nothing locks up nothing does anything wrong. > > Soon as I go into VUx64 and do the same exact thing the computer will > work for a bit. Then I will notice the mouse twitch and it is as if my > computer is a locomotive on the railroad going 60mph and suddenly > slamming on the breaks and slowly grinds to a halt. When it does stop > responding the sound that was playing keeps playing and does not repeat > or seem to not work correctly it is like only the GUI stops responding > completely but the subsystems of windows keep working. Though I cannot > recover from this as I have to hardboot the system to have any > functionality besides listening to music. > > I have the most up to date nvidia drivers for the mobo and the release > drivers from the nvidia site for my video cards. 169.25 (or something > close to that they're currently at Nvidia.com) > > Everything is up to date and what not. > > I have everest running most of the time and I did notice that the > second video card in the setup. That is the card in the SLi setup that > does not have the monitor hooked to it. Is 20c hotter than the first > card the one that actually outputs the video to the monitor. > > In XPx64 I have everest running as well and the second card never EVER > exceeds the first cards temp.... even in games... Crysis, CoD4, TF2, > HL2, WoW etc etc etc > > Here is the setup > > Q6600 @ 2.4GHz (default) > 4GBs G.Skill ddr2 5 5 5 15 2t @ 1000-1100 mhz. Though I run this at > 800 > Evga 680i SLi > Evga 8800gtx SC x2 in SLi > X-Fi Xtrememusic (PCi) > DRU-800a (dvd) > raid 0 (stripe) Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB (OEM) > ABS 1300W PSU (I should have bought a freaking Ultra) > > I have ran memtest for hours and prime95 in XPx64 & VUx64 for about 8 > hours a piece. > > I am thinking that the lockups in Vista are totally related to drivers. > Most likely a combination of SLi and current vista drivers? I have > installed all of the critical updates from nvidia.com and anything I > could find from windowsupdate. > > I can run Crysis in XPx64 without crashing for hours on end. The funny > thing is as soon as I start Crysis up and load a level it is only a > minute or more before it does the same thing as with two WoW clients > running in VUx64. This is very frustrating as I have purchased this to > use it not to be held back by it > > I am sure this is long winded and may even be covered in another thread > and or this could be the wrong area to post this. If so please tell me > as I am at work and didn't have but a moment to write this and skim over > the rest of the threads. > > Thank you in advance. > > tRens > > PS - sorry if this is out of place or posted before.. if there is a > thread with help for this please be kind enough to point me in the right > direction. > :: > > > -- > tRens

I have a similar system and my nVidia is at 169.09. There is a version I
installed around there somewhere that did pretty badly. This is the one
that works for me.

Other guesses: virus. Memory; my Vista Ultimate runs at about 3GB all the
time. Or, there could be something running; do Ctrl/Alt/Del Task Manager
and click the CPU column so the highest value is always first.

02-03-2008	#1 (permalink)
tRens Newbie	@ Vista Ultimate x64 & SLI I have a dual booting system with Vista Ultimate x64 and Windows XP x64. In XPx64 I can have multiple games running at the same time in windowed mode and much much more. For this example I have two WoW clients open in windowed mode full detail @ 1680x1050 and ventrilo and multiple firefox's open along with music playing and a file being coverted to mp4 format. This will work flawlessly nothing crashes nothing locks up nothing does anything wrong. Soon as I go into VUx64 and do the same exact thing the computer will work for a bit. Then I will notice the mouse twitch and it is as if my computer is a locomotive on the railroad going 60mph and suddenly slamming on the breaks and slowly grinds to a halt. When it does stop responding the sound that was playing keeps playing and does not repeat or seem to not work correctly it is like only the GUI stops responding completely but the subsystems of windows keep working. Though I cannot recover from this as I have to hardboot the system to have any functionality besides listening to music. I have the most up to date nvidia drivers for the mobo and the release drivers from the nvidia site for my video cards. 169.25 (or something close to that they're currently at Nvidia.com) Everything is up to date and what not. I have everest running most of the time and I did notice that the second video card in the setup. That is the card in the SLi setup that does not have the monitor hooked to it. Is 20c hotter than the first card the one that actually outputs the video to the monitor. In XPx64 I have everest running as well and the second card never EVER exceeds the first cards temp.... even in games... Crysis, CoD4, TF2, HL2, WoW etc etc etc Here is the setup Q6600 @ 2.4GHz (default) 4GBs G.Skill ddr2 5 5 5 15 2t @ 1000-1100 mhz. Though I run this at 800 Evga 680i SLi Evga 8800gtx SC x2 in SLi X-Fi Xtrememusic (PCi) DRU-800a (dvd) raid 0 (stripe) Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB (OEM) ABS 1300W PSU (I should have bought a freaking Ultra) I have ran memtest for hours and prime95 in XPx64 & VUx64 for about 8 hours a piece. I am thinking that the lockups in Vista are totally related to drivers. Most likely a combination of SLi and current vista drivers? I have installed all of the critical updates from nvidia.com and anything I could find from windowsupdate. I can run Crysis in XPx64 without crashing for hours on end. The funny thing is as soon as I start Crysis up and load a level it is only a minute or more before it does the same thing as with two WoW clients running in VUx64. This is very frustrating as I have purchased this to use it not to be held back by it I am sure this is long winded and may even be covered in another thread and or this could be the wrong area to post this. If so please tell me as I am at work and didn't have but a moment to write this and skim over the rest of the threads. Thank you in advance. tRens PS - sorry if this is out of place or posted before.. if there is a thread with help for this please be kind enough to point me in the right direction.

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