Vista - Holdem-Poker problem

Im really not sure if this is an Nvidia driver problem or a vista problem. I
have a rare config, two geforce 8800GTX in SLI configuration.

Basiclly the text in holdem poker flickers on and off and the game is
unplayable. Im thinking its an sli thing but am not sure. Please look into it

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Joe, it's most likely an nVidia driver issue. They are not yet 'final'
drivers, but a work-in-progress.

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Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled :-)
Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;-)
"joe" <joe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Im really not sure if this is an Nvidia driver problem or a vista problem.
> I
> have a rare config, two geforce 8800GTX in SLI configuration.
>
> Basiclly the text in holdem poker flickers on and off and the game is
> unplayable. Im thinking its an sli thing but am not sure. Please look into
> it
>
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I am experiencing the same problem, but I only have 1 8800 gtx, so that
rules out the sli being the cause. I noticed that if you just use the
default driver that comes with vista, the text doesn't flicker, but you also
lose aero when doing that.
"Jane C" wrote:

> Joe, it's most likely an nVidia driver issue. They are not yet 'final'
> drivers, but a work-in-progress.
>
> --
> Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled :-)
> Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;-)
> "joe" <joe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:684067D1-6906-42E5-AA4C-D371FF33805B@microsoft.com...
> > Im really not sure if this is an Nvidia driver problem or a vista problem.
> > I
> > have a rare config, two geforce 8800GTX in SLI configuration.
> >
> > Basiclly the text in holdem poker flickers on and off and the game is
> > unplayable. Im thinking its an sli thing but am not sure. Please look into
> > it
> >
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Thanks Jane and Murray.

So sli is ruled out
Ill take it to the nvidia boards as its probably not specific to holdem
poker and might show up and cause problems elsewhere

"R-Murray" wrote:

>
> I am experiencing the same problem, but I only have 1 8800 gtx, so that
> rules out the sli being the cause. I noticed that if you just use the
> default driver that comes with vista, the text doesn't flicker, but you also
> lose aero when doing that.
> "Jane C" wrote:
>
> > Joe, it's most likely an nVidia driver issue. They are not yet 'final'
> > drivers, but a work-in-progress.
> >
> > --
> > Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled :-)
> > Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;-)
> > "joe" <joe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:684067D1-6906-42E5-AA4C-D371FF33805B@microsoft.com...
> > > Im really not sure if this is an Nvidia driver problem or a vista problem.
> > > I
> > > have a rare config, two geforce 8800GTX in SLI configuration.
> > >
> > > Basiclly the text in holdem poker flickers on and off and the game is
> > > unplayable. Im thinking its an sli thing but am not sure. Please look into
> > > it
> > >
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I have a similar problem but with fsx. i think its definetly the drivers

yes, NVIDIA drivers can be causing a problem with FSX as well. Hopefully
they can get some decent drivers out the door as soon as possible.

Dustin Harper
dharper@vistarip.com
http://www.vistarip.com


Alex wrote:
> I have a similar problem but with fsx. i think its definetly the drivers

I'm having the exact same problem, so I ended up uninstalling Holdem hoping
that a reinstall would fix. Now I can't reinstall the program. I can't find
it anywhere. Update won't give me the option to redownload. Anybody have
any ideas?




"joe" wrote:

> Im really not sure if this is an Nvidia driver problem or a vista problem. I
> have a rare config, two geforce 8800GTX in SLI configuration.
>
> Basiclly the text in holdem poker flickers on and off and the game is
> unplayable. Im thinking its an sli thing but am not sure. Please look into it
>
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This is a known bug with the nVidia drivers on I believe the 79xx an 88xx
cards

Tony


"wetferret" <wetferret@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I'm having the exact same problem, so I ended up uninstalling Holdem
> hoping
> that a reinstall would fix. Now I can't reinstall the program. I can't
> find
> it anywhere. Update won't give me the option to redownload. Anybody have
> any ideas?
>
>
>
>
> "joe" wrote:
>
>> Im really not sure if this is an Nvidia driver problem or a vista
>> problem. I
>> have a rare config, two geforce 8800GTX in SLI configuration.
>>
>> Basiclly the text in holdem poker flickers on and off and the game is
>> unplayable. Im thinking its an sli thing but am not sure. Please look
>> into it
>>
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Ive also got that prob with texas hold'em, but with FSX, have you got it on
32bit colour, cos i had the flickering problem, but then i realised i had it
on 16bit and not 32bit, and when i changed it over it worked lovely

"Dustin Harper" wrote:

> yes, NVIDIA drivers can be causing a problem with FSX as well. Hopefully
> they can get some decent drivers out the door as soon as possible.
>
> Dustin Harper
> dharper@vistarip.com
> http://www.vistarip.com
>
>
> Alex wrote:
> > I have a similar problem but with fsx. i think its definetly the drivers
>