nVidia with XP Poll
Phoenix AG
I have a TNT2...I am running Windows XP professional. Its been a kind
of nightmarish experience while playing 3d games with XP, which used
to run fine on ME. It always gives a blue screen in a game..the STOP
error...and then it dumps my memory and then restarts. Then, after
restarting, it tells me that "the card was unable to complete a
drawing operation". I have a friend who has the same problem but its
just that he observes it randomly, not while playing games. Another
friend also has a problem.
I want to know, is it just my system or do a lot of people have a
problem..Anyone with an nVidia card and XP please reply to this post
and tell me if they are experiencing any problems with their card. I
am a power user, and have used every trick and method in the
world...to get it to run..from tweaking to the latest drivers to what
not...
Also, if you havent played many 3d games with your system or have not
tested it with a utility such as 3d mark 2001...please do not post
telling me that your system is fine. As the system is fine and is
running normally doing "normal" tasks.
Thanks in Advance. :)
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what I thought were the most recent detenator drivers. It did NOT go well
and left me with a 480 X 640 8 bit screen. I then dl'd newer drivers.
These left me with a safe mode boot after it totally kicked me out. After I
got back in I re-installed the newer drivers again figuring I had nothing to
loose. This time it worked and all is well. This is some tricky stuff for
sure.
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craig5320
I'm using a Creative GeForce 2 MX and I have the same problem, only in 3D
games, Unreal Tournament's a shocker and NFL 2002. I dont get BSD's just the
system resets and then it tell me it was my graphics driver.
I'm using the 23.12 Detenator drivers from Windows Update.
Craig
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Cycomiko
runs just fine as does no one lives forever....i had a lot of blue screens
previously, but i traced that back to the bad RAM...maybe u r having the
same problem??? try www.memtest86.com
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eddie.odonnell
how you doing ive got a nvidia quadro pro card
i had the same problem in unreal tournament it has taken me weeks to find
out the cause
my friend owns a computer shop so it was a case of changing every part and
driver
until we got to the bottom of this
it turns out it was the ddr memory ,the symptoms i had were the exact same
as yours
so hopefully this will give you another avenue to go down by the way im now
usuing corsair ddr
and i have not had a crash since so best of luck in finding this bug
eddie bhoy
Chris Holden
I have a Geeforce 2 MX. 21.83 Detonators are the only drivers that don't
result in BSODs. However, those drivers work perfectly.
Chris.
Hugo
will more than likely fix the problem. I was suffering blue screens,
and quirky graphics in some 3d games - the 21.83 drivers have appeared
to solve all my problems..
Hugo
Phoenix AG
wrote:
<snip>
my god! so many posts in so little time :)
thank u all...individual replies to follow..
Phoenix AG
<nos...@nospam.net> wrote:
>I have the Elsa Gladiac gforce 2 ulta. After installing the OS I installed
>what I thought were the most recent detenator drivers. It did NOT go well
>and left me with a 480 X 640 8 bit screen. I then dl'd newer drivers.
>These left me with a safe mode boot after it totally kicked me out. After I
>got back in I re-installed the newer drivers again figuring I had nothing to
>loose. This time it worked and all is well. This is some tricky stuff for
>sure.
yes, it hasnt been a thrill ride, thats for sure :)
glad u got it working :)
Phoenix AG
wrote:
>As noted by Chris Holden, the 21.83 drivers for your nvidia tnt2 card
>will more than likely fix the problem. I was suffering blue screens,
>and quirky graphics in some 3d games - the 21.83 drivers have appeared
>to solve all my problems..
>
>Hugo
I have installed the 23.81 drivers...the 23.12
drivers...27.10...27.42...27.30.....12.41...every driver ever
released!! :) hehe, the result..the same..
btw, i have noticed that on xp's own driver the games take a little
longer to crash..so i use that...
i have kept coming back to the original driver...which is also
unstable as hell :)
Phoenix AG
<crai...@ntlworld.NOSPAM.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm using a Creative GeForce 2 MX and I have the same problem, only in 3D
>games, Unreal Tournament's a shocker and NFL 2002. I dont get BSD's just the
>system resets and then it tell me it was my graphics driver.
>
>I'm using the 23.12 Detenator drivers from Windows Update.
>
yes...please read my reply to Hugo...
i too installed the 23.12 from win update....nopesy......
it doesnt work...gave me a blue screen right after i rebooted...damn!
Phoenix AG
<col...@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote:
>i have a TNT card 16 MB and i am using detonator 21.81 drivers....nfl 2002
>runs just fine as does no one lives forever....i had a lot of blue screens
>previously, but i traced that back to the bad RAM...maybe u r having the
>same problem??? try www.memtest86.com
thank u for this wonderful suggestion... :)
however, i have already tried this.... :)
i hand picked my mem....as i have had an experience with bad mem and
its not good! :)
so...every mem i get is tested thoroughly for 24 hours before i buy
it...
i dont think thats the problem....its something really stupid...i can
feel it.... :)
Phoenix AG
<eddie.o...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>how you doing ive got a nvidia quadro pro card
>i had the same problem in unreal tournament it has taken me weeks to find
>out the cause
>my friend owns a computer shop so it was a case of changing every part and
>driver
>until we got to the bottom of this
>it turns out it was the ddr memory ,the symptoms i had were the exact same
>as yours
>so hopefully this will give you another avenue to go down by the way im now
>usuing corsair ddr
>and i have not had a crash since so best of luck in finding this bug
>
hey there! :)
yes...the memory....the memory is the problem everywhere it seems....
let me see.....i will test it again :)
u guys have given me doubts....i had already tested this mem
before...but still... :)
Phoenix AG
<ch...@techgenius.co.uk> wrote:
>I have a Geeforce 2 MX. 21.83 Detonators are the only drivers that don't
>result in BSODs. However, those drivers work perfectly.
>Chris.
>
i have noticed that xp's own drivers are the only ones...unlucky me!
:(
RLCarpenter
Well now, there's your problem: 23.11 works.
Eric Booth
Have GeForce 3 Ti 500. Have used the last 3 drivers from nVidia and am using
the Windows XP update 2.3.1.2
All work well in games eg time demo 1in Q3 1024 res and all else at maximum
give 90 f.p.s 3Dmark2001 is 7500. BTW this is using the default settings
in the GeForce 3. I suspect that the stability is partly due to having a
2GHz P4 on an Intel 850MV board with 512 MB RAMBUS RAM
Eric Booth
>
> Thanks in Advance. :)
Gary
256ram am using Nvidia driver 2311 and all is working well, no blue
screens.From Nvidia web site themselves.
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Dennis
> > news:c9uf7ukflk9692vnr...@4ax.com...
> > > Hello..
> > > I have a TNT2...I am running Windows XP professional. Its been a kind
> > > of nightmarish experience while playing 3d games with XP, which used
> > > to run fine on ME. It always gives a blue screen in a game..the STOP
> > > error...and then it dumps my memory and then restarts. Then, after
> > > restarting, it tells me that "the card was unable to complete a
> > > drawing operation". I have a friend who has the same problem but its
> > > just that he observes it randomly, not while playing games. Another
> > > friend also has a problem.
> > >
> > > I want to know, is it just my system or do a lot of people have a
> > > problem..Anyone with an nVidia card and XP please reply to this post
> > > and tell me if they are experiencing any problems with their card. I
> > > am a power user, and have used every trick and method in the
> > > world...to get it to run..from tweaking to the latest drivers to what
> > > not...
> > >
> > > Also, if you havent played many 3d games with your system or have not
> > > tested it with a utility such as 3d mark 2001...please do not post
> > > telling me that your system is fine. As the system is fine and is
> > > running normally doing "normal" tasks.
> >
I have a TNT2 Pro, and I also have had winxp pro on my computer (intel
pentium3 667mhz, and 128 mb ram). I dont have the same problems that you
have with 3d games, but I had the problem that my framerate was really low,
something that I didnt have with win98. I installed a refresh rate fix tool
for nvidia, but this didnt help...
I also installed tweakxp, but didnt help...
I dont know what the problem is, but maybe my system is too weak to run
winxp.
Dennis
Phoenix AG
<rcarpen...@NOSPAMsan.rr.com> wrote:
>Well now, there's your problem: 23.11 works.
>
hehe, thanks... LOL....i will try that out... :)
any idea where i can get that tho?
Phoenix AG
<ebo...@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>Have GeForce 3 Ti 500. Have used the last 3 drivers from nVidia and am using
>the Windows XP update 2.3.1.2
>All work well in games eg time demo 1in Q3 1024 res and all else at maximum
>give 90 f.p.s 3Dmark2001 is 7500. BTW this is using the default settings
>in the GeForce 3. I suspect that the stability is partly due to having a
>2GHz P4 on an Intel 850MV board with 512 MB RAMBUS RAM
>Eric Booth
i think thats it :)
i have to get myself a new comp!! :)
i am getting one in march..i think i can handle it until then...
tho it would have been great if i had been able to figure out the
prob...
umm...could it be that the hardware is damaged? i mean, the card
itself? would it behave like this?
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Phoenix AG
>I have a Riva TNT2 card running xp professional on a AMD Athlone 1.4ghz ,
>256ram am using Nvidia driver 2311 and all is working well, no blue
>screens.From Nvidia web site themselves.
thank U! :)
i will try that...
Phoenix AG
wrote:
>Since I read you say 23.12 doesn't work, did you try 21.83?
>
umm..i think i did...i am not sure...i think i tried all that came
out...might have missed some..
do u know of a site where all these drivers reside?
Phoenix AG
wrote:
>I have a TNT2 Pro, and I also have had winxp pro on my computer (intel
>pentium3 667mhz, and 128 mb ram). I dont have the same problems that you
>have with 3d games, but I had the problem that my framerate was really low,
>something that I didnt have with win98. I installed a refresh rate fix tool
>for nvidia, but this didnt help...
>I also installed tweakxp, but didnt help...
>I dont know what the problem is, but maybe my system is too weak to run
>winxp.
i installed tweakxp and told it to "tweak" my graphics card....i
selected the right card tho....does anyone think this might have
ruined the card? because, now i think of it...i think thats about the
time when the problems started...
btw...XP runs a lot faster than 9x on ANY system...so u have nothing
to worry about :)
guess what system i am running it on? :)
a p-II 233 mmx... :)
lol...i am getting a new one in march....
btw, i have 256 mb ram...2 hdds totalling 20gb...
a 32 mb video card (which does not work :( )
and all the damn peripherals i could find!! :)
and its SOO much faster than 9x ever was...even the refresh rate in
games (when they play, which is about for 10 seconds) is soo good!
RLCarpenter
the driver you want into the search box and Go. You can get any driver you
want.
BTW, I'm using 21.83 and not having problems -- my earlier tongue-in-cheek
smart-assed comment (below) was because you listed all the drivers you had
tried but it wasn't in the list. I do read that 23.11 is working for a lot of
people though. Luck!
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Phoenix AG
<rcarpen...@NOSPAMsan.rr.com> wrote:
>Go to the nVidia site http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=windows2000 type
>the driver you want into the search box and Go. You can get any driver you
>want.
>BTW, I'm using 21.83 and not having problems -- my earlier tongue-in-cheek
>smart-assed comment (below) was because you listed all the drivers you had
>tried but it wasn't in the list. I do read that 23.11 is working for a lot of
>people though. Luck!
>
Thank you! :)
Btw, its no problem about your comment! :)
I am quite used to tongue and cheek comments...hehe...
i didnt even notice it till u told me... :D
i will try out both the drivers...