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Nvidia Cards on Vista x64 (RTM)
I've just build myself a new high-end PC including a 7900GTO gfx card. I
dabbled with XP Pro but had a few graphical problems so I thought I'd install Vista (rtm) instead, whcih I did. At first, everything looked OK, but when I started using more demanding applications (i.e. 3D games) I encountered some artifacting and distortion. Particularly in Battlefield 2, Civililzation IV, and Oblivion, but also periodically in Vista itself. The problems in-game were consistent at least, and the problems wihin Vista itself were intermittant, occasionally resulting in a STOP error. I tried a (borrowed) 7300GS card (which doesnt need auxiliary power) and it had the same problems in-game, which suggests the problems were not to do with the original 7900GTO not the PSU. Obviously the most likely candidates were Vista and/or Nvidia's drivers. I tried a few drivers from various sources but could only get a couple to install and neither were any better than the default Vista drivers. I decided to by a high-end ATI card for comparison, and I installed an X1950Pro last night. Using only the default Vista drivers, I suddenly found everything worked great. So it seems the nvidia drivers might be the problem after all. I was just wondering if anyone had success or similar problems with high-end Nvidia cards in Vista (RTM). I've seen nothing on the NVidia site to indicate when final versions of the drivers will be realised; I'd like to keep the 7900GTO if I could but obviously it's not usable at the moment. CJM |