Problems with BZ2 & Latest Nvidia Drivers (8800GT, 9600GT)

[GSH]

[url] http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-us[url] finds plenty. Just set Product Series to GeForce8 Series, and then select 8600. And, for Recommended/Beta, select 'All'.

-- GSH

[Steeveeo]

I did that, and the earliest driver I could find on there still causes the problem, and is only from October (is that when the 8800GT came out?)

[OvermindDL1]

I thought NVidia used a 'universal' driver version for all cards like ATI does...
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[GSH]

ATI hasn't been universal in a while. They have different downloads for the 9200 vs x1300 vs others.

Frankly, after reading Linus Torvalds's comments (yes, that Torvalds) about video drivers, I'm willing to cut them a smidgen of slack: http://www.realworldtech.com/forums/index.cfm?action=detail&id=88678&threadid=88676&roomid=2 .

-- GSH

[Red Devil]

"purty graphics is going to hide the
fact that we're still the same pig underneath"

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@Steeveeo
If you are looking for older drivers then look at http://downloads.guru3d.com/ they have old as well as new drivers.
Hope that helps.

[OvermindDL1]

Don't know about 9200, but my 9700Pro and my X1950XTX use the same driver version when installed from the same universal catalyst...
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[Commando]

I just got a 9800 GTX so I'll see if I get the same issue when I get my new rig up tomorrow.

[Commando]

I gave bz2 a try with the 9800 GTX.  At first it works just fine, then after a few minutes, the framerates drop below 10 fps.  At about the same time, the terrain disappears.

[Steeveeo]

Ok, so we both got the same problem, I cant find any really early drivers that will install on Guru3D, mainly because none of the links say the card/series they are for, so I got "Could not find drivers compatible with your hardware, setup will now close" errors every time, so I went back to the latest Omega drivers for the sake of keeping at least some of my games running...

[bigbadbogie]

im sticking with an 8800gts until someone finds out how to fix this

[TheJamsh]

im using a geForce 7600 LE... and i downloaded the very latest driver...

its works perfectly for me. vista system if that makes a difference

[Commando]

I'm on XP with the 9800 GTX.  Works fine at first, but after several minutes, it will start acting up badly. 

[Spawn]

Does it still act badly if there are no vehicles/terrain that the player can see?  Mine would also lock the screen up after so long (though game would keep running) and give a direct draw out of memory error until I rebooted.

When I was using the newest nvidia drivers (169.21) I had the same problem, but when I switched to 163.75 it worked perfectly.

[Commando]

I think I could see vehicles, but I couldn't see the terrain.