Your ATI vs Their Nvidia

[Meyfei]

:/ sence the new update on the 19th, has anyone using Nvidia noticed anything acting up?

i have 1GB ram, Nvidia GeForce 6150 LE, Windows 7.

Ever sence the update on the 19th well, NOTHING works at all. Fiesta, Mabinogi, hell even Tibia.
It happened before i installed Windows 7, and now recently i've tried 4 reinstalations to no avail.

:/ i guess i wont be playing Mabinogi for a while.

As for Ati users, how's things working for you?

Anything unusual, new updates etc.


Side question- Are there any other brands out there that Actually live up to their word about their products being good and high end? Besides Ati, and Nvidia is just bleh :/

-edit: i should have put a poll up saying
Which would you prefer most?
ATI
Nvidia
Other

[Randomness]

Roll back driver?

I have NVidia with no problems. GTX 260M.

[Meyfei]

I've tried it, however when running a game it just says: graphics card isnt upto date.

and when i try through Device manager it says: your driver is upto date /wtfMS

Perhaps it could be a DirectX thing, what i dont get is, i've managed many times (once for win7) to get everything working but after a single reboot... Nothing, just everythings dead. Normal things like Youtubes, full screening videos, msn, even runescape works.

Just anything of it's own window.

[Randomness]

There's no button to roll back the driver?

Windows keeps the old version's files by default...

[Nitro Vordex]

...well, NOTHING works at all. Fiesta, Mabinogi, hell even Tibia.

I think Nvidia saw your mistakes, and they're trying to help you.

[Volcompat321]

Try going into the files, and mark them as Read-only.
Some people had to do this with PSU when they switched to Windows 7.

[SpikeOtacon]

I get some crashes using the latest nVidia drivers on my 8800 GTX on some Source engine games, I don't know if it is universal because I don't play much else at the moment.

[CrimsomWolf]

Got a GeForce 8600 GTS and never had any bigger problems... well, unless I wanted to watch newest games with highest graphical details

[W0LB0T]

My 9600 GT has been crusin' along no problems. Though I haven't updated the drivers in over a year.

[Neith]

No problems on my 9800GTX+. Mind, I don't play any of the games you mentioned.

[Meyfei]

this is the problem i'm actually experiencing. Just tried read only, the results below were the same as before.
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[spoiler-box] http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Meyfei/Untitled.png [/spoiler-box]
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[spoiler-box] http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Meyfei/Untitled2.png [/spoiler-box]
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[spoiler-box] http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Meyfei/Untitled3.png [/spoiler-box]

[Randomness]

So what happens when you click the roll back driver button?

[Meyfei]

I rolled back the driver, and now am only using the pre-installed driver that is used when i install the OS

[Spoiler-box]http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Meyfei/rollback1.png[/Spoiler-box]
[Spoiler-box]http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Meyfei/rollback2.png[/Spoiler-box]

And when i run Tibia
Tibia uses OpenGL, DirectX, and another version of DirectX, however i cant get the login screen to experiment :/
[spoiler-box]http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Meyfei/Rollback3.png[/spoiler-box]

[Nitro Vordex]

As in, how does the game run. >_>

[Meyfei]

And when i run Tibia
Tibia uses OpenGL, DirectX, and another version of DirectX, however i cant get the login screen to experiment :/
[spoiler-box]http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Meyfei/Rollback3.png[/spoiler-box]

*nudge*

[Nitro Vordex]

Now go and update it.

[Meyfei]

[spoiler-box]http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Meyfei/UpdateDriver-Devicemanager.png[/spoiler-box]

[Nitro Vordex]

And the game does what?

[Meyfei]

The driver didnt even update, and the game does the same thing as before i tried to update.

Even though there is an update for the driver, windows cant/wont find it.

[CrimsomWolf]

this is the problem i'm actually experiencing. Just tried read only, the results below were the same as before.
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[spoiler-box] http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Meyfei/Untitled.png [/spoiler-box]
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[spoiler-box] http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Meyfei/Untitled2.png [/spoiler-box]
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[spoiler-box] http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Meyfei/Untitled3.png [/spoiler-box]


Close all those tabs first then run the game?

Also, you might want to scan your computer for viruses. While I'm bit far-fetched here, the nastier ones can screw up with pretty much everything on your computer.

[Randomness]

Given the error message, I think you might want to completely reinstall the drivers:

1-Download drivers, but do not run installer
2-Uninstall drivers
3-Reboot, install new drivers

It sounds like an installer didn't function right, and theres some older files mucking things up.

[Meyfei]

OK, i found out the problem.

it has something to do with Direct X9.

on Tibia there are 3 options, DirectX5, DirectX9, OpenGL.

DX5, and OpenGL show the screen after a minimize, and being restored.

However the DirectX9 just displays a blank screen. i had to click all around the screen till i click either openGL/DX5 to fix the clear screen.