8800GTS problems.

[mab1376]

I just hooked up my new massive eVGA 8800GTS KO ACS3 and although the problems seem minimal at best but definately noticable. Whats happens is, in battlefield 2142 the meshes seems to gets randomly stretched and when its done loading a map the screen turns bright yellow before going to the character selection screen. Also the Anti-aliasing wont go up to 8X it says it has to "optimize the shaders" but even after i load a map and it optimizes the shaders then close the map and try to up the setting it wont work still with the same message.
In Rainbow six vegas it wont load the game at all. And F.E.A.R Extraction point gets 153FPS with all settings maxed out in video test but when i actually play the game it works then randomly goes to like 1FPS

Im using the latest drivers and patches.

and suggestions?

 

[mullered07]

tbh the drivers for the 8800 series are beta anyway imo there full of bugs from what ive seen and heard, dont know wether there would be any modded ones out for the 8*** series either yet, only suggestion would be to maybe try reinstall them (also check for updates) makin sure you remove all traces of the ones your using beforehand, also listing your specs might be helpful as it will allow people to see what hardware ur running (never know could be an incompatibility problem somewhere ? ) just a couple of thoughts.

 

[mab1376]

mobo: eVGA 680i
Proc: Core 2 E6600 @ 3.6GHz
Video card: eVGA 8800GTS KO ACS3 580 core 1700 mem
Sound card: X-FI Xtreme music
HDD: Seagate 320GB 3GB/ps 16MB cache NCQ perpendicular recording
Ram: 1GB Kingston hyperx DDR2 800 (only temporary) soon to be 2x1GB OCZ titanium DDR2 800

Current 3D Mark score: 10018

 

[Scavar]

Seems pretty strange to me. I have a standard 8800GTS, the only problem I get is the BSOD nv4_disp.dll thing, which in my case I think is linked to heat on other parts of the video card.

I would suggest completely removing the drivers using Driver Cleaner, and install the ones that came with the card first. If the problem continues, remove again, try the newest drivers. If it still happens, underclock the card and try the same steps. In the end, talk to EVGA and see what they tell you.

 

[mab1376]

i just got STOP 0x000000EA THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER (Q293078) for the nv_disp.dll when trying to load rainbow six vegas

 

[mab1376]

heres some screen shots from 2142

 

[HellasVagabond]

Did you OC the card ???
If so try to lower it...If that doesnt work lower your CPU OC....Sometimes a CPU OC can cause that.

 

[zOaib]

mobo: eVGA 680i
Proc: Core 2 E6600 @ 3.6GHz
Video card: eVGA 8800GTS KO ACS3 580 core 1700 mem
Sound card: X-FI Xtreme music
HDD: Seagate 320GB 3GB/ps 16MB cache NCQ perpendicular recording
Ram: 1GB Kingston hyperx DDR2 800 (only temporary) soon to be 2x1GB OCZ titanium DDR2 800

Current 3D Mark score: 10018

try using the drivers that came with your card , i was having somewhat same problem , weird stuff happening ingames bf2142 and unreal 2004 ............... i cleaned my sys of the latest drivers and installed the ones with the card , and been working sweet ever since ............. my score on 3d 05 was 14144 @ stock and i also have a similar setup as u .

 

[mab1376]

mine was 10018 due to single channel ram though, will be getting dual channel kit soon.

also might be due to the shitty drivers. i clean em out and run the disc that came with it.

OH also NFS Carbon wont install at all, it says "Must have DirectX 0 or greater to install"
and thats after installing the directx thats on the disc.



im running latest 3DMark '06 BTW

 

[SlipSlice]

Drivers.. "cough" "cough ". IMO I think it is the drivers that would be making your graphics card show textures like that out of nowhere. I would try just installing the drivers that came on the disk..They can't be that outdated considering that the 8800's just came out not to long ago.. Other than that, post your temps.. It might be getting to hot.

S1iP.

P.S. Use drivers cleaner pro to delete drivers before you reinstall..just to reasure that it isn't your drivers the next time somebody tells you to reinstall your drivers.

 

[mab1376]

GPU temp tops out at like 65 celcius and cpu gets up to 43

 

[SlipSlice]

GPU temp tops out at like 65 celcius and cpu gets up to 43

Hmm..well that is getting kind of hot for full load, but I don't think that would be your reason for those textures..It could be though never know.. what I do know is that a new cooler, or turning the fan speed up on your graphics card wouldn't hurt, should I say. Never know that might fix it.

Have you tried the new drivers yet? Remembering to run D.C.P first.

S1iP

 

[mab1376]

65 degrees ain't bad compared to ATI's 1950 card they get to 90+
also could be worse if i didn't get the ACS3 edition.

yea i removed old drivers completely and installed ones off cd, 2142 problems are still evident. oh well guess nVidia will just have to step up and address these problems. until then guess no 2142 for me...

 

[Scavar]

Those tempertures are fine for what you are running, so even if other parts of the GPU are hot, they can't be that hot. Its not temps at all. If you haven't already uninstalled and reinstalled drivers, do that. It should help something......err I just noticed that you said you did. I suppose you could turn up the fan speed....but I don't know...its just weird...

 

[mab1376]

i tried turning down CPU and GPU OC to stock, same issues, at this point im certain its driver related.

 

[Scavar]

This is really weird....I started testing things on my own, I was trying stuff out and well with my E6600 OCd to 3.4, even with the heat being fine, I get the BSOD...strangly enough with my CPU OCd my GTS gets hotter then it should at stock....So I went into my BIOS and lowered all of my Voltages to stock, and un OCd my CPU....I then had to go back in and rasie my memory voltage....but after that the BSOD hasnt come back...and the GTS seems to be cooler...could one of the voltages be making the GTS hotter somehow or something?

(I tested both BF2 and BF2142, they BSOD with ease. Other games would take longer. Ive never had one outside of a game, and some games have yet to give it to me.. With voltages stock no BSOD in anything its weird as hell, I still think its more driver related then heat though....)

 

[zOaib]

DRIVERS , trust me on this ............... 65c on load is perfect temp for the gts , although mine never goes above 59c on load since i put a 120mm fan right under my card ................. runs much smoother , http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/558 <---- is the thread where u can see the installation of the 120mm fan under my gts ................... it also blow the hot air upwards where it is blown out the back fo the case works pretty well keeps my system temps down to 27c max .......................

anyways try to do a driver clean first , then install the drivers from the cd u got with the card , and good luck. ( because if that dotn fix things , just RMA , if u still have time ).

 

[mab1376]

nvidia's drivers are shit right now, they just need to release new ones!

 

[Scavar]

After more testing....I guess for stock voltage 3.4GHz on my processor doesn't go so well, so that was my BSOD problem. I have my GTS OC'd to 600/900 at the moment. Im using the omega drivers though.

 

[AshenSugar]

aint you glad you jumped on that 8800 card when you did, i mean its the best....ROFL

now u just need to get windows vista and your system will be prefect, perfectly shit!!!!

and mab1276 why dont you just set your system specs like verybody else insted of as ur sig?

 

[Scavar]

aint you glad you jumped on that 8800 card when you did, i mean its the best....ROFL

now u just need to get windows vista and your system will be prefect, perfectly shit!!!!

and mab1276 why dont you just set your system specs like verybody else insted of as ur sig?

Ashen I think that kind of response is out of the line. We aren't here to discuss the 8800GTS, but to try and resolve his problem, which everyone now agrees is driver. THe 8800GTS is not shit though. As benchmarks everywhere show otherwise, even if it isn't DX10 capable, or is forced to emulate like the FX series, which I highly doubt nVidia was foolish enough to repeat. I think it has more to do with working with new driver interface.


You do have a point though, mab you should put your specs in the User CP and not in your sig unless its for another computer.

 

[mab1376]

After more testing....I guess for stock voltage 3.4GHz on my processor doesn't go so well, so that was my BSOD problem. I have my GTS OC'd to 600/900 at the moment. Im using the omega drivers though.

I didnt think they released omega drivers for the 8800, you have a link?
I got my GTS up to 626MHz and 1000MHz ram, increased my 3Dmark score 800 points from the stock ACS3 settings of 580MHz core and 850MHz ram.

 

[Scavar]

Wow this is really freaking me out....I know I downloaded drivers from the Omega site, and thats what im using right now......but I can't seem to find them again....It's really freaking me out....Heres some other drivers I tried though....
http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1547
http://www.ngohq.com/home.php?page=nvidia

I personally don't like teh NGO driver, and since I can't find the Omega one that I swear I have installed....unless it was some kind of whacked crazy dream......use teh Guru3d one.

 

[mab1376]

the guru 3d version is just a re-pack with no modifications made to it.

"Guru of 3D repackaged the driver from 65 MB towards a far better 36 MB. The archive has been virus and pest-checked and it came out clean. This is a beta driver so please treat and respect it as such. "

the NGO version is actually modified so im gunna give that one a try.

Since the Guru of 3D website states thats the 8800 driver is a beta driver. That answers alot of my questions as to why there is so many issues with my games.

 

[Scavar]

I don't know then whats going on. I still can't find them..but from looking at someone who compared the NGO with the stock Nvidia drivers in IQ, my games match the NGO driver, eevn though i know i dont have that one installed as I tried it first. And I dont think anything it did could survive Driver Cleaner Pro....so I really just don't know. If I figure out what the hell driver I installed before new ones come out, ill let you know.