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25th Jun 2012, 03:16 PM
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enemy of time
Join Date: Sep. 1st, 2000
Location: Tampa, FL
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new Nvidia drivers and old games?
OK, guys, I just tried installing GRID yesterday and it keeps giving me BSODs and all the other games still work. So, it's either the game not liking my system or I need to update the Nvidia drivers from 182.06 (latest stable at the time for UT3 and works with all other older games I have installed, so never updated). I will be installing Rage finally later this summer, so I decided to wait to update the drivers until that time.
My question is will I have any problems once I upgrade my Nvidia drivers to run GRID and Rage? Basically, will I have any problems running UT3, UT2004, UT2003, UT, Unreal Gold, Quake 3 Arena, Quake 4, Doom3 or Painkiller with the new drivers? I'm still running XPSP3 with a GTX280 card, C2D E8600 CPU, Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P MB, 4GB Corsair RAM, Audigy2 sound, and 850W PSU. |
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25th Jun 2012, 03:46 PM
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It's time I look back from outer space
Join Date: Feb. 12th, 2008
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301.42 is problematic for older cards. Do not update to that driver. It halved my performance in almost everything, and it's primarily targeted towards SLI users.
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25th Jun 2012, 04:07 PM
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enemy of time
Join Date: Sep. 1st, 2000
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Thanks for the heads up!
 I guess I'll just have to find the latest drivers that work well with my card (GTX-280).
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25th Jun 2012, 06:36 PM
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Join Date: Jan. 19th, 2006
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9800GT here, same problems. I wish I had never upgraded. Going to roll back as soon as I get time to do it properly. Don't fix it if it ain't broke.
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26th Jun 2012, 12:04 AM
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Dr.Flay
Join Date: Sep. 19th, 2011
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BlueScreenView v1.45 - View BSOD crash information stored in dump files.
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html *NOTE* Don't forget to make sure your Chipset drivers are as up-to-date as possible, BEFORE updating any graphics or sound drivers, or you may run into issues.
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26th Jun 2012, 10:54 AM
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enemy of time
Join Date: Sep. 1st, 2000
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Would the chipset drivers be upgraded on an old MB at all? Actually, I just checked and it looks like the ones I have installed are from 2008-2009 and there is one from 2010, so I'll upgrade to the new one first. Thanks.
Since the 301.42s are out and the 285.58s were released around the same time as Rage, then it looks like I have two choices (296.10s or 295.73s). |
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26th Jun 2012, 11:01 AM
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Join Date: Jan. 19th, 2006
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I've found multiple reports of the newer drivers breaking embedded video, causing the video driver to crash and reboot. This is happening to me too since updating my driver and is my main reason for rolling back. Gives Break.com a brand new meaning....
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26th Jun 2012, 01:21 PM
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enemy of time
Join Date: Sep. 1st, 2000
Location: Tampa, FL
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let me know which one you end up using; hopefully, it will be one that works with Rage also.
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27th Jun 2012, 10:40 AM
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Aneurysm
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