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NVIDIA Drivers Reset/Crash during game.

May 25, 2009 4:24:40 AM from Demigod ForumsDemigod Forums

Hi all,

I recently downloaded DemiGod, but there are some minor concerns with my video drivers.

I have a NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT with 512 MB ram, and downloaded the latest drivers from Nvidia (from may 17).

The problem I have is that during certain games, the video drivers reset. What happens then is the screen goes to grey, pops back to Vista, giving me a graphic display error about the drivers, and then saying that video drivers have been restored, and pops back to the game. All together takes about 8 sec orso, but its kinda annoying if it keeps happening multiple times during a game, and I find myself dead after those 8 secs.

I tried to roll back to older vidoe drivers as well from April 30th, but I get the same problem. My graphics are set to high (res. 1650x1080, duel screen). Should I maybe lower graphics settings?

Anybody got similar problems, and how can I solve them?

Cheers,

LS

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Reply #1 May 25, 2009 1:38:00 PM
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You are running dual monitors? I would say thats your only issue.

 

I have read a couple of other threads / talked with other people that have had issues with 2 screens. If you disable the 2nd you should be fine and be able to play. Or try window mode ... that might fix it to? .

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Reply #2 May 25, 2009 4:23:41 PM
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Thx,

I will try to switch off the 2nd monitor and run in window mode and see if its more stable.

Cheers

LS

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Reply #3 May 25, 2009 8:54:56 PM
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try other driver versions.

I have to use a really dated driver because all newer ones won't work at all for me.

I use forceware 182.5, which is the last stable version for my Geforce 8800GTS.

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Reply #4 May 27, 2009 6:48:34 AM
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Playing the game in Windowed mode seemed to solve the problems.

Thx

LS

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Reply #5 May 27, 2009 12:59:48 PM
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This also happens on my ati 3870x2 occasionally. Maybe once out of every 6-10games. It recovers but messes up gamma or unit textures sometimes.

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Reply #6 May 29, 2009 12:52:30 AM
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Happens to me too, but only for the past week.  It was perfect before that.  I get this with other games as well, some selective ones.  Has something to do with the drivers or specific games and how they treat the drivers, but I have never been able to figure it out.  There's a bajillion posts on the net regarding this issue over multiple games. 

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