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cyberwitch:
I'm not sure what to do with this. I have a GeForce 8500, drives updated. Every time I'm playing, I know it's just a matter of time until the game starts showing some graphics weirdness (sims becoming invisible, black spots all over the screen) and then the game freezes. The error message is:
"Direct3D returned an error: D3DERR_NOTAVAILABLE! The application will now terminate".
Please, do any of you have any idea of what's going on? Any help would be much appreciated. Restarting the game every 20 minutes or so is driving me crazy.
J. M. Pescado:
Sounds like power shortage or overheating issue. A 8500 is a beefy card which likely generates a great deal of heat and draws much power.
cyberwitch:
Thank you very much for the input, Pescado. Is there anything I can do to prevent this overheating or I am doomed to live with it?
jsalemi:
Go to your nearest Radio Shack (or other electronics store) and get an add-on fan for your computer. There's a couple of types -- some mount inside the case in an empty card slot, others mount on the outside of the case by the air holes.
myskaal:
Double ressurecting to find out if anyone discovered if this was primarily an overheating issue or actually a driver related thing.
Prior to Freetime p.3 and installing the latest Nvidia drivers, this was not a problem for me. Unfortunately upgrading drivers and installing patch 3 fell on the same day.
My card has more than enough power. I made sure to buy well over the recommended power supply when I bought my GeForce7950.
Going on the idea that it is probably driver related - anyone with Nvidia running D3DERR_NOTAVAILBALE free and if so, which driver version are you running?
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