EA/Maxis has found the Nvidia problem!
nil:
If simmers are not united to boycot or spend some times or moments to think or consider if to buy EAxis products, the company won't listen to most of the real complaints and problems because their sales and stock market(s) are still good enough to pretend nothing happened.
I know some people are not affected and they can be just being lucky. But if some of them pretend there's really no problem or the problem is solely on those who complain simpl because they just happen not to have any problem, these people are just being ignorant.
Companies may like to disintegrate a crowd of complainers for easier management and make some tokens to create false impressions or confusions.
Customers without unity can barely fight against the tyranny of a big company when without no effective law protection.
Yes, it's a game only and so it's not really such a big deal. So, we can wait and not rush to buy EAxis products like we had to. We shan't die. The sky won't fall simply because of that.
Quote from: DJKID on 2008 March 15, 14:10:48
I run a GeForce 8600 GT, and if I don't turn off shaders I get the BSOD about 10 minutes within the loading of a lot. I don't have Norton on my computer and I turn everything, with the exception of iTunes, off before running Sims. These guys are so full of crap it's starting to really piss me off... Is anyone here going to bother fighting EA on the subject?
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Can you turn off the automatic update for that?
In my cases, I only let the OS inform me of any new updates, and I'm the one to decide if to download and/or install an update.
Normally, I skip over updates on outlook, messenger blah blah blah...
Quote from: simsfreq on 2008 March 14, 16:37:57
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Now I have TS2 installed on a computer which has only ever seen the internet once, and probably never will again. I DO NOT WANT service pack 3, thanks. I simultaneously sim and net by netting on my laptop.
FourCats:
Quote from: jsalemi on 2008 March 15, 14:13:22
Quote from: DJKID on 2008 March 15, 14:10:48
but what exactly do you guys mean by a "memory leak" and how would they fix it?
A memory leak is when an application keeps taking new memory to run the same functions rather than using the memory it's already allocated. They fix it by proper programming (i.e., having the app check to see if what it's looking for is in memory already first before allocating more).
any chance our awesome modders can make a hack/fix to fix the memory leaks?
nil:
:giggler: Oh my goodness, modders are supposed to fix ignorant companies' problems!
So, ignorant companies can stay ignorant? (just being acidic for kidding... :D )
Quote from: FourCats on 2008 March 15, 15:09:24
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any chance our awesome modders can make a hack/fix to fix the memory leaks?
BTW, which version of Norton may cause a problem with TS2 so far?
From me, it's at least not Norton Internet Security 2004
vikitty: not Norton Protection Center (year?)
WandaAnn: not Norton is 2007 (AV? , Internet security?, or else?)
Also, which versions of Nvidia cards are affected due to the use with the newer drivers?
doren: 6.14.00010.7772 build june 2005 works
We may need a table to fill out different infos in the hope to single out those combinaitons are more likely to be problematic.
SnootCB:
Quote from: doren on 2008 March 15, 11:04:18
6.14.00010.7772 build june 2005. I got the problem when I updated with the next version, build sometime 2006. I get a few minor graphical glitches (sometimes the neighbourhood screen darkens when I rotate the view, but only for a few seconds), but otherwise it works fine, I get all the effects, water reflections, fish etc.
I have a Geforce 6600 GT.
Thanks for sharing! I have a GeForce 7800 GS which I purchased in early 2006. Not sure when the card was made, though, and I don't know what it shipped with. Does anyone know how I could find that info so I can figure out if it is OK to roll back to the earlier driver?
KatEnigma:
Quote from: DJKID on 2008 March 15, 14:10:48
I turn everything, with the exception of iTunes, off before running Sims.
With the exception of Itunes? Are you crazy? Itunes is a resource hog too. Even I get weirdness when I try to run Itunes and TS2 (If I start Itunes while TS2 is already running, it corrupts my Library while trying to read it. So I have to load Itunes first.) That's the thing, because it has a memory leak, ANY other program that uses a lot of RAM is going to cause problems. An AV is just a handy place to point because of all that it uses. But obviously there are other issues with the way Nvidia drivers are handling the shaders. I'd guess something about how it handles them eats RAM. Because some people, even with new cards, can run fine, even with the shaders. It probably has a lot to do with what other crap is running on their machines and how much RAM they have.
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