EA/Maxis has found the Nvidia problem!
Tchan:
Hmm. I get no Nvidia problem and I have Norton Anti-virus and Security protector and God knows what other Norton crap on my machine, and I always leave my internet on, and I have a very old Nvidia video gaming card.
But even I know not to turn my anti-virus off and leave my internet on; that's just asking for trouble.
unregister:
Quote from: KatEnigma on 2008 March 16, 17:55:03
You can't blame SecuRom for the memory leak because it's been part of TS2 since the beginning- long before they went to SecuRom. Srsly, people blame SecuRom for everything, and it's ridiculous and takes away from the things that it ACTUALLY does.
I am aware it has been a problem since the beginning, but when EA Games blames memory leaks as a problem and Norton as a source of these leaks, I question whether or not the situation is made any better by having a game protection such as Securom, which has been accused of causing memory leaks itself. I don't see how this observation "takes away from things".
prattle:
Quote from: Sapphire Scratches on 2008 March 16, 18:17:00
Hmm. I get no Nvidia problem and I have Norton Anti-virus and Security protector and God knows what other Norton crap on my machine, and I always leave my internet on, and I have a very old Nvidia video gaming card.
But even I know not to turn my anti-virus off and leave my internet on; that's just asking for trouble.
I'm in a similar position; I play on an ancient nVidia card that doesn't know what a pixel shader is, and it has never blue-screened on me playing Sims 2 or anything else. My instinct is saying that it's either a EA problem, a nVidia driver problem, or some combination of both, and that Norton is fairly irrelevant; however, really EA and nVidia need to be working together to fix this, as it's not doing either company any good, rather than sniping about it.
morriganrant:
Eh, I have my virus scan off when my games are on, but the firewall stays on. I do run my virus scan at least twice a week though. I caught a little something last week but I was rid of it rather quickly. I don't see all that much of a problem with turning it off, so long as you are diligent in your scanning. Unlike my families home computer, whose virus scan is on all the time. What good does this do them when they don't know how to use it, or even leave the pc on so it can run on it's own? Last time I was there I had to remove three things (one by hand) and install ad-aware, it was so full of crap. I've talked them through running both programs but every time I go it hasn't been used since I was there last.
FourCats:
Quote from: Kristalrose on 2008 March 16, 13:52:56
I remember back in the olden days of TS1 there was a program that would cut off all the unnecessary background programs so that the game would run a little smoother. . . . . Or, is there another program out there that does this?
I use a program called "end it all" I'm not sure where I got it. It's a little program. I like it. Maybe do a websearch?
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