Graphical Weirdness in both neighborhood Screen and on lots...
B:
Oh don't get me wrong, low end Nvidia GPUs are generally crappy, whereas ATI tends to make fairly decent cheap cards. The higher end cards are generally alright, although I'm having some issues getting SLI working in Vista.
Just some unsolicited advice, next time you are buying a premade computer, select the integrated graphics option and install a decent midrange (or even high end) card after you receive it. Dell, HP and the rest make a killing charging consumers hundreds of dollars extra for bargain cards. Plus, the manufacturer warrenty you get from a company like XFX, EVGA or Saphire is much better than the standard system builder deal.
phyllis_p:
I have an Nvidia card in the 6000-series (sorry, I forget the number) and was experiencing occasional graphical corruption (not like yours -- more of a shredding or pixelating of the images) and BSOD (blue screen of death). Been running the new beta drivers for a little over a week and have had zero problems during that time -- a nice change.
Unfortunately, the beta drivers are for XP only. I think I read somewhere that they're still working on new drivers for cards on Vista machines. (The new drivers also don't work for laptops).
Thought I'd share that in case it would help anyone following this thread.
B:
Quote from: phyllisp on 2007 July 24, 19:23:45
Unfortunately, the beta drivers are for XP only. I think I read somewhere that they're still working on new drivers for cards on Vista machines. (The new drivers also don't work for laptops).
The Vista drivers (both 32 bit and 64 bit) came out a few days after the XP drivers. They are available for download on this page. I've been running them since they were published without issue.
phyllis_p:
Quote from: B on 2007 July 24, 19:44:38
Quote from: phyllisp on 2007 July 24, 19:23:45
Unfortunately, the beta drivers are for XP only. I think I read somewhere that they're still working on new drivers for cards on Vista machines. (The new drivers also don't work for laptops).
The Vista drivers (both 32 bit and 64 bit) came out a few days after the XP drivers. They are available for download on this page. I've been running them since they were published without issue.
Oh! I didn't know that. Last time I'd visited MaxoidSam's thread about it on the BBS, the Vista drivers weren't out yet. Thanks for putting a new wrinkle in my brain ;)
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