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Title: New Beta Nvidia driver is out Post by: dachshundsr4me on July 12, 2007, 07:50:37 am I found this thread on the Sims 2 website.
http://bbs.thesims2.ea.com/community/bbs/messages.php?threadID=06c442234ffa7adb4557aaac3804ab89&directoryID=21&startRow=1&openItemID=item.21,item.61,item.41,item.127,item.23 (http://bbs.thesims2.ea.com/community/bbs/messages.php?threadID=06c442234ffa7adb4557aaac3804ab89&directoryID=21&startRow=1&openItemID=item.21,item.61,item.41,item.127,item.23) Quote Hi all- nVidia has a new beta driver for Windows XP and Windows 2000. "Beta" means they're still testing it, but it's stable enough to release to the public to try. You can get it here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_162.18.html or here: http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_downloads_rel70betadriver.html Save it to your desktop and double-click on it and follow the prompts. It will know where to install itself on your machine. Here's what I know about this driver: In an attempt to re-create what's been happening, we purchased a brand new Dell computer, with 1 GB RAM and a GeForce 7300LE 512 MB card, one of the cards that was oft-reported as having trouble. After installing The Sims 2 and Sims 2 Pets, we were able to successfully reproduce the infamous "nVidia crash" after an hour or so of gameplay. Crash to a blue screen, unable to continue, have to reboot. That crash. After seeing the error and the associated crash logs, we did a web search for "nv4_disp infinite loop", and found lots of people's horror stories with this issue. It appears that this is a 2-year old problem that has been affecting many other games, not just The Sims 2. Now, after installing this driver, the crashing has seemingly stopped in The Sims 2 on our test machine! To be clear, we have nothing installed on this computer other than The Sims 2, so we haven't tested this driver with any other games or programs. However, I would expect that nVidia has tested it extensively with many programs before making it available to the public, so it's likely safe for your system. Of course, if you notice it causes new problems, you can always revert back to the old driver. The 93.17 driver (the last known good driver) is still available at nvidia.com So go try it out, and please post to this thread about what happens so we can share them with nVidia! -sam P.S. If you have one of the following video cards and you're running Windows XP or Windows 2000, this driver is for you: GeForce FX 5100 GeForce FX 5200 GeForce FX 5200LE GeForce FX 5200 Ultra GeForce FX 5500 GeForce FX 5600 GeForce FX 5600 Ultra GeForce FX 5600SE GeForce FX 5600XT GeForce FX 5700 GeForce FX 5700VE GeForce FX 5700 Ultra GeForce FX 5700LE GeForce FX 5800 GeForce FX 5800 Ultra GeForce FX 5900 GeForce FX 5900 Ultra GeForce FX 5900XT GeForce FX 5900ZT GeForce FX 5950 Ultra GeForce PCX 5300 GeForce PCX 5750 GeForce PCX 5900 GeForce 6150LE GeForce 6100 GeForce 6100 nForce 400 GeForce 6100 nForce 405 GeForce 6100 nForce 420 GeForce 6150 GeForce 6150 LE GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 GeForce 6200 GeForce 6200 A-LE GeForce 6200 LE GeForce 6200 TurboCache™ GeForce 6200SE TurboCache™ GeForce 6250 GeForce 6500 GeForce 6600 GeForce 6600 GT GeForce 6600 LE GeForce 6600 VE GeForce 6610 XL GeForce 6700 XL GeForce 6800 GeForce 6800 GS GeForce 6800 GS/XT GeForce 6800 GT GeForce 6800 LE GeForce 6800 Series GPU GeForce 6800 Ultra GeForce 6800 XE GeForce 6800 XT GeForce 7025 / NVIDIA nForce 630a GeForce 7050 PV / NVIDIA nForce 630a GeForce 7100 GS GeForce 7200 GS GeForce 7300 GT GeForce 7300 LE GeForce 7300 SE GeForce 7350 LE GeForce 7500 LE GeForce 7550 LE GeForce 7600 GS GeForce 7600 GT GeForce 7600 LE GeForce 7650 GS GeForce 7800 GS GeForce 7800 GTX GeForce 7800 SLI GeForce 7900 GS GeForce 7900 GT/GTO GeForce 7900 GTX GeForce 7950 GT GeForce 7950 GX2 GeForce 8300 GS GeForce 8400 GS GeForce 8500 GT GeForce 8600 GT GeForce 8600 GTS GeForce 8800 GTS GeForce 8800 GTX GeForce 8800 Ultra Title: New Beta Nvidia driver is out Post by: jaccirocker on July 12, 2007, 08:14:53 am Thanks as I'm one of those with blue screen issuses
Title: New Beta Nvidia driver is out Post by: trl on July 12, 2007, 12:35:11 pm Thanks for posting this, I have the 94.24 NVidia driver and my game runs fine so far, although I don't have Seasons installed. Thanks again!
Title: New Beta Nvidia driver is out Post by: hardwaretoad on July 12, 2007, 06:51:07 pm Thanks for this, dachsunds. I've seen more than my share of the BSoD! I'm running twin 7600GT's in SLI...:clap:
Title: New Beta Nvidia driver is out Post by: Tomkat on July 13, 2007, 08:19:04 am ...just thought I might add here (Ive got a GeForce FX 5200, so I updated the with the new driver)
It doesn't fix the problem with invisible fish & non-transparent-when-moused-over snow, so if you were hoping for that...it 'ain't gonna happen (yes I know they didn't say anything about it being fixed in the first place) Title: New Beta Nvidia driver is out Post by: dachshundsr4me on July 13, 2007, 03:41:08 pm I just think this is suppose to fix the blue screen issue with the automatic reboot. Anyway just glad they have fixed that problem because you would play your game for a while and finally getting somewhere then bammm auto reboot and you would loose everything you had just done.
Title: New Beta Nvidia driver is out Post by: shawnee on July 13, 2007, 08:56:03 pm I was having that auto reboot happen all the time. It was getting really frustrating, it has not happened since I upgraded the drivers with this beta driver. Thank you for sharing the link.
Title: New Beta Nvidia driver is out Post by: carlena on July 13, 2007, 08:59:11 pm Will this help with flashing objects, like walls and water?
Title: New Beta Nvidia driver is out Post by: dachshundsr4me on July 13, 2007, 10:07:52 pm Carlena,
Not sure but what harm could it be to try it. Title: New Beta Nvidia driver is out Post by: sithprincess on July 13, 2007, 10:14:13 pm I'm glad they came out with this. I was really starting to get annoyed with those blue screens!
Title: New Beta Nvidia driver is out Post by: dreamcatchermwh on July 18, 2007, 09:44:29 pm Yes! i installed it.And played for hours upon hours.Thank you for informing us.
Title: New Beta Nvidia driver is out Post by: jaccirocker on July 19, 2007, 02:45:19 am So far so good
Title: New Beta Nvidia driver is out Post by: dachshundsr4me on July 21, 2007, 09:10:07 pm OK I played the game today for the first time in months. Sorry guys but the dogs (dachshunds) have me busy. Anyway I made a very cool house and am starting to furnish it now. This will take me a few days as it takes me a few days to make a really nice house. So far so good....no blue screen issues. Then hopefully I will be able to play the family and have no blue screen issues. If it keeps doing as it is more then likely I will get tired of the family before the game quits automatically on me.
Title: New Beta Nvidia driver is out Post by: KagomeKagome on July 24, 2007, 11:17:48 pm My card is supported, but it didn't work for me. Still infinite-loop-cycling/BSoDing after about 15 minutes or so. Am I the only one having this problem still?
Title: New Beta Nvidia driver is out Post by: trl on August 03, 2007, 06:45:25 pm I would suggest asking NVidea support techs if your card isn't on the list. I have gotten help in the past online as well as on the phone. I have Directx9c by the way. Good luck.
Also this appears to no longer be Beta, it was released July 26. Title: Graphic problems Post by: alonka on September 09, 2007, 09:57:48 pm Hi to All!:wave:
I bought the 8600GT(with directx 10), since I installed it my sims crashes.(Maybe it's the blue screen issue). I also installed the new addon "Bon Voyage". The major problem is that when I play the game for 15-20 minutes, patches of color(most of it black) starting to appear on the screen and they're moving when I move the cursor(my screen looks like a puzzle). It seems that he can't recognize the mesh(At the family maker screen it also happens sometimes). I don't know if it's the problem of the game or my video card(Other games are working fine-Carbon for example). Can you help me with this?:help: *Anyways I'll try to install the beta driver. And another question: If I want to revert back(I mean after downloading the beta driver), can I just install the driver from cd which came with the video card? P.S. Sorry for my bad english.:roll: Title: New Beta Nvidia driver is out Post by: Mihura on September 10, 2007, 06:01:53 pm I'm not sure Alonka. But yes you should try the beta-driver. It's more safe if you have a save of your old driver. One time I've failed my new driver installation and the old driver on a cd save me. ;)
Title: New Beta Nvidia driver is out Post by: alonka on September 11, 2007, 03:15:34 pm Thanks, Mihura)))
From some reason I decided to uninstall the driver before installing the beta version... After I tried it twice I understood that I must not do it(I mean just install the beta without uninstalling)! Now my game is perfect(almost:(( I tried to install one of the non official addOns.. Well, now I need to reinstall all the expansions :crybaby:) Title: New Beta Nvidia driver is out Post by: SusDK on September 17, 2007, 11:42:46 pm Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! This blue screen crash has been driving me crazy all summer. I've searched the web, I've searched for the latest drivers - I haven't tested this new driver yet, but my hopes are up after this hint.
SusDK Title: New Beta Nvidia driver is out Post by: marilynj72 on September 22, 2007, 06:30:03 pm hi,
after installing seasons i realized that i needed a new video card because i had the no fishies in the lake syndrome and well the graphics were just really crappy, so i went out and bought a whole new computer and i got the nvidia GeForce 7900GS it worked great! Then we had a flood and lost everything including the computer. Now, I'm looking to buy another computer that is equally or more awesome and from the same place but they aren't offering the same video card and the one i'm thinking of getting is up on that list Dual 768MB Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX can anyone tell me if it's a good or bad idea to get that one? Because basically it's the only thing this place is offering. Title: New Beta Nvidia driver is out Post by: sierradane on September 23, 2007, 07:09:45 am I wish that updating to that driver solved my blue screen of death problem, but it didn't. I put the 162.18 driver in and if I have any custom content installed at all, the screen starts flashing blue after about 30 minutes of play time. And the custom content isn't corrupted, I've had it in there when I didn't have the BSOD problem.
Buying a new card (this one was bought in Nov of 2006) isn't an option, or a new computer either. Maybe if I win the lottery, I will buy a new computer. Title: New Beta Nvidia driver is out Post by: DokiePlayer on September 28, 2007, 06:47:26 am There is a list of country's on that page ,but my country isn't there,can I just download the english version ( I'm from Holland)?
Maybe it's a stupid question ,but I'm not very technical.:rabbit: Never mind I allready downloaded it. Title: New Beta Nvidia driver is out Post by: zaan0822 on April 07, 2008, 03:59:18 pm I get that too I hate it. I have other issues also
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