Author Topic: Aces High Trouble with 7600 GS (Read 1649 times)

Hoarach · « **Reply #30 on:** March 01, 2007, 02:20:56 PM »

Got a UltraX-Finity 500W power supply now but still getting the freezes in AH ONLY. Everything now runs beautifully. System is a hell of a lot cooler as well up to 10-15 degrees celsius cooler.

Need help solving the issue. Have the 84.66 drivers installed and reading in dxdiag should I use the drivers on the CD that came with my vid card which are the 93.71?

Krusty · « **Reply #31 on:** March 01, 2007, 02:28:16 PM »

You can try them. I don't know if they're any better.

Now you mentioned using Omega drivers on your older card. Did you use driver cleaner to remove all of them? Make sure they're all gone?

http://www.drivercleaner.net

The card works, the drivers are running....

The only thing I can think of is that there's a driver problem somehow.

Have you tried looking on the manufacturer's site for a BIOS update, or their recommended set of drivers for this card? I.e. if it's an eVGA, go to eVGA's website and see what they say.

Krusty · « **Reply #32 on:** March 01, 2007, 02:38:17 PM »

Try this

Right click on desktop. Go to Properties. Go to the "settings" tab. Click advanced. Then click "Adapter" tab, then "properties".

On the adapter properties window hit "Driver" tab, and click "driver details".

Click each file and scroll down. It will tell you the driver version for each file. See if any of them have a different version number (which would mean driver conflicts).

Now that's a complex list of steps, so I made an image to help.

Hoarach · « **Reply #33 on:** March 01, 2007, 08:42:57 PM »

Wow that helps a lot. Theres a few of them that have either unknown and one thats 1.0.0.35 as well as not available ones. Guess theres conflicting drivers so thanks a lot krusty. Just have to figure out how to get rid of them now as I used the omega uninstall thing that came with it and ran driver cleaner several times.

I have drivercleaner PRO on this system.

Krusty · « **Reply #34 on:** March 01, 2007, 10:25:03 PM »

Hrm... I just checked mine, I have "nvcod.dll" and "nvcodins.dll" that have version 1,0,0,35. They seem to be part of it. Dang, I didn't check them all when I last posted. Are there any others not listed?

And you say Driver Cleaner Pro didn't work?

Do you have an "Uninstall" option left from the omega drivers? Have you checked your add/remove programs list?

Try getting a self-installing version of 84.66. By that I mean one that runs an exe and does it for you, rather than you pointing Windows to a directory and telling it "use the files in here".

Check out:

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1393

Or for the American server download link click directly here (webpage):

http://downloads.guru3d.com/downloadget.php?id=1393&file=7&evp=7cc5d21aafb4944cc132cf9510fa5e45

If this doesn't work I don't know what's wrong. I would suggest if the drivers themselves are not the culprit, delete your "cache" directory and al files inside it. Let AH rebuild the cache. Also if you have time you can rename your aces high II directory and re-install it again, and join without any of your old files (just log in and join an arena before you copy all of your files back to the directory). See if it's a problem with the game trying to run some file that's screwing it up.

38ruk · « **Reply #35 on:** March 01, 2007, 10:41:43 PM »

Did you delete your video8.cfg file in the AH settings folder? I would try that if you already havent . 38

humble · « **Reply #36 on:** March 02, 2007, 08:55:22 AM »

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Originally posted by Hoarach
Pretty sure its only single core.

Athlon 64 3200+ 2.2 GHZ processor
PNY Verto 7600 GS 512 MB
Creative SB Audigy 2
512 MB RAM

Whats the chance I need a bigger power supply since its only a 300W in this comp I believe.

Power supplies are the most misunderstood element of computers. The average "gaaming rig" uses about 265W of power {more with sli or probably the 8800's etc). The new core duo is even more efficient since it uses only 65W. The real question is how the power is allocated. many PS have useless capacity on the wrong "rails"....I can run my rig (core duo 6600) 7900GT 2G DDR2 etc on a 300PS no problem...as long as it has 18@ on the 12v rail.

Upgrading your power supply is certainly not a bad idea. when I put my 7900GT in my old "rack box" I had issues and put in a 550W PS w 40 amps on the 2 12v rails. The real issue was completely different. A substandard PS can and will cause you issues over time (normally will fry your MB eventually) but its not the cause of your problem. The PS will tell you how its wattage is allocated. if you have less then 16 amps on your 12v rail you need to upgrade....if you have 16amps or more its a matter of choice/peace of mind.

Krusty · « **Reply #37 on:** March 02, 2007, 11:49:17 AM »

Snap, a few posts up he said "Got a UltraX-Finity 500W power supply now but still getting the freezes in AH ONLY" so he tried upgrading. In this case I don't think that's the problem.

Hoarach · « **Reply #38 on:** March 02, 2007, 01:37:07 PM »

Needed a new power supply I think anyways it was an Allied 300W but believe it had probably half as many amps on it compared to this new one.

Really liking this Ultra X-Finity though. As much as I havent been able to run AH yet it is so much quieter and as soon as I did the first bootup on it as it is way cooler.

So many wires on it though. 8 peripheral, 4 SATA, 2 PCI-E and the 20/24 pin motherboard.

Edit: Hmm just read the video8.cfg file that rukee said to delete and I found the omega drivers in there listed.

Hoarach · « **Reply #39 on:** March 02, 2007, 05:19:28 PM »

Alright nothing has worked still getting screen freezes.

humble · « **Reply #40 on:** March 02, 2007, 06:56:58 PM »

What MB are you running? Does in have any onboard video?

humble · « **Reply #41 on:** March 02, 2007, 06:59:06 PM »

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Originally posted by Krusty
Snap, a few posts up he said "Got a UltraX-Finity 500W power supply now but still getting the freezes in AH ONLY" so he tried upgrading. In this case I don't think that's the problem.

CC, I caught that after I posted....to lazy to read all the way through:)...never hurts to have a good PS. The parts you save in the event you "guessed wrong" outway the nominal cost. It's frustrating when you think you found the problem and you didnt though.....

Hoarach · « **Reply #42 on:** March 02, 2007, 07:11:26 PM »

Think I figured it out.

Almost ready to start slamming head against the wall I searched the nvidia forums for past 3 hours hoping and crossing fingers.

Found the thread with someone with EXACT same problem. I found the problem in the form of having to turn down agp from 8x to 4x and go about this by downloading coolbits.reg. Run AH everything runs fine and up to over 150 FRs+ on a LCD monitor.

Thanks to all the have tried to help. May not have worked but all of you took time out from playing AH to try to help me and I appreciate it.

~~Seems now that the PSU was a waste but PC runs quieter and cooler now.~~

Krusty · « **Reply #43 on:** March 02, 2007, 07:37:20 PM »

Huh... odd.. Wish I coulda helped, but mind is PCIe, didn't have this problem!

38ruk · « **Reply #44 on:** March 02, 2007, 07:51:58 PM »

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Seems now that the PSU was a waste but PC runs quieter and cooler now.

Look at the brite side, a good PSU can be carried over for years , ive been using mine for 2 years in 3 different systems. 8)