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Offline StarOfAfrica2

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« Reply #15 on: April 07, 2005, 01:36:37 AM »
If you have a 5xxx series card, use 61.77 driver.  If you have a 6xxx card, you can use the newer drivers.
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Offline yoellavi

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same problem with ATI Radeon 9600XT
« Reply #16 on: April 07, 2005, 09:41:07 AM »
same thing here, freezing or crashing to black screen with no way out of it but reboot the computer.
happaned only while flying AH.
changing  the graphic card driver didnt hlp.
I have  noticed my frame rate are very high , some times over 120
(the graphic card is 256 mb)
thought maybe it getting the card hitting up and make it stop
operating?????
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Re: same problem with ATI Radeon 9600XT
« Reply #17 on: April 07, 2005, 12:30:25 PM »
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Originally posted by yoellavi
same thing here, freezing or crashing to black screen with no way out of it but reboot the computer.
happaned only while flying AH.
changing  the graphic card driver didnt hlp.
I have  noticed my frame rate are very high , some times over 120
(the graphic card is 256 mb)
thought maybe it getting the card hitting up and make it stop
operating?????


Try turning your Vsync on.  Also check what your monitor refresh rate is set to.  I'm betting your refresh rate is set at default 60hz and your Vsync is off.
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« Reply #18 on: April 07, 2005, 02:10:48 PM »
hi. thx for reply.
my refrash rate is 85,
about vsync, im not sure i know what it is or where do i set it.
thx, yoel
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« Reply #19 on: April 07, 2005, 04:27:48 PM »
Right click on your desktop, and select Properties.  Go to the Settings tab and click the Advanced button at lower right.

The top right tab of your new choices should be your video card setup.  Click on it and find the section that contains vsync.  I dont know exactly what your setup is,  you'll just have to go down the list until you find it.

If you have frame rates at 120 I can guarantee its off.  The problem is what you actually see on your screen (frames per second) is limited by your monitor's refresh rate.  In your case, its 85.  So you physically will never see more than 85 fps no matter what your video card says it is putting out.  Vsync attepmts to put your video card's output "in sync" with the monitor's refresh rate, and shows you realistic frame rates.  Without this enabled, the video card can get way ahead of a slower system and cause freezes and stutters on your screen.  

I'm not saying this is your only problem, but once you have realistic frame rates and you dont have to worry about stutters or freezes caused by this, other problems can begin to be ruled out.
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« Reply #20 on: April 07, 2005, 04:38:56 PM »
yoellavi

yes you need vsync on .. or it will mess everything up ...

black screen of death could also be a weak power supply or overheating hardware .
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« Reply #21 on: April 09, 2005, 12:22:54 AM »
i have the 5700LE and replaced the 71.84 drivers with the omega drivers i had for my 5200. workin better than ever now.
thanks gys :D
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« Reply #22 on: April 11, 2005, 11:57:13 AM »
I'm having the same problem with the 71.84 drivers.

I backdated my drivers to 61 but now Rome: Total War doesn't work and FS2004 has problems.  Unfortunatly, I don't have any drivers between 61 and 71 so I can't play AH and Rome: Total War without having to reinstall the drivers every time I change programs.

Anyone know where I can get older nVidia drivers till HTC finds the bug?  I could only find the latest one on nVidia's site.
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« Reply #23 on: April 11, 2005, 12:20:33 PM »
Did you try the archives section at the Nvidia website?  66.93 I think is the one you want (assuming you have a newer 6xxx video card).
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« Reply #24 on: April 11, 2005, 01:11:27 PM »
Couldn't find a link to the archive section but a quick search managed to scare up the right page.   I'll see if that fixes the problem when I get home.

Thanks for the tip.
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« Reply #25 on: April 11, 2005, 01:27:35 PM »
http://downloads.guru3d.com/
Lots and lots of drivers.
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« Reply #26 on: April 12, 2005, 08:55:48 AM »
ATI came out with new driver - CATALYST 5.4,
I've installed it , seems to be  ok now, no black or freezing screen.
in the control panel  in "monitor propperties" -> "adjustments" ->
"synchronization" -> i can turn the vertical on (which i did)
and also the horizontal (i left it  default - off).
should i turn horizontal on as well?
thx for hlp
yoel
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I think that i have the same prob
« Reply #27 on: April 14, 2005, 02:28:01 PM »
I have a mx4000 with the new nvidia driver (not sure what it is) but if i minamize AH my comp crashes to the blue screen of death.  Also during the game every couple of minutes my complagz realy bad for about 5 secs (around 15fps).  Thanks for any help that u guys can give me, becuase i could realy use it.
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« Reply #28 on: April 14, 2005, 04:55:28 PM »
5.1.26 is the latest  i could download from ati.com

Im totaly getting desperate

the new version also didnt help much.

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« Reply #29 on: April 14, 2005, 05:24:09 PM »
With the MX4xxxx card you need to be using the NVidia 61.77 drivers.  Use DXDIAG to determine which driver you have loaded.  The last 4 numbers shown in the driver version in DXDIAG is NVidia's version number.

Bug, what issue are you having and what video card?

I take it is is an ATI card.  For X8xx video cards, the newest driver seems ok, but for older ATI cards try the 4.12 Catalysts.
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