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Tinki3   08-19-2008 at 06:56:58 AM

Hi,

I recently tried the 177.83 nvidia drivers to use CUDA.
5 minutes into a game (Crysis in my case), it crashes.

I've tried:

1. Installing over the old 175.19 drivers I had
2. Removing the old 175.19 drivers with driver sweeper then installing 177.83

... both resulting with the same issue.


I'm using vista ultimate 64 bit and an 8800gt GPU.



> What is causing my crashes?
> I've just recently updated to SP1 - will this fix the crashing issue?


Thanks in advance to any one that helps :)

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stinkwrinkle   08-23-2008 at 08:59:33 AM
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I followed the same exact steps as Tinki.

Vista 64 bit, 8800gt (sli)

Games and even the technology demos( from the nvidia physx package) crash in less than a minute. Screen just freezes but sound keeps going. Have to power cycle to reboot.

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Tinki3   08-23-2008 at 09:22:05 AM
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I'm glad I ain't the only one with this problem :)

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pbear   09-15-2008 at 04:31:31 PM
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I have the exact same problem, running on the last released drivers won't change anything. The only stable drivers are the ones that are provided with Vista, released last year.

It's stable but it sucks so bad...

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