Curse

xenoaroe · Jul 01, 2005, 06:59 AM // 06:59

nevermind i didnt fix it, its still crashing my system whenever i exit guild wars. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling it.

Dirkiess · Jul 01, 2005, 08:26 AM // 08:26

You need to post your machine specs, OS and modem/router details.

Please, no big Direct X logfile. If you want to give one of these, please attach it as a txt file and not paste it into the thread.

Pharoke · Jul 01, 2005, 08:37 PM // 20:37

Did you happen to upgrade to the new nvidia drivers? I believe they are the 77.72's. When I updated to these drivers (after completely cleaning off old drivers) and sould exit the game I would blue screen everytime. Unistalled and went back to the old drivers and no problems.

Mariena Feladon · Jul 01, 2005, 08:45 PM // 20:45

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=25809

Check this thread:

-- In a nutshell
If you have recently installed the NVidia 77.72 drivers, I recommend you switch back to 71.89.

xenoaroe · Jul 02, 2005, 05:16 PM // 17:16

-thanks guys

Principa Discordia · Jul 02, 2005, 07:06 PM // 19:06

Other than the crash issue, the latest 77.** drivers were working fine for me, and then I noticed that the text in my Guild Wars client was distorted and had odd looking lines under it.

Since then I have switched back to the 71.89 Forceware drivers that I keep on my backup disk and have had absolutely no problems to speak of.

Addition: I have stickied this thread and made alterations to its title and icon to temporarily to raise awareness.

zman_acura · Jul 04, 2005, 07:45 AM // 07:45

best time to update drivers is when you first get your compy. other than that update when you see in the readme for the new driver that it fixes an error in your game.

cannonfodder · Jul 04, 2005, 03:10 PM // 15:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Principa Discordia

Other than the crash issue, the latest 77.** drivers were working fine for me, and then I noticed that the text in my Guild Wars client was distorted and had odd looking lines under it.

Funny you should say that, I have just got a new card a sapphire x800xl agp, and i'm having the same problem, but only under certain text lines..Thats using the current cat 5.6's, i'm going to try to install an earlier version to see if that corrects it..

As it's happening to me with an ati card, could it be down to the new updates Gw has done???.

If I can correct it i'll post back to say how....

Principa Discordia · Jul 04, 2005, 04:13 PM // 16:13

If anyone else having these problems with ATI drivers too? Let us know so I can update the thread title.

provoko · Jul 04, 2005, 06:31 PM // 18:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dirkiess

As a rule of thumb.

There is no need to install the latest Video Drivers if there are no overall problems with your current setup.

Terrible rule of thumb. If I followed that when I had 60.xx with my 6800, I'd be missing out on so much performance, visual enhancements and have a ton more bugs and blue screens.

Heres a better rule of thumb. Always upgrade to the newest official drivers making sure you've gotten rid of the old ones before hand. If you still have issues, look up the drivers release notes for current issues.

I've read the 77.72 release notes for you and I don't see your problem. I tried the drivers my self and experience the same thing, but as more people experience the problem and report it to nvidia, they'll soon update the drivers.

For the time being guild wars players will have to use 71.89.

People always have new complaints or issues with new drivers, but overall it fixes more problems then it causes. In this case it sucks for guild wars, but for people playing half life, riddick, splintercell and people with SLI and HDTV set ups 77.72 is the driver to go with.

Principa Discordia · Jul 04, 2005, 07:20 PM // 19:20

My rule of thumb is "always at least try the latest drivers, if they suck roll back or find a good third party driver."

cannonfodder · Jul 06, 2005, 09:58 AM // 09:58

Hey Principa, the issue that I had with the lines under certain texts seems to have corrected itself without me doing anything, so i'm not sure if it was a driver or GW update problem...

momo2oo2 · Jul 06, 2005, 11:26 AM // 11:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dirkiess

Another Rule of THumb.

Do not replace too many drivers at once. This can cause you many problems too and is always best to only change one set at a time, test out your system for several days to make sure everything appears to be running ok and then do another update with other drivers.

It helps to resolve problems a lot quicker, because if you change just one set, you know it was possibly them that is causing the problem. If you change more than one set of drivers, it is difficult to determine what the problem is and you have to go through uninstalling all the drivers and start again.

A Rule of Thumb... and maybe not.

Sometimes (and more with nforce+forceware) the updates comes paired with MoBo and graphical drivers, so sometimes its better to upgrade both at the same time (given they are chronollogically close of course).

Also, I'm with provoko and Principa Discortia, always try the newest, as they can fix problems and/or give you perf boosts.

I'm going to receive soon (it must have been here today) a 6800GT (currently I have an Ati 9600 pro) and will try the leaked 80.40 to see if the problem is fixed. Ill post any comments here as soon as I have it in my hads (cant wait

239€ for that card is a bargain). If anyone want to try these they can be found in 3dchipsets.com. Wait I'll google the link:

http://www.3dchipset.com/drivers/nvi...a/nt5/8040.php

Hope this helps (me too soon

)

Principa Discordia · Jul 06, 2005, 12:06 PM // 12:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by cannonfodder

Hey Principa, the issue that I had with the lines under certain texts seems to have corrected itself without me doing anything, so i'm not sure if it was a driver or GW update problem...

Could it be possible that Arenanet rolled out a fix?

cannonfodder · Jul 06, 2005, 12:36 PM // 12:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Principa Discordia

Could it be possible that Arenanet rolled out a fix?

That's my thought on it, It just disappeared like a Paul Daniels magic trick...

Seriously though I can't remember any update taking place within the last few days, It would be good to find out

momo2oo2 · Jul 07, 2005, 08:14 AM // 08:14

Wow what a performance boost! Never thought it was going to be so BIG.

In the same spot in my Guild Hall, with the Radeon 9600 Pro I had ~45 fps, now I get ~145

Well, with the driver issues:

I think the scenario is not comparable since I had no issues with Forceware 77.72. But my MoBo is an Abit KV8-Pro with VIA K8T800Pro chipset, so I think the problem is with that driver + nForce chipsets (dunno wich one).

Also, the leaked 80.40 works great, I downloaded the Xtreme 80.40 from Guru3d.com and it gives me another bit (from 130 to 145 fps in the GH spot).

The only thing I can suggest is that you try those leaked drivers and the latest official nForce drivers and see it the issue is solved...

BTW, if you are thinking in upgrading your GPU, Geforce 6800GT has dropped his price almost a 35-40% depending on the site (I bought it onlyne at www.alternate.es, theres an "international" site, www.alternate.net) for 239€ when the same card was ~450€ on "real" shops 10 days ago.

*EDIT* I'm not sure if its allowed to post online shops, the Rules I've found says "No Advertising", but since I do not own that site and its a suggestion for the price opportunity I thought it was ok. If its not, I will delethe the URLs

Calnaion Blackhawk · Jul 07, 2005, 10:55 AM // 10:55

66.93 is the most stable ive found so far

provoko · Jul 07, 2005, 04:44 PM // 16:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Calnaion Blackhawk

66.93 is the most stable ive found so far

You're missing out on performance gains and important bug fixes, especially the 10% reduced heat on some cards.

71.89 is the latest and most stable one out there.

turnkey1970 · Jul 10, 2005, 12:51 PM // 12:51

Well Gang, I am still having problems. My crash is a little different though. Instead of a blue screen I get a garbled mess of colors and squares. Then the computer restarts. My graphics card is a BFG Geforce 6800 GT OC at 256 mb. I had the newest set of drivers but when I encountered the problem rolled back to 71.89. Still had the problem. I found this thread and tried those 80.40 drivers that were recommended and still had the problem. I have updated everything I can think of, monitor drivers, bought a new sound card, BIOS update and other things. I haven't noticed this on any other games and my temp on the card is well within operating range. I just hope it is something that can be patched from their end and that they are checking these forums and seeing all the problems. It's a great game; if you can play it.

turnkey1970 · Jul 10, 2005, 05:32 PM // 17:32

Well, it seems I can play it at 800x600, but not at 1024x768. Strange. Hopefully a future patch will fix this problem.