Curse

Lordhelmos · May 26, 2006, 05:20 AM // 05:20

I'm using the latest Nvidia card and im getting some major fatal error crashes that completely freeze the the comp. I'm using the latest 91.28 april drivers that came with the card and running on an althlon 2.5 mhz processor on a Nvidia motherboard chipset set with 4 gigs of RAM. All top of the line stuff, wondering if anyone has any probs with the same card and if maybe there are some forceware patches or drivers that might help fix the prob. I've tried disabling both the Nvidia and Windows firewall to see if that was the problem but no dice. Reinstalled the drivers, and looked for new ones but these drivers are the only ones really out for the card since its so new. I'm running the latest forceware. Not sure what to do next, also checked for faulty ram and ran a full Dxdiag to test all the video options. Any help would be appreciated.

kvndoom · May 26, 2006, 08:55 AM // 08:55

Read this:

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/articl...50aHVzaWFzdA==

And then let us know which card you have, its clock speeds, etc. After reading those horror stories, I underclocked my factory-overclocked 7900GT back to reference speeds. Better safe than sorry. Losing a few frames beats the hell outta frying a 300$ video card.

I believe 84.21 are the latest WHQL drivers, so try using them also. Beta drivers can go either way.

koneko · May 26, 2006, 05:48 PM // 17:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by kvndoom

After reading those horror stories, I underclocked my factory-overclocked 7900GT back to reference speeds. Better safe than sorry.

I'm still running my eVGA 7900GT KO at factory OC'd speeds (500/1500) with no major problems (random lockups once in a while, but it could be the fact that my system is a piece of crap...stressing the card with RTHDRIBL in fullscreen at the moment). I'm not going to mess with it. If it ends up artifacting at these speeds? Cross-shipment RMA...no big deal to me.

I've already RMA'd two cards already (7900GT CO #1 - memory bad/artifacting, 7900GT CO #2 - physically damaged when recieved)...eh.

84.21
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lord_shar · May 26, 2006, 09:11 PM // 21:11

The problem with very aggressive factory over-clocks is that they essentially toss stability out the window for the sake of a few extra benchmark numbers. GW doesn't need the extra OC-speeds, especially if running accross a DVI connection (60 fps max).

NVidia warned video card manufacturers that the 7900 line didn't have too much extra room for agressive overclocking. Unfortunately, EVGA and XFX didn't exactly heed the warning. Now they get to deal with the fall-out.