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god4sure

Well, I found the sorce of all my glitching problems. It seems my gpu fan was failing. So I put in a replacement fan (still locking for an original) and everything was back to normal. Thanks to all of you who tried to help me.

TIP: Make sure you guys clean you system regularly...dust is a hell of a thing and can do alot of damage.

bigmaxy · **Memory**: 6Gb Corsair DDR3 9-9-9-24

HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLP

I must have tried a millions combos of dets or maufacturer's drivers etc. Still getting NOTHING in D3D mode. 2D mode is fine.

Spinning cube test in dxdiag doesn't work

3DMark won't run.

Current setup:
XP Home (reinstalled for the zillionth time on clean partition)
DX8.1
Leadtek 4201 drivers
(always done in that order...)

CPU temp after 2 hours = 47C

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Athlon 1600XP
512 DDR
Gigabyte G7VTXE mobo
Via 4.43's
Leadtek A250 TD ti4400
40gb seagate + 60gb Maxtor
DVD + CDRW
17" Hansol
550watt PSU

Martys Web · 02-06-2003, 02:30 | posts: 7,446 | Location: USA

Then your video card must be defective.

IM0001 · **Bad thing. -** 02-19-2003, 22:39 | posts: 376 | Location: USA

3Dmark03 doesnt wirk right with anything lower than the 40.XX's and thats a bad thing for me. The dang 40's sucks my framerate out the window and u can see my post in Videocards-Nvidia about my studder problem thats even worse with the 40's.
Anyone know of any 30's that run the demo properly? (after the dogfight it wont show the next battle in anything except a color screen not graphics, shapes, just a color screen. and before the dogfight the Futuremark logo thing. Well also only color with 2 textures . The little nova looking flash texture and the (C) text below where the logo supposed to show up in the clouds. Its also just color screen again not a cloudy looking background.

IM0001

02-21-2003, 14:39 | posts: n/a

3D Mark 03 just plain sucks. I run the 30.82's with my Ti4200 and all the eye candy cranked up, and my frame rates are perfectly playable. I've forced Quincunx AA and 8x AF with Riva Tuner also, and the games look just as good as any other driver I've found. To top it off, they're significantly more stable too..

IM0001 · **Aww nuts.. -** 02-21-2003, 17:39 | posts: 376 | Location: USA

Now i found out why my comp has been reboting on me out of nowhere while im gone. WHen i leave it alone it reboots due to the drivers getting stuck in an infinite loop. now im forced into the 40's and i hate em.

Im0001

03-09-2003, 15:42 | posts: n/a

Where can i get a copy of this 30.82 driver

Online Racer · 03-28-2003, 21:20 | posts: 21 | Location: Santa Cruz Ca , USA

Thanks for the info Marty .. Just did and low and behold over 100 FPS in nascar 2003 with a MX 420 ! LOL I guess that little card aint so bad after all .

**WTF -** 03-30-2003, 15:06 | posts: n/a

It is amazing how many ppl come to this forum read the answer (usually ignore) & repeat the same bloody question.

PPL, the expert said 30.82 & he means it dammit. Forget other driver. Save your sysatems.

Well Im off to get the 30.82 driver

05-25-2003, 18:57 | posts: n/a

made a thread about this, 30.82 dont seem to help me out much

05-26-2003, 08:42 | posts: n/a

I would like very much to try this, but how do I get past the error "no pci id found in nvaml.inf? I have the Gfforce 4 TI 4200, from PNY, on Windows 98, AGP card. Or does this apply in my circumstance?

thanks

Martys Web · 08-17-2003, 08:15 | posts: 7,446 | Location: USA

I just updated this and have posted the next stable driver and it's the 44.03's they are even better then the 30.82's. And by that I mean not only faster but better all the way around. I have been running them for months on not only my ysytems, but other peoples to. 100% bug free and I have yet to find a game that does not like them.

08-22-2003, 17:16 | posts: n/a

I seen the post and thought about what he said about loading original manfacturers bios ....i did that and i also updated my bios thru gainwards bios updater thingy (gigabyte ultility manger)...i thought that was what i supposed to do (OmG)...ok listen i have dual bios and if i messed them up is my mobo crap now? lol
i a newb and i'm loading and unloading stuff left and right just hoping for a cure......and i'm not even sure what area to look i get this message sometimes:

STOP 0x000000EA THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER
-or-
STOP: 0x100000EA THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER_M

going thru every driver now still...sometimes i get a whole day without lock up ..but it's everyday...i posted in another section nividia denators then i saw this and started blabbing ....
so tired working on this when i'm a daily cs player gggggrrrrrr

raygun · *Last edited by raygun; 09-05-2003 at 20:45.*

Quote:

Originally posted by neoKEN
I have a GF2 GTS.

Oddly, 40.72 is the most stable for me. No crash yet. With 30.82 WHQL , it crashes on some website (macromedia flash?) and when I play Warcraft 3. The whole thing just stops completely.

I'll stick with the stable 40.72, but the flicker problem is annoying. Everytime it happens, it is although the screen is changing resolution and I can hear the same sound from the monitor.

Just my 2c on defense of 40.72. It is the first stable Nvidia driver I had. LOL.

I concur, 40.72's are best for my system too. I recently tried the 45.23's but experienced IEXPLORE invalid page faults in module OLEAUT32.dll, predominantly at Guru3D web-site (and none other), but many times the same error type of error (same module, same address) would occur frequently at boot time, and intermittently during normal system usage. Research on the web concerning this problem invariably referenced outdated OLEx.dll's, but since I'm patched to the most recent version: 2.40.4515 as a result of Office2000 SP updates (which is the predominant mechanism whereby OLEx.dll's are upgraded). Research also suggested VB runtime modules being implicated (the secondary means whereby these DLL's are upgraded). I almost came to the conclusion that the upgraded OLE DLL's were incompatible with my IE v5.01 browser and was contemplating reverting to an EARLIER version of the OLEx DLL's, but after reading that the 45.23's had some significant issues, I tried reverting back to 40.72 and see if the video drivers might be at fault somehow. Whoah, talk about a cluster coitus, it was a most grievous flat spot on the head creating time trying to get the 45.23's OUT of my system (the wall not any worse for wear and tear). Well, they are OUT, and the RT 2.0 RC12.4 patched 40.72's are BACK IN. Praise GOD for small miracles.

Now, I'm going to try the 44.03's and see how they work out (I'll extend and revise my comments when appropriate). They will either work or not (kinda obvious actually

), and if not I will continue using the 40.72's. I feel that I'm at the pinnacle of upgrading for this system and the sweetspot has been ascertained. That is, until I upgrade the video card, mobo, RAM and/or operating system. Of course THEN it'll be a whole new ballgame

FYI my 3DMark2001's: 2985 with the 40.72's @230/394

[edit] Woops (my bad), drivers weren't patched. RT RC12.4 D3D & OGL Aniso, & LOD patched benchmark: 2740 @230/390.7 (Vsync OFF, applic'tn specified texture filtering, LOD -2.0) w/heavy stuttering

2658 @230/394 (aggressive texture filtering, Vsync ON) smooth as silk, with only a few graphical aberations (mem slightly too high)

I know that don't compare to the bleeding edge hardware that's available right now (12000+ 3DMarks

), but I mention it as a reference for those with a comparable system. And those results with appropriate RT patches applied, 1024x768x16, triple-bufferd, no FSAA (FSAA forced in RT @1x2), -3.0 mipLODbias, DDBLT_WAIT flag, maximum queued blits limited to frame buffer, VSynch OFF, pre-render limit 14, 128MB graphics aperture size, aggressive texture filtering prefernces, anistotropy determined by application, AGP 2x, FW and SBA enabled (BIOS v3.15.01.02 editted for SBA). According to SciSoft SANDRA, my SDRAM yields 368MB/s so I fail to see the point of struggling to enable AGP 4x (doable, but based on memory throughput, an exercise in futility). And them's the facts until I upgrade the system to utilize some PC2700 DDR RAM or something.

[EDIT] Found that Vsync OFF results in significant stuttering. Needed to run with it ON at the sacrifice of about 50 or so 3DMarks.

v44.03 2573@230/390 LOD -3.0, VSynch OFF (w/stuttering)
v44.03 2649@230/390 LOD -2.0, Vsync ON, aggressive tex filtering
v44.03 2635@229/390 LOD -2.0, Vsync ON, aggressive tex filtering
v40.52 2654@230/393 LOD -2.0, Vsync ON, aggressive tex filtering (no graphical aberations)
v28.90 2696@230/393 LOD -2.0, Vsync ON, applic spec'fd tex filtering (only option available) - patched additionally w/ RTPatch patch (no graphical aberations).

09-04-2003, 23:35 | posts: n/a

Damn straight Martys!!
Those 44.03 's rule !!!
Just tried 'em on Homeworld 2 demo, and Angel of darkness ----got a nice performance increase (compared to the 45.23's).!!

Direct X 9 games run much faster with 44.03's.
Never seen such performance with any other newer versions.
These are the best --- try 'em ppl ---you won't regret it !!

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Dual MP 2600 +
Tyan Thunder K7X Pro(S2469) motherboard
2 Gb PC2100 DDR
Adaptec dual-channel Ultra320 SCSI controller
73 Gb Ultra320 SCSI 15000 rpm
Creative GeForce FX 5900 Ultra
Sb Audigy 2 latinum Ex
Sony 16x DVD
NEC CD-R/W 48/24/48 (NR 9300A)

10-16-2003, 01:06 | posts: n/a

Hello there guys!! (btw, i just registered)..

I had Forceware FX 45.23 installed on my system until today....i had a lot of reboots while playing Vietcong and BF1942 constantly exits to desktop...so i'm gonna give 44.03's Detonators a try...

My Video Card is a Chaintech AG446 GF4 MX440SE 128MB DDR......

*going to d/l 44.03's*

Cya

Martys Web · 10-16-2003, 02:50 | posts: 7,446 | Location: USA

BTW I am still using the 44.03 drivers, after testing some other newer drivers they are still the best.

10-16-2003, 03:39 | posts: n/a

LOL!!!

44.03 drivers are not digitally signed for Geforce4 MX 440-SE U_U

I just uninstalled 45.23...ran detonator RIP and did a fresh install of 45.23 and apparently no issues yet....

i hope it works that way...i'll try a full test tomorrow...
Cya...

Durr15 · 11-13-2003, 23:44 | posts: 75 | Location: YaY Canada

Uhh so no more problems with Bf1942 and Desert Combat with its missing textures and and technicolor hills and such?
cause if so that would be damn sweet

02-11-2004, 08:43 | posts: n/a

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fissy85 · 08-17-2004, 15:54 | posts: 13 | Location: Australia

Hey,

I have an AMD 3200+, 1Gb Kingmax Dual Channel Ram, Geoforce FX5900, DFI Lanparty mobo

I get a LOT of those Serious errors from microsoft. And i can't play a game for 10mins without it crashing. I use the 61.77 at the moment, but have also tried 61.76. I can't go too old drivers, becuase i run things like BFV and UT2K4. Its really annoying cos i have this great system and can't even use it! PLEASE HELP ME!

TiGeR-E · 09-18-2004, 06:09 | posts: 25 | Location: Springfield

try the 61.34's for your setup fissy , oddly enough they fixed my odd issues with my gf4 card...lol
worth a shot