NVIDIA GeForce 304.79 Beta Download & Discussion

Discussion in 'Videocards - NVIDIA GeForce Drivers Section' started by xavier2k5, Jul 3, 2012.

  1. ManuelG

    ManuelG NVIDIA Rep

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    What issues?
     
  2. ManuelG

    ManuelG NVIDIA Rep

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    LMK if you try the latest drivers and still have issues. Make sure you are running the latest version from Lucid as well.
     
  3. ManuelG

    ManuelG NVIDIA Rep

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    What were you doing when this happened?
     
  4. Spets

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    ManuelG is in overdrive :p
    Great to see this kind of support.
     

  5. PowerK

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    Hi ManuelG.

    The sudden hard reboot occurred again while playing Diablo III. The same behavior - screen froze and my monitor (U3011) displayed "no signal" and then 1~2 seconds later my PC rebooted. This seems to happen once a day while playing Diablo III.

    My GTX690s are @ stock. This sudden reboot has never happened with my system before. (301.42 WHQL, 304.48 BETA were all fine in terms of stability). This hard reboot only happens with 304.79

    Here is a screenshot of Diablo III profile in nVIDIA Inspector I was using.
    http://i.minus.com/ibasotGDumXZkB.JPG

    Background program/application while I was playing Diablo III were
    - MSI AfterBurner v2.2.2
    - RealTemp v3.70
    - Fraps v3.5.0
    - Microsoft Security Essentials v4.0
    That's it. Nothing else. Processes in Task Manager under Processes tab are all standard processes in Windows 7 x64 SP1.
    This main PC is for PC gaming only. I have a second desktop (2600K with 560Ti) I use for other stuff.

    Device drivers I currently have installed are as follows.
    - Intel INF Update v9.​3.​0.​1019
    - Intel Management Engine Interface v8.0.3.1427
    - Intel RST v11.1.0.1006
    - Realtek HD Audio R2.68
    - Broadcom BCM57781 Ethernet v14.8.4.1

    Intel iGPU is disabled.

    If you need further information, please let me know.
    I'm going to revert back to 304.48
    Thank you for your attention.
     
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  6. Darren Hodgson

    Darren Hodgson Ancient Guru

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    Well the official forums have been down for most of this week so I'm guessing he has some free time... ;)

    When are the official forums going back online? I'm surprised that the maintenance is taking this long.
     
  7. PhazeDelta1

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    Just an update on my Diablo 3 issue. I tried it with just the 8xQ AA and it was still having those graphical glitches about every 25 mins or so. So on a hunch, I decided to put NVCP at default values and use in game AA and had no issues during the almost 2 hours I played. After that, I swapped out my 580 and put in a 7970 that I borrowed from a friend and was able to force 8x AA + 8x Supersampling without having any graphical glitches for the 1.5 hrs I played.
     
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  8. jez_uk1

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    Does this fix the problem with 304.48 where World of Warcraft randomly closes without error?
     
  9. SirPauly

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    The response gets noticed, too PowerK!:)
     
  10. Zergle

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    I'm also getting random crashes in Diablo 3, everything else runs great.
     
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  11. 1stcowgirl

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    When does Nvidia Forum is expected to be up again?
     
  12. -Tj-

    -Tj- Ancient Guru

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    Fear 1 multiplayer DM (2xaa, no shadows, rest high) @ 1920x1080 Windows 7 64bit, Geforce 460gtx 1gb, i7 2600k, 8gb ddr3 1600mhz,

    Slower performance compared to 304.48, any map. Slowdowns happen after few moments when in heavy combat (10+ players).



    And 570gtx has slight stutters when entering new areas with high fps fluctuations - 150fps to 300fps. Mostly in Evacuation and Construction map.
     
  13. ManuelG

    ManuelG NVIDIA Rep

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    Most likely Tuesday
     
  14. mantismu

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    I'm experiencing audio drop outs, pops and clicks after updating from 304.48

    This is occurring on two different external USB audio devices.

    LatencyMon reports the nvlddmkm.sys as the culprit with an execution latency of over 5ms. Every other driver is under 1ms latency.
     
  15. ManuelG

    ManuelG NVIDIA Rep

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    Thanks. Unfortunately most image hosting sights are blocked by NVIDIA IT. I'll check the image when I get home. The settings you are using inside of NVIDIA Inspector, if you revert back to default, does the Diablo III issue go away?
     

  16. Darren Hodgson

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    Thanks.
     
  17. PowerK

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    Good to see you here as well, Pauly!
     
  18. PowerK

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    ManuelG,

    Ok.

    I think the problem is related to forced anti-aliasing.

    I've tried AA compatibility of 0x004412C1 and 0x00400080 for Diablo III. Both resulted in random reboot during playing. (4xMSAA + 4xSGSSAA + adaptive v-sync forced through nVIDIA Inspector).

    After disabling AA in nVIDIA Inspector (default NVCP settings), the reboot problem goes away. This is on 3770K + 690 Quad-SLI @ 2560x1600.

    This only happens with Diablo III for me. Other games I've tried recently such as Crysis, Mafia II, Just Cause 2 and Skyrim all ran ok with 4xMSAA + 4xSGSSAA @ 2560x1600.

    I've tried it on my second PC with 2600K + 560Ti as well. With 560Ti (v304.79), I can force 2xMSAA + 2xSGSSAA + adaptive v-sync and Diablo III runs ok without any reboot issue. Although 560Ti does not provide smooth frame rate at 1080p with 2xMSAA + 2xSGSSAA at 1080p, it does not exhibit stability problem.

    So, I'm guessing.. it's forced anti-aliasing problem with multi-GPU setups. (2-way, 3-way and/or 4-way/Quad)

    I sincerely hope this gets fixed in the future driver release as FXAA implementation in Diablo III isn't very good, IMHO. (Also, any chance we can get SLI AA working with Diablo III in the future?)

    EDIT : Oh, and as for the Diablo III profile in nVIDIA Inspector I was using, let me type them out here for you.

    Code:
    Ambient Occlusion compatibility = 0x0000002A (Diablo III)
    Antialiasing compatibility = 0x004412C1 (Diablo III)
    SLI compatibility bits = 0x02400005
    
    Antialiasing - Behavior Flags = None
    Antialiasing - Mode = Override any application setting
    Antialiasing - Setting = 4x [4x Multisampling]
    Antialiasing - Transparency Multisampling = Disabled
    Antialiasing - Transparency Supersampling = 4x Sparse Grid Supersampling
    
    Texture filtering - LOD bias (DX9) = -1.000
    
    Ambient Occlusion setting = Quality
    Ambient Occlusion usage = Enabled
    Vertical Sync Tear Control = Adaptive
    Vertical Sync = Forced on
     
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  19. wsgroves

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    Going to try these out when I get home.
    ManuelG, is there a Tera SLI profile update coming?
    Mine runs ok but not like it should with 670 sli.
     
  20. GhostXL

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    The developers of TERA are not interested in Official Multi-GPU support sadly. Let's hope this changes.
     

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