both 185.66 and 185.68 beta drivers gave me screen prob. both thought im using hdtv while im not. while the 185.68 driver would failed on me completely after a minute of logging into windows. T_T

for me, 1920x1080 is not suitable for any screen smaller than 24'. everthing looks so small, plus its sucking up gpu power just to display something that high reso on a small screen.

waa, if ur mobo is old then mine should be ancient then? btw why would ur 8800gts give u prob and what kind of prob? what psu are u using?


haha gonna ask u bout ur psu too but seems like nidzamputra already asked it. anyway before this i was using a capalang psu and that gave me alot of bsod when im using only 8600gt. after that changed to st56f and bsod prob was gone. now changed to gtx285 and so far no bsod yet. but felt like upgrading psu again just incase long term its bad for my gpu..

i chose "do not resize my desktop" and its gone too.

i remembered some forumer mentioned about his gtx285 having screeching sound and i was skeptical about it! but now i have them!
i just installed stalker clear sky and in the menu screen, fps is showing more than 3k fps! and that's when my gtx285 screech! so is it safe? i remembered someone said its just the ferrite chokes working? btw is it safe? omg my card do screech!

hmmm
did some googling and found out during high fps the card does screech afterall.. gotta read more bout it.

This post has been edited by arct: May 16 2009, 12:42 PM

well, my guess is the starting video. the ubisoft and the intro movie. cuz i had probs like that too when i double click the game and use "alt-tab" the moment the game is opened, i get blank screen too. i could only hear sound and all but "esc" or "enter" couldnt cancel the intro movie so i waited, and then the game menu is loaded and my screen is back. well again that's my case. and my guess is the intro movie thing, it could be other reason as well.

haha, out of topic here but, if u do have some time do check "her" member's post. seems like "she" claimed she had tri sli gtx295 and her family and frends are eaten.

hahah, if u care to read more, sometimes u'll see he's a she, and then she's a he, and he seems to have alot of rigs, and somtimes stays in jb, sometimes kl, and he has alot of high end gpu too!

still couldnt find any forumer selling the ac gtx 280 extreme cooler. not only my casing works like a sauna. my whole room feels like a sauna whenever i game. non a-cond room of course.

i tried 186.08 beta driver and the ambient occlusion is not working at all no matter how i change the settings.

nvidia ambient occlusion
http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_ambientocclusion_home.html
hmmm, its noticeable for me in l4d and especially cod4, sometimes the soft shadows tend to make players glow in cod4, which is abit of exploit in the game i think.

disadvantages of vista is that during idle it uses alot memory compared to xp, but windows 7 have a fix for that now. anything else vista runs just fine for me.

its best if u uninstall the old drivers first just incase the old drivers will clash or have conflicts with ur new card or ur new driver. you can do like this; uninstall old drivers, remove old card, replace new card, instal new drivers. hope it helps, goodluck!

plus, i think most forumers would recommend driver cleaning tools, well that would be more assured old driver cleaning, well i never used those programs before so you could ask google or hopefully other forumers would tell you more about it.

This post has been edited by arct: Jun 13 2009, 10:24 PM

new 186.18 doesnt give me ambient occlusion. summore after gaming my resolution is fcuked up. plus with 186.18 driver whenever i adjust ntune, no whenever i go in the "performance" tab my comp will bsod. im switching back to 185 drivers.

switched from 8600gt to gtx285 too was looking for your particular 3rd party cooler and seems like there's only one in malaysia. the gpu is blocking and heating up my case airflow. making my northbridge and southbridge and proc temp goes very high, especially during gaming, my whole room is affected and feels like sauna. btw bro kianweic, have you tried out the latest nvidia driver? does the ambient occlusion work for you? it doesnt work for me tho.

still no idea when this cooler will come in right? i've tracked lingloong and modernopc's thread and they're not selling this yet. said ac are short on stock or somethinig.. btw xigmatek's battleaxe can fit on gtx285?? hmm will google bout that.

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u'll never know what's behind the sleeves of these gpu card makers.

anyone who has working ambient occlusion with new drivers?

or better yet, the asus mars

like i said, with the new driver the ambient occlusion doesnt works for me.. plus if i install ntune while using the new driver my comp will bsod. so im switching back to 185 drivers. i still havent google why ambient occlusion doesnt work on the new 186 drivers yet and i will now.
my way of installing new drivers.

uninstall ntune --> uninstall nvidia physx --> uninstall nvidia drivers; restart; go safe mode delete any nvidia and ntune folders; uninstall display driver; restart; cancel when windows is installing display driver; install nvidia drivers --> restart; install nvidia ntune --> restart. and im done.

my method worked so far until the 186 drivers gave me bsod when im going to press "agree" in the "performance" tab after ntune was installed. plus, the ambient occlusion wont work no matter how i tweak it.