Nvidia Cards on Vista x64 (RTM)

I've just build myself a new high-end PC including a 7900GTO gfx card. I
dabbled with XP Pro but had a few graphical problems so I thought I'd
install Vista (rtm) instead, whcih I did. At first, everything looked OK,
but when I started using more demanding applications (i.e. 3D games) I
encountered some artifacting and distortion. Particularly in Battlefield 2,
Civililzation IV, and Oblivion, but also periodically in Vista itself. The
problems in-game were consistent at least, and the problems wihin Vista
itself were intermittant, occasionally resulting in a STOP error.

I tried a (borrowed) 7300GS card (which doesnt need auxiliary power) and it
had the same problems in-game, which suggests the problems were not to do
with the original 7900GTO not the PSU. Obviously the most likely candidates
were Vista and/or Nvidia's drivers.

I tried a few drivers from various sources but could only get a couple to
install and neither were any better than the default Vista drivers.

I decided to by a high-end ATI card for comparison, and I installed an
X1950Pro last night. Using only the default Vista drivers, I suddenly found
everything worked great. So it seems the nvidia drivers might be the problem
after all.

I was just wondering if anyone had success or similar problems with high-end
Nvidia cards in Vista (RTM). I've seen nothing on the NVidia site to
indicate when final versions of the drivers will be realised; I'd like to
keep the 7900GTO if I could but obviously it's not usable at the moment.

CJM

Having same problems I found an article somewhere (here in the newsgroups?
dont`t remember). I tried and had success:

--- snip ---
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Direct3D]
"DisableThreadedDDI"=dword:00000001
--- snip ---

Copy the text into a textfile, rename it to *.reg and double click it.

regards,
Christian


"CJM" <cjmnews04@newsgroup.nospam> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:Og30TWHFHHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> I've just build myself a new high-end PC including a 7900GTO gfx card. I
> dabbled with XP Pro but had a few graphical problems so I thought I'd
> install Vista (rtm) instead, whcih I did. At first, everything looked OK,
> but when I started using more demanding applications (i.e. 3D games) I
> encountered some artifacting and distortion. Particularly in Battlefield
> 2, Civililzation IV, and Oblivion, but also periodically in Vista itself.
> The problems in-game were consistent at least, and the problems wihin
> Vista itself were intermittant, occasionally resulting in a STOP error.
>
> I tried a (borrowed) 7300GS card (which doesnt need auxiliary power) and
> it had the same problems in-game, which suggests the problems were not to
> do with the original 7900GTO not the PSU. Obviously the most likely
> candidates were Vista and/or Nvidia's drivers.
>
> I tried a few drivers from various sources but could only get a couple to
> install and neither were any better than the default Vista drivers.
>
> I decided to by a high-end ATI card for comparison, and I installed an
> X1950Pro last night. Using only the default Vista drivers, I suddenly
> found everything worked great. So it seems the nvidia drivers might be the
> problem after all.
>
> I was just wondering if anyone had success or similar problems with
> high-end Nvidia cards in Vista (RTM). I've seen nothing on the NVidia site
> to indicate when final versions of the drivers will be realised; I'd like
> to keep the 7900GTO if I could but obviously it's not usable at the
> moment.
>
> CJM
>

ATI appear to have released better drivers for their products than Nvidia,
but Nvidia will catch up..


"CJM" <cjmnews04@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
news:Og30TWHFHHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> I've just build myself a new high-end PC including a 7900GTO gfx card. I
> dabbled with XP Pro but had a few graphical problems so I thought I'd
> install Vista (rtm) instead, whcih I did. At first, everything looked OK,
> but when I started using more demanding applications (i.e. 3D games) I
> encountered some artifacting and distortion. Particularly in Battlefield
> 2, Civililzation IV, and Oblivion, but also periodically in Vista itself.
> The problems in-game were consistent at least, and the problems wihin
> Vista itself were intermittant, occasionally resulting in a STOP error.
>
> I tried a (borrowed) 7300GS card (which doesnt need auxiliary power) and
> it had the same problems in-game, which suggests the problems were not to
> do with the original 7900GTO not the PSU. Obviously the most likely
> candidates were Vista and/or Nvidia's drivers.
>
> I tried a few drivers from various sources but could only get a couple to
> install and neither were any better than the default Vista drivers.
>
> I decided to by a high-end ATI card for comparison, and I installed an
> X1950Pro last night. Using only the default Vista drivers, I suddenly
> found everything worked great. So it seems the nvidia drivers might be the
> problem after all.
>
> I was just wondering if anyone had success or similar problems with
> high-end Nvidia cards in Vista (RTM). I've seen nothing on the NVidia site
> to indicate when final versions of the drivers will be realised; I'd like
> to keep the 7900GTO if I could but obviously it's not usable at the
> moment.
>
> CJM
>

"Christian Dreiner" <CDreiner@cdcorner.de> wrote in message
news:e8A35oHFHHA.1816@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Having same problems I found an article somewhere (here in the newsgroups?
> dont`t remember). I tried and had success:
>
> --- snip ---
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Direct3D]
> "DisableThreadedDDI"=dword:00000001
> --- snip ---
>
> Copy the text into a textfile, rename it to *.reg and double click it.
>
> regards,
> Christian
>

Interesting. What does this Threaded DDI do?

CJM

"Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User" <mikehall@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:O37tYyHFHHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> ATI appear to have released better drivers for their products than Nvidia,
> but Nvidia will catch up..
>

Of course... But when...?

If I could see light at the end of the tunnel, I'd keep my 7900GTO, and sell
my X1950Pro on when Nvidia finally get their act together.

Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User wrote:
> ATI appear to have released better drivers for their products than
> Nvidia, but Nvidia will catch up..

The Catalyst is a big piece of junk in my opinion. I used ATI Tray Tool
instead of it.

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"Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> The Catalyst is a big piece of junk in my opinion. I used ATI Tray Tool
> instead of it.

Exactly that - opinion. Just from the user experiences on the groups here,
it's pretty clear ATI have far superior drivers to nVidia at this point.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.windowsresource.net/
Get ready for Windows Vista: http://www.windowsvista.com/getready/

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"Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User" <mikehall@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:O37tYyHFHHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> ATI appear to have released better drivers for their products than Nvidia,
> but Nvidia will catch up..
>

Of course... But when...?

If I could see light at the end of the tunnel, I'd keep my 7900GTO, and sell
my X1950Pro on when Nvidia finally get their act together.

Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User wrote:
> ATI appear to have released better drivers for their products than
> Nvidia, but Nvidia will catch up..

The Catalyst is a big piece of junk in my opinion. I used ATI Tray Tool
instead of it.

--
.~. Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. http://www.linux-sxs.org
/ v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you!
/( _ )\ (Ubuntu 6.10) Linux 2.6.18.3
^ ^ 22:07:01 up 3 days 2:29 1 user load average: 4.27 4.27 3.91
news://news.3home.net news://news.hkpcug.org news://news.newsgroup.com.hk

"Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:eETy9jIFHHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> The Catalyst is a big piece of junk in my opinion. I used ATI Tray Tool
> instead of it.

Exactly that - opinion. Just from the user experiences on the groups here,
it's pretty clear ATI have far superior drivers to nVidia at this point.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.windowsresource.net/
Get ready for Windows Vista: http://www.windowsvista.com/getready/

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