Guest Smudge Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Hey, im having problems with drivers, i overclocked my 8800mgtx 740/core 950/mem 1750/shaders, all worked fine and max temp of 75c on crysis. Those was with the dells stock drivers, however upgrading to the new 177.79 i saw performance shoot up by 20% on the frame rates but crysis (only game so far) keeps crashing when the gpu reaches above 72c, Its really annoying, ive also tried the 175 drivers and still the same, i can revert back to the crappy 167 drivers which are more stable but lack performance. I have read al lthe forums about the powermizer and have edited the registry with the known solutions but as with other users....it dont work. Cant be the overclock because it works fine with the stock drivers without any artifacts. Has anyone got any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Marley Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Do other games crash as well when the GPU reaches 72 C? What error message do you receive when they crash? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 No..it just seems to be crysis..well World In Conflict also crash's after 20 mins but thats a known problem in the game (was doing it with the stock drivers) so far only crysis..well basically the game always crash's in the exact spot ecerytime i watch the intro to the first level (gpu roughly 72c) just goes black screen and have to force restart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Marley Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 You have made sure Crysis is updated to the latest version, correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Yes updated, like i said before crysis worked a treat with the stock drivers. I wonder whats causing the gpu to crash??? Gears of war, assassins creed, all other direct 9 games work fine. hmmm.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 bump... any recommended drivers that dont fook up ya system? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aki Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 i have xps m1730 with dual 8800s i havent oc'd and i am getting great performances on crysis on the 177.79 drivers. have u tried usin factory clock? crysis does like its bugs some people have problems on it which nobody else does. try doing a reinstall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew55 Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Have you tried the newer drivers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smude Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Have you tried the newer drivers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smudge Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Just seen the 177.89 drivers, no havnt tried these yet, i will soon though. As with the reverting back to the original clocks.......why? lol Performance has shot up in games like crysis with the overclock. Just a update on the driver issue, using 174.31 drivers (dell performance ones) no crysis crash now. All fixed :) But however funny enough..supreme commander now crashes. 5 minutes into the game....the gpu has errers. This is really weird. i think i have only one option really.....slow down the overclocks. Might revert back to 700mz on the core and see what happens. But please any solutions please throw them my way. Thanks!! Tony :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew55 Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 I don't think there is anything you can do abt that. Some drivers work with some games others just don't. I know it seems like a big pain and I know it is but there is nothing that can be done with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senture Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 I think you're pushing those overclocks too far. Try backing them down to 650 core / 925 memory / 1675 shaders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew55 Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 ^^This also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ils Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 Try NVIDIA's driver version: 175.32. It seems to be the best for me so far (in both stability and performance). http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_...75.32_whql.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrZero Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 (edited) I have read al lthe forums about the powermizer and have edited the registry with the known solutions but as with other users....it dont work. Cant be the overclock because it works fine with the stock drivers without any artifacts. Has anyone got any ideas? As far as I can tell, PowerMizer (actually GPU downclocking based on load) is disabled when SLI is active and you are on AC Power. I have tried several drivers and also played with the PowerMizer registry settings. I think its just an issue NVIDIA has to resolve. Mobile SLI may not support the downclocking - I have yet to find any documented info on the web relating to this subject. Its too bad really... I would love to see the GPUs running at lower speeds to reduce thermal load when not running 3D apps. *SIGH* It would be interesting to find out if its just the Dell 8800M GTX SLI or if all mobile SLI cards are like this. Edited September 25, 2008 by MrZero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug2h Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 As far as I can tell, PowerMizer (actually GPU downclocking based on load) is disabled when SLI is active and you are on AC Power. I have tried several drivers and also played with the PowerMizer registry settings. I think its just an issue NVIDIA has to resolve. Mobile SLI may not support the downclocking - I have yet to find any documented info on the web relating to this subject. Its too bad really... I would love to see the GPUs running at lower speeds to reduce thermal load when not running 3D apps. *SIGH* It would be interesting to find out if its just the Dell 8800M GTX SLI or if all mobile SLI cards are like this. Don't think is just Dell. In SLI, mine don't downclock to 2d speeds, stays at 3d performance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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