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I hate you, NVidia!

Bjoern

Bjoern

worst developer ever
Why?

Because you can't seem to get the grip on FSX compatibility with your 18x series drivers on 8800 GTS (G80) cards.

Don't get me wrong, other applications work fine with them, so they're not for the bin at all.

But once in a while, I'd like to take a 737, CRJ or similar to the skies.
Your current drivers ruin the fun though. Big time!
No, I'm really not a big fan of sudden FPS drops, tearing autogen and CTDs.

I know, I know, older drivers work better, but what if I want to play a current game?
Do you think I want to put up with low performance in those? Really?

Wrong.

Consider this a kick in the butt or I'll divorce you and marry ATI.


Sincerely,
Björn
 
ATI Rules FSX IMO.

Just loving my 4870X2 still and not proper drivers released as of yet...:ernae:
 
Just looking if I can find a cheap 4850.


If I sell my 8800 GTS and that Ram still dusting away somewhere (plus maybe my old PSU), the financial hit might turn out quite low.
 
But a 4870 will be better yet..Expecially the ICE version....:ernae:
 
The 4870 is too expensive, the ICE as well.

Additionally, Newegg doesn't ship to Eurabia. :kilroy:
 
:wavey:

I'm looking for new card been checking out the ICE, Today was a bad day, Right in the Middle of an ApocoChop Mission, Boom, Blue screen and allot of Dumping going on, Turned out to be Me Old Faithfull 8800 GTS, Fan musta went dead and burned out. Got a Couple of years out of it - not bad -Now I have dual 7600's in there since it is the only thing I have laying around, is terrible no anit-alias, no DX10, Planes are all Fuzzy, screen shots looks like crap, no good.

I think it is Time for some ICE ICE.........
 
You won't go wrong with the ICE 4870 for sure..beautiful colors IMO....


To bad about your card...They don't last forever...:faint:
 
In the Catalist Control Center...


On the left..Bottom is called ATI Overdrive..Select that...Then you see a lock...Click to unlock it and your option to set fan speed manually is there....
 
harleyman said:
In the Catalist Control Center...


On the left..Bottom is called ATI Overdrive..Select that...Then you see a lock...Click to unlock it and your option to set fan speed manually is there....
Click to expand...


No, I meant what is your fan speed - where do you prefer to have it?

I usually keep mine at 40% unless I'm running something like Far Cry 2 in which case I change it to 50%

edit - In your screenshot it's at 100% - that must be LOUD!!! :faint:
 
harleyman said:
In the Catalist Control Center...


On the left..Bottom is called ATI Overdrive..Select that...Then you see a lock...Click to unlock it and your option to set fan speed manually is there....
Click to expand...

Man..
Do you run it at 100% !!! I set my one to about 70%
That's the only thing I hate about my ATI 4870. It's dam LOUD!!!
Anyway I try and imagine it's part of the noise of the aircraft. :d
Need to get some headphones.
I wonder if my lightspeed's will work on my PC?

Ben
 
One of my PCs have an ATI video card and the other one a NVidia video card. Both thave their good and weak points and to be honest I have experienced probems with both. So I guess there is still room for another manufacturer.

However thanks for the hint Bjoern, I won't update my drivers this time!

Cheers,
Huub
 
Yup..I keep mine at 100% always...The thing is loud, but it really doesn't bother me at all.. i sit between two of them too...


I do use headphones when I fly too....
 
harleyman said:
Yup..I keep mine at 100% always...The thing is loud, but it really doesn't bother me at all.. i sit between two of them too...


I do use headphones when I fly too....
Click to expand...


I just tried mine at 100% - Good God!! :hand:

If you dropped to 50% (40 is when it gets really quiet) what sort of temps would you see? Mine says 43c at 40%

Now I'm glad I spent a small fortune and a couple of weekends on my Cosmos S case, installing 8 case fans - probably helps more than I realise!!
 
Well at 50% fan I get temps in the very high 50's and low 60's..but that goes to 70-75 while flying, which I don't like, so I just use 100 all the time..


Not sure how much extra case fans help, as the card exhausts directly out the back as its completely enclosed except for the fan opening...Not like older cards that push their heat right into the case and leave the dirty work to how well your case moves air..

I have a great cooling case though...So not real sure or scientific on my answer there....LOL
 
I recently went back to 180.48 from the newest nVidia drivers due to a lot of graphical weirdness in other games. FSX was fine, but my rig was not liking the new drivers at all for some reason.
 
No problems with Nvidia ever...............................you guys must have bought lemons!!!!!!:rapture:
 
I agree Gera.....I never had any problems with Nvidia except for expecting their newest drivers to make it all better, which is always a major let down anyways ,..Once I learned to stick with the one I had that was working, and all FSX and Control Panel things doing what their job was..


But I found that with new drivers came days more set up and testing to get it just right again, only to find out I was pretty much back where I was anyways...LOL
 
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