I thought getting the 64bit Vista with a new driver would fix this, and I have no idea if this has anything to do with my RAM problem, but I'm really about to send it back to Alienware and try to get a refund, so I was playing WoW yesterday when all of a sudden the screen went black like it was about to change resolution and came back witha whomping 1.2fps framerate... after closing WoW (yes I play wow, and yes you can play wow and have a life at the same time contrary to a lot of beliefs lol) I had an windows error on my start bar with a triangle with a little "!" in it, the bubble popped up and said your video driver (nvd then something with a "k", at work so I dont have my laptop here to get the exact name) has failed and successfully recovered, now I'm beginning to think it might be a heat issue, but I kinda doubt it, I've got the latest drivers from the Nvidia site and I tried the latest drivers on laptopvideotogo with the modded INF for laptops. System specs again:
Intel 945PM + ICH7M-DH Chipset mobo
Intel® Core™2 Duo 2.0ghz (4MB Cache, 667MHz FSB)
4GB Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz
Dual 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT GDDR3
160gig 7,200rpm HDD
Realtek integrated sound
Running Vista Home Premium 64bit
I've also heard Vista doesnt like SLi much, switching it off doesnt make the errors go away. Thanks in advance
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Video driver problems
(10 posts)LAST UPDATE (I promise), I just read on a nvidia forum that somebody used nTune, claims you can do it in the nvidia control panel (I dont remember seeing a setting like this) to lower the memory clock speed of my GPU down to 900 will solve the problem, but this was also with a single 8800, much different than my dual 8700s... any input?
I've had a ton of problems with nvidia drivers in Vista. (the same one you are getting)
Upgrading to the latest drivers worked for my 8800 GS, but I was not able to find any combination that would make my 7600 GT work. (which is why I bought the 8800)
Hopefully somebody at NVIDIA reads this thread and hires some programmers from ATI.
So I've searched the entire internet looking for an answer, I even got that screen that guy got in the DSL commercial that says you have reached the end of the internet, and still no hope. The only advice I got was wait for the new windows... for what like a year, probably 2 or 3, any disadvantages to going to XP Pro x64? besides the fact I cant find a copy on amazon, and I just spent $100 on Vista x64?
I've tried every driver there is, I just finished installing nTune right before I had to leave for work, so I didnt have any time to play with it :(. So when I get back I will try slowing down the clock speed a bit, but I have no idea how much, or what it's running at right now, so % wise, how much should I roll it back on a first go?
Oh and WoW is the only thing I can play without it constantly doing it, I can deal with it failing every hour or 2, gives me a chance to adjust my eyes and stand up for a bit, probably good for me, it's more graphic intence games I'm worried about, I know it fails about every 5 to 7 minutes with Crysis & COD4, stuff like that. It's a shame, those videocards have SO much potential, and no way to unlock it :(
I've tried that with WoW and crysis, it helps, but it doesnt eliminate the problem, it seems to me that it starts doing it when it gets hot, but that would point to a hardware problem, I'm pretty sure it's a vista driver thing, I wish a smart programmer would just address the issue that so many of us Nvidia fans have and write a driver, or else it's going to have to wait another 4 years when I'm done with tech school to get resolved!!!
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