TerraShock
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Maybe a little late for this to help? There are quite a few billboards in the city zones.
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Did you try rolling back to an older driver? I didn't see it mentioned as something you had tried?
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Wanna consider self contained water cooling? http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCateg...Liquid-Cooling
I really like my H60, so much quieter. If you need to get more info on 'em, http://www.overclock.net/t/612436/of...ro-series-club
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In nvidia control panel, goto, manage 3D settings, then select global settings. Select prefer "maximum performance". That change is about as close to "powermizer" that I know of. Basically causing your card to not raise/lower power when it cycle's between 2d/3d mode.
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Nvidia forums, or http://forums.guru3d.com/index.php is where I go to look into video driver issues. Might want to look there as well.
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Quote:One driver may work well for my system, that doesn't work as well for yours. Systems are all different, with different components, software, programs, etc. The 275.33 drivers were pretty good, and after those nvidia started changing the way the drivers were written, that caused some problems. It seems that for the most part their improving now.Originally Posted by Captain_Titan
but here's a question: if having the most updated drivers isn't always the best idea, what NVIDIA drivers WOULD you guys suggest, and how do I even download an older driver?
If the 275.33 drivers are available, those are a good place to start for an older driver. However, if you weren't having an issue prior to the new drivers your running, then just rolling back to the previous driver may be a good idea for starters.
If your new to downloading/installing drivers do a little research on how to do a "clean install" using a driver cleaner program. If I'm looking into driver issues, I start looking at, http://forums.guru3d.com/index.php and at nvidia's forum.
To find an older driver, go to the driver download page at nvidia, http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us and there is a link on that page, to search for older drivers.
Starting with minimum graphics setting and by turning them on, one by one, upping the details little by little, can help you isolate a specific graphic feature that may be causing an issue. -
Up until a month or two ago? When did you install that new video driver? Did the crashes happen before you updated it? Might try an older video driver. Newer drivers aren't always better, and some have bug causing crashes.
Also check your temp on the video card as your playing. You can use HWMonitor http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html for that to see if it's getting hot. Dust might have built up on the hardware as well, reducing its cooling ability on some components in the computer case. -
Quote:The reason I mention you to do the online virus scans, was that you've been without antivirus for a bit. The online versions run scans for virus infections from their "cloud" database, not requiring you to install a full antivirus product. I would however make sure you get some type of good antivirus product installed after the scans. For free, Microsoft Security is pretty good and isn't to hard on resources, I also like and currently use Avast.Originally Posted by JanusFrs
About the virus scanner sites, what effect would that have? Is it just a virus scanning software on the internet or would it have some other effects?
Do the online scans, then download/install a new antivirus product. Windows defender isn't an antivirus product, but protects against malware type infections.
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If your antivirus has been out of date for some time, I'd suggest some scans first for malware/virus's. Download and update, http://www.malwarebytes.org/ then run a scan. It only needs to be ran, then can be shut down. Then update/rerun it ever couple of weeks.
Also check some online virus scanners, housecall.trendmicro.com, bitdefender.com/scanner/online/free.html, www.eset.com/us/online-scanner, kaspersky.com/virusscanner.
I also noticed that McAfee Security Scan\2.0.181\SSScheduler.exe was running? Are you sure that Defender is the only antivirus product you've had on the system? Two antivirus type products will slow down a system, or cause instability. -
3 things to try, easiest first.
Try setting "prefer maximum performance" in the nvidia control panel. Click on "manage 3D settings", then choose the global settings tab, and set the Power Management Mode to "prefer maximum performance" and see if that helps.
If not, check into shutting down some programs/services.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135
This will walk you through it. In essence your stopping all programs, except what is required for Windows to run. The going back and enabling some, to narrow down a possible culprit. Just make sure to pay attention to the part about selecting the "Hide all Microsoft services check box" so those cannot be selected, keeping you from accidentally stopping an important service.
You can also check into using a tool to underclock your videocard. MSI Afterburner can help with that, but you might want to do some reading up on the process to find out what your "stock" clocks are before you begin. I've used http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html to check temps of my components, and you might want to do this, as it could be a heat issue if the other suggestions don't solve the issue. -
Nvidia guy here, but new drivers not always the best at times. You may want to check out the amd driver thread http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=278655
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Look in the "application" and "system" logs for codes marked as "error". Searching on google for that specific error code might help lead you to a solution.
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Over at guru3d they is some discussion that the driver will down clock some factory overclocks. Might wanna keep an eye on that. Nvidia seems to know and maybe working on a fix. I think changing global settings to, "prefer maximum performance" may help, or using powermizer to set the power options.
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Thanks for your service Mike. /salute
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Vista Event Viewer
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Can't get rid of all IE stuff, unless you go to a different OS, Microsoft likes it that way I guess.
Did you try disabling the SLI function in nvidia control panel? That has helped some people with issues on this card. Not the best solution, but maybe you can isolate the problem. Also check the "event viewer" for errors, and see if you have any error codes that might help track it down. -
That nvidia driver has been buggy for some people, you might want to try an older driver set, 295.73 has been pretty good, and the older 275.33 is one I can recommend. There is a newer driver set out if you want to give it a shot, head over to guru3d forums under the nvidia drivers threads to have a look.
Did the game run in Safe Mode? If it will, then try turning down some eye candy, starting with turning the Ambient Occlusion to off.
Malwarebytes doesn't need to be running at all, just update and run the program once a week or so, then shut it down. -
Quote:Run malwarebytes as well, not all adware is found by all programs. Make sure you update the program before you run it.Originally Posted by Bronxjackass
I've run Spybot recently and everything was clean.
I guess this program can be hard to remove from other things I've read, with varying approaches to remove it, but some people have had success with using Revo uninstaller. http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo_..._download.html -
This torrent program may be causing some slowdowns? BEARSH~1\MediaBar\Datamngr\DATAMN~1.EX E
BearShare has been an issue with other peoples systems, and I'd sure be careful of adware etc, it might be loading. Run Spybot Search and Destroy, Malwarebytes, and Combofix to check for adware that it may have loaded.
http://www.malwarebytes.org http://www.safer-networking.org/en/spybotsd/index.html and, http://www.combofix.org/
These programs don't need to be running all the time. Install and update them, then use them one at a time to scan your system. Repeat ever so often. -
Looks like your on the latest driver, and latest isn't always best. Have you tried some older drivers? I think the one your using had some issues for some people.
I use guru3d forums to search out driver issues, so you might want to start there. I think the 275.33 drivers were pretty good, and for a newer one, I'm currently on the 295.73 drivers for my GTX 460 in my system with no issues. Do clean installs using a driver cleaner for best results.
Also you might want to use the nvidia control panel to change the "global settings" to prefer maximum performance and see if that helps any. -
You have quite a few programs running that you might can remove from startup and free up some process memory, and AVGIDSAgent.exe has caused some high cpu usage for some people and might be affecting your system.
I think AVG has gotten a little bloated in the last couple years and some other antivirus might be a better choice if your inclined to change. For free, Avast isn't bad and actually Microsoft Security product isn't to bad either, in regards to protection and cpu cycles.
Try shutting down some processes and see it that helps. The GPU your running is going to be most of your bottleneck, for smooth frame rates it seems. -
Quote:There have been reported issues with Firefox and Flash, I think there maybe a new beta version of Firefox that fixes the issue, not sure. But if you search online, some people have had some success eliminating video timeout crashes by disabling "hardware acceleration" in those applications. Something to consider since you did install Firefox recently?Originally Posted by OneFrigidWitch
Whoa whoa whoa, hold on a minute there.
I have the latest drivers for my Nvidia card.
I have the latest patches for my OS (vista 64bit professional)
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I would like to know what happened 2 months ago that has caused this issue. The _only_ thing installed on my computer is Firefox, Java, COH, and the Nvidia control panel. (I use a Linux machine for everything I do).
I also think the 275.33 and older drivers were less affected as the driver structure, and how it interacts for TDR, (video timeout) was changed after this driver version. -
I've used Process Explorer before to help track down strange programs in the background. May be worth a look for you?
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/fil...scription.html