Goran_M Posted March 6, 2010 Report Posted March 6, 2010 For those of you running an nvidia graphics card, DO NOT DOWNLOAD THE 196.75 DRIVERS. Nvidia have since removed them from their site, but they were up for a few days. In the majority of cases, these drivers cause the card to severely overheat because of an incorrect registry setting that controls the fan speed. Uninstall these drivers immediately and roll back to the previous version. 196.21.Goran Quote
Jack Skieczius Posted March 6, 2010 Report Posted March 6, 2010 Thanks for the heads up Goran, i looked and i still have 196.21 installed.I surely cant afford my GFX card to overheat at this time.This reminds me of back when i use to play EVE online and one of the updates they released deleted the Windows Boot.ini file which caused several computers to not start up correctly. oddly, mind didn't have that problem cause i had another windows installation on another HD and it found the boot.ini file on that HD. It's like, do these companies even test these updates before releasing them?That's another reason why i wont update X-plane till i have heard from the community in regards to bugs and such, specially the crippling kind.Thanks again. Quote
Goran_M Posted March 6, 2010 Author Report Posted March 6, 2010 I was reading Nvidias forums and there are a few people demanding some kind of compensation for destroyed graphics cards. Some cards reaching up to 157 degrees celsius.1 person even added a somewhat dodgy legal post threatening nvidia with legal action and a class action. The post right under his says "Did you ever read the Legal Mumbo Jumbo before you click "Agree and Download"?"It's extremely unfortunate this has happened but the guy is right. Nvidia have covered their bases quite well.Here's the link if you want a good read.http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=161391 Quote
MdMax Posted March 7, 2010 Report Posted March 7, 2010 Hi all !Very interesting link. On the GNOME panel I always monitor temperatures of my GPU and CPU but I never had temperatures over 65°C (with VSync enabled). I would worry if this changes. I'm still using the 195.36.08 driver for Linux but sometimes I'm using beta drivers.You're right, Nvidia has covered their bases. But did Microsoft cover their bases ? Does it really mean something when a driver is "WHQL" or not ? Quote
Goran_M Posted March 7, 2010 Author Report Posted March 7, 2010 Hi all !Very interesting link. On the GNOME panel I always monitor temperatures of my GPU and CPU but I never had temperatures over 65°C (with VSync enabled). I would worry if this changes. I'm still using the 195.36.08 driver for Linux but sometimes I'm using beta drivers.You're right, Nvidia has covered their bases. But did Microsoft cover their bases ? Does it really mean something when a driver is "WHQL" or not ?The WHQL signature costs quite a bit of money.I'm not exactly sure, but I have heard stories of companies paying Microsoft upwards of $10 000 to have a driver WHQL certified.With most games, a card will run at about 60-70 degrees Celcius. However, running a game like Crysis, with high detail, the temp on my GPU reaches high 70's-low 80's.I'm fortunate that I don't depend on the drivers to control fan speed. I have a Zalman cooling fan that has adjustable speed (a small dial on the control box) and is connected directly into the PSU wiring. Not the card itself. Quote
MdMax Posted March 17, 2010 Report Posted March 17, 2010 An update is available for Linux users !"Fixed a regression that caused the driver to fail to properly adjust the GPU fan speed on some GPUs."http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=148947 Quote
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