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Is this a nVIDIA driver problem?

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petrail

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My troubles with BVE4 and Vista are detailed elsewhere on this board. Eventually, I reloaded XP in a dual-boot configuration. Now I can open and (start to) run the Uchibo line. However the overall effect is very wavery with platform uprights swaying in the breeze and open grassland resembling a green ocean! I am about to start trying various drivers in an attempt to overcome this.
But there is now another problem. As I slow to stop at the second station on the Uchibo line, I notice graphics becoming quite jumpy with a fast stop/start effect. After departing this station graphics seem to pause two or three times a second, frame rate has dropped below 5, and it is on the verge of a complete hang, then shuts down with the blue scree advising the "culprit" is nv_disp_dl_...PAGE FAULT IN NON-PAGED AREA. I cannot find an error report. Do you learned folk think this is a separate prob to the wavery graphics I explained earlier? Or could an older driver (which I have read is the way to go) also fix this?
 
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I'm having same problem as you and i'm using XP Home. BVE4 seems to have problems with all NVidia Graphics cards. I have tried all drivers for my Nvidia 7300gt and still BVE don't run right at all. Mine is 5fps as well. I'm thinking of seriously changing over to ATi graphics card. As i have asked in the forum about it and there seems to be no problems with the ATi graphics cards at all
 

petrail

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Thanks Dennis.

I have been following the various forums on this topic for what seems like ages! I guess I was really asking here if the app slowing down to the point of hanging, then the blue screen with error meassage is related to the grotty graphics, or is this a separate issue?

I see there is a Radeon card , HD2600XT, which would seem to be OK. It is within my price range. Any thoughts on this folks? Thanks a lot.
 

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I'm having same problem as you and i'm using XP Home. BVE4 seems to have problems with all NVidia Graphics cards. I have tried all drivers for my Nvidia 7300gt and still BVE don't run right at all. Mine is 5fps as well. I'm thinking of seriously changing over to ATi graphics card. As i have asked in the forum about it and there seems to be no problems with the ATi graphics cards at all

Im sure im running NVidea on at least one of my computer and am having no problems.
 

petrail

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Hi Juniper Driver.

If you are using a nVidia card to successfully run BVE4, could you kindly advise which model card it is and which driver you have installed. Also, what operating system are you using? Thanks for this info.
 

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Hi Juniper Driver.

If you are using a nVidia card to successfully run BVE4, could you kindly advise which model card it is and which driver you have installed. Also, what operating system are you using? Thanks for this info.

I'm using
Windows Xp Home
Nvidia Geforce 7900 GS
Driver 84.21 Located Here

Works fine for me, around 50-60 FPS constant...:-P
 

laseandre

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I'm using:
NVidia GeForce 2 MX 400 - 32MB
192MB RAM
XP Pro.
Works fine here.
 

petrail

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Thanks guys...

Interesting, isn't it? This shutdown prob I have actually started while trying a nVidia 7900 GS with driver 84.21, exactly the same as Nath9425. I am becoming convinced I have a problem other than the card/driver bit!
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---
I just re-inserted my 7300 LE card with the original driver off the CD...84.12, and it runs fine. 45 - 55fps, a bit "shimmery", but it runs!
 
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