problem with nvidia card.

tripwood on 16/7/2002 at 09:42

i have a tnt 2 card from Nvidia. some time ago i bought neverwinter nights, and to run it i needed to update my drivers, using the detonator driver from the (http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=det_xp_win9x_29.42) nvidia site. the cutscenes were choppy as hell, but that's not the problem.

when i tried to ran deus ex just now, the game was incredibly choppy, and at about the same frame rate i'd get if i had launched 5 lams with a gep gun.. are there any known issues and fixes(hopefully) for me? i could always de-install my card and then re-install it to finish my game, but it'd be pretty unconvenient..

i'm not hoping for much, but some small help would be nice. :erg:

Pokec on 16/7/2002 at 11:07

The best solution would probably be to uninstall your current Detonator driver and use <a href="http://www.3dconcept.net/files/tools/setupnvcleaner.exe">NV Cleaner</a> to remove all registry entries. Than reinstall the old Detonator driver.

When you get tired playing Deus, check out the <a href="http://nwn.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=94240&forum=49">**ULTIMATE TECH HELP GUIDE (v1.3 for v1.20)**</a> for Neverwinter Nigts.

Good Luck!

tripwood on 16/7/2002 at 12:49

heh! that site helped me fix my choppy video problem, thanks.

i'm not so sure i'll uninstall my video card just yet though, i'd rather be able to play both games at a time.

Phydeaux on 16/7/2002 at 13:35

Installing new drivers may have reset your settings (It has happened to me before). Make sure things like Antialiasing haven't turned themselves on (or off).

santaClaws on 16/7/2002 at 18:51

woes upon tripw .. oh sorry, wrong thread :)

But I've got the same problem. Doesn't matter for me, though, I just play it with my Voodoo 2. Maybe not as beautiful as it could have been with my TNT2Ultra, but who cares.

-claw

tripwood on 16/7/2002 at 21:11

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Originally posted by santaClaws
woes upon tripw .. oh sorry, wrong thread :)

But I've got the same problem. Doesn't matter for me, though, I just play it with my Voodoo 2. Maybe not as beautiful as it could have been with my TNT2Ultra, but who cares.

-claw

it's sort of frustrating how hardware you paid with good money, becomes even worse when they release universal drivers for their products. damn detonator, they don't even archive the old drivers.

santaClaws on 17/7/2002 at 09:20

You're right about the detonators .. but I have to admit I didn't pay a cent for this card :)

Pokec on 17/7/2002 at 10:34

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Originally posted by tripwood

it's sort of frustrating how hardware you paid with good money, becomes even worse when they release universal drivers for their products.

Hey, it's not always hardware's fault. I remember my old system (P200 + voodoo2). With some tweaking I was able to actually play Unreal!

As Phydeaux mentioned, some options can get restored by installing new driver. If Deus runs choppy, try to play around with different OpenGL settings for your graphics card under "Display Properties". For example: if your card support FSAA, set it to off.

Also check out the excellent <a href="http://www.techspot.com/tweaks/deusex/print.shtml"> DeusEx Tweak Guide </a> at 3D Spotlight.

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damn detonator, they don't even archive the old drivers.

Official sites are crap. Try clickin' on <a href="http://guru3d.com/files/detonator/"> this </a>.

Good Luck!

tripwood on 17/7/2002 at 20:21

i've been tweaking for about an half hour now, and no results. i don't think it has to do with any of the files for Deux, it's the drivers. it didn't reset my settings either, because i alwaysleft them at default.

oh well, once i get tired of NWN i'll delete my drivers and re-install them from the cd.

stoxy on 18/7/2002 at 17:25

Try changing your display device. I use a 32MB tnt2 64m with Detonators. Direct3D is almost unusable after instaling these drivers, but OpenGL works well.