New graphics card issues? - Resolved

I had heard of some having issues when upgrading graphics cards. I upgraded from 128 to 256 and had the hardest time just getting rid of the 2nd desktop...where everything seemed to be preventing me from clicking on anything LOL.

I opened SL after getting that mess all sorted out and it would not load the interface...just a plain white screen after logging in.

So I realized when looking at the preferences that the selection for graphics card was greyed out and I could not select the 256. It was stuck on 128 (even though I had reinstalled SL). So I edited the shortcut target to read:

"C:\Program Files\SecondLife\SecondLife.exe"-noprobe

This disables the hardware probe and let's you select the graphics card. I thought that I was able to not detect graphics on startup but that was also greyed out.

Why are all these options greyed out now in settings?
Anyway, I just wanted to share that in case anyone was searching.

I believe it remains greyed out until you actually log into SL. At that point you can set it to auto-detect graphics card.

You could also just delete the user_settings file and have all your prefs reset, which should make SL re-detect your video card.

looks like First Look is rally causing those low end 7000 series issues. Hell even me with a 7900 gtx is having issues with those stupid texture codes.....