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Asus driver issues
Thili Playfair
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07-10-2005 17:41
Try using a
asus9999 agp (gf6800gt)
asus enchanted driver 115 (higher) :: Enchanted asus drivers
Smartdoc 471 (and higher) :: Temp controll software for asus

will lead to either of these ;
Generetic video card reported , not supported
Pci / non OpenGL supported card (something something)

bug reported it awhile ago, this is my mom's computer, and i tried to figure out why i couldnt log in on SL on it,,

Reported, with directXdiag info,,

It works a few times then SL just simply gives up trying to autodetect it.
Gazz Galatea
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07-10-2005 21:13
Have you tried the latest "Forceware" drivers directly from nVidia? I also have a Asus brand video card and have found the the asus drivers really suck and are not updated as often as the base drivers directly from nVidia.
Catherine Omega
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07-10-2005 21:24
So does it just happen when you run SmartDoc as well, or is it just when running the Asus drivers? Gazz is right, Asus' drivers kind of suck. It's especially annoying when their video cards have extra hardware on them and you can't use it with the official nVidia drivers.
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Thili Playfair
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07-10-2005 22:50
Enchanted asus drivers , are not the vid card drivers, they are only used for monitoring temperature on asus vid cards, i use nvidia drivers ;p duh


Note this error only occours with SL and this setup, no other games has issues what so ever (go figure)
Kathmandu Gilman
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07-11-2005 03:10
I am wondering if the OpenGL2.0 cards like the GF6800gt are having problems with the 1.5 version SL uses. Seems a lot of odd problems occuring with the newer cards. My 6600 gt has been flawless but it is OpenGL 1.5.
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Nathan Stewart
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07-11-2005 09:08
From: Kathmandu Gilman
I am wondering if the OpenGL2.0 cards like the GF6800gt are having problems with the 1.5 version SL uses. Seems a lot of odd problems occuring with the newer cards. My 6600 gt has been flawless but it is OpenGL 1.5.


It may or may not be true now, opengl 2.0 was only enabled with the latest drivers from the nvidia site version 77.72, the only problem i may be seeing so far is that if i set anti aliasing on, either using a profile or changing the setting on the nvidia settings taskbar, as secondlife doesnt support the application controlled setting of this. but if i set this for some time the application will crash, but as these are first release drivers 2.0 drivers its hard to tell if its driver or an sl problem.
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Gazz Galatea
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07-19-2005 20:10
From: Thili Playfair
Enchanted asus drivers , are not the vid card drivers, they are only used for monitoring temperature on asus vid cards, i use nvidia drivers ;p duh


Duh... you say :mad:

It only hurts when I do this. :confused:

So don't do that! :eek:

I know... :rolleyes: I know... :rolleyes:

You need to keep constant watch over your video card temperature, one degree too hot and BLAMO! BSOD :p
Lee Linden
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07-20-2005 09:25
I'm running a 6800 Go with the latest 77's, and I haven't run into this myself... we have two PCI Express 6800 Ultras here at Support as well.

Have you tried the Troubleshooting slider? Details here:
http://secondlife.com/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=TechGDIGeneric
Thili Playfair
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07-20-2005 13:11
Im pretty sure i can make SL do that error if i install the Asus enchanted drivers / Asus smartdoc - used for monitoring temp/fan speed.

I tried that slider to, did nothing.

Currently running 77.72 nvidia drivers, no fan/temp drivers, SL start every time.

Note i play some other games none of them had issues with the drivers i usually use ;p figure SL would quirk on it.
Delta Czukor
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07-20-2005 13:57
I know this is off-topic, but don't you mean "enhanced", not "enchanted"? They mean two completely different things. =P
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Thili Playfair
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07-20-2005 14:43
;) well excuse me for that then, since english is my 4th language, but that doesnt really help me a thing.
Kathmandu Gilman
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07-20-2005 15:16
Hmmm, I have latest drivers from Nvidia on my 6800 Ultra and the driver has a temperature monitoring function built in with a temp threshold you can set to slow down the card and let it cool. Could these other applications cause a conflict with the driver version? Could it be the applications accessing the driver while the game is running cause errors?
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