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Kathmandu Gilman

Fearful Symmetry Baby!

Join date: 21 May 2004

Posts: 1,418

07-20-2005 18:05

Just ran into some wierd event involving a 6800 Ultra I am using and it may apply to others. I loaded and ran 3Dmark 03 benchmark test and after the test tried to run SL and recieved an error notice stating my video card did not meet the standards to run SL. I tried anyway and SL failed to load saying I need a OpenGL capable card. I rebooted and tried again getting the same result. When I ran 3Dmark03 I dropped it to high performance and no filtering, I tried setting it back to the way I had it set but it made no difference.

Instead of fussing with drivers and such I simply rolled back XP using system restore and everything works as it did.

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Taliesin Psaltery

anais reborn

Join date: 5 Jul 2004

Posts: 7

08-02-2005 23:19

I'll be on the lookout, but my 6800 Utra has so far given me no problems, except for the lack of waves (missing waves started with GF FX, waves last seen with a GF4).

Do you recall what drivers you were using with your 6800U?
Were you running SLI or a single card?
AGP or PCIe?

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Kathmandu Gilman

Fearful Symmetry Baby!

Join date: 21 May 2004

Posts: 1,418

08-03-2005 03:33

I,m using the latest Nvidia drivers on a single PCI-e 6800 Ultra with 512 mvram. I think waves are an ATI only thing now.

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Xtropy Cline

Registered User

Join date: 5 Jun 2005

Posts: 30

08-03-2005 05:58

Sounds like a driver issue if the rollback worked. I use a 6800U and have never seen this before. Try running Driver Cleaner (www.drivercleaner.net) next time and reinstall the latest official drivers which should work. I've gotten that message in other games with bad driver installs but not in SL.

Heads up for 6800 Ultra owners
Kathmandu Gilman Fearful Symmetry Baby! Join date: 21 May 2004 Posts: 1,418	07-20-2005 18:05 Just ran into some wierd event involving a 6800 Ultra I am using and it may apply to others. I loaded and ran 3Dmark 03 benchmark test and after the test tried to run SL and recieved an error notice stating my video card did not meet the standards to run SL. I tried anyway and SL failed to load saying I need a OpenGL capable card. I rebooted and tried again getting the same result. When I ran 3Dmark03 I dropped it to high performance and no filtering, I tried setting it back to the way I had it set but it made no difference. Instead of fussing with drivers and such I simply rolled back XP using system restore and everything works as it did. _____________________ It may be true that the squeaky wheel gets the grease but it is also true that the squeaky wheel gets replaced at the first critical maintenance opportunity.
Taliesin Psaltery anais reborn Join date: 5 Jul 2004 Posts: 7	08-02-2005 23:19 I'll be on the lookout, but my 6800 Utra has so far given me no problems, except for the lack of waves (missing waves started with GF FX, waves last seen with a GF4). Do you recall what drivers you were using with your 6800U? Were you running SLI or a single card? AGP or PCIe? _____________________ "Smile pretty, and watch your back." Ani DiFranco.
Kathmandu Gilman Fearful Symmetry Baby! Join date: 21 May 2004 Posts: 1,418	08-03-2005 03:33 I,m using the latest Nvidia drivers on a single PCI-e 6800 Ultra with 512 mvram. I think waves are an ATI only thing now. _____________________ It may be true that the squeaky wheel gets the grease but it is also true that the squeaky wheel gets replaced at the first critical maintenance opportunity.
Xtropy Cline Registered User Join date: 5 Jun 2005 Posts: 30	08-03-2005 05:58 Sounds like a driver issue if the rollback worked. I use a 6800U and have never seen this before. Try running Driver Cleaner (www.drivercleaner.net) next time and reinstall the latest official drivers which should work. I've gotten that message in other games with bad driver installs but not in SL.

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