6800 Ultra Menz: Do you get this in Doom 3?

[warcrow]

Doom 3 loads up a level, the game will pause (almost like its stuck in some kind of memory loop), and sometimes the sound will begin to loop or get distorted, and within 1-2 mins, the game clears all these annomolies out and runs fine. It only seems to do this when a level loads for the first time. It runs great after that, its odd.

If it ever bluescreens from this (about 1/3 of the time), after I reboot Windows tells me that the recent crash was the the "nVidia display drivers for the 6800 Ultra".


Anyone else getting this?

 

[nippyjun]

I would uninstall the vid drivers and reinstall. Also make sure you have the latest direct x. And make sure you have at least 512 ram.

 

[Gamingphreek]

Sounds like you are having IRQ conflicts when it crashes and memory conflicts when it stutters at the beginning.

#1 What are you system specs, MOBO, Memory (OC if any), Sound Card...

#2 What open programs do you have running when you go into the game?

#3 What are your GPU OCs if any the card might be clocking upward to 3d mode speeds.

 

[Gamingphreek]

Repost Sry

-Kevin

 

[warcrow]

Originally posted by: nippyjun
I would uninstall the vid drivers and reinstall. Also make sure you have the latest direct x. And make sure you have at least 512 ram.

I'm running:
- 61.77
- 1GB PC 2700
- 9.0c
- Card is running on two seperate rails per mollux w/o anything else on it.

I saw someone else talking about this on another page, but I trust the tech-heads on this forum better. I'm wondering if anyone else is getting this with the same card.

 

[apoppin]

i c you have plenty of ram . . . perhaps you should try other video drivers

Also, what settings is your nForce sound working at? latest sound (& MB) drivers? latest DX9 b or c?


also . . . i see stuttering and other "issues" reported on some MSI 6800ultras that are supposed to be fixed with a BIOS flash . . . might try a search to see if they are related to yours.

 

[Terranboy]

Mine does that too. Really jumpy in the beginning. Clears up after a while. Same problem with Far Cry.

Ofcourse I'm running a Radeon9800Pro I just figured that was the cause

 

[warcrow]

My rig is in my sig, btw guys.

I'm running the game at 1024x768 on High settings. My 2800XP is actually clocked a little down to 2.0Ghz (instead of 2.1) due to heat.

Anyways, nothing os overclocked on ym system. Everything else on ym system is stable. Far Cry, NFS:U, BF1942, BFV, UT2K4, Painkiller....you name it. Its just Doom. I would suspect something if I was running on Ultra quality, but its not.

My BIOS is also up to date on the lastest. I think its a driver issue. But, arnt the 61.77 the first drivers the officially support the 6800 series?

 

[Acanthus]

I believe what youre seeing is textures loading from the HD to memory/graphics memory... This only happens in the newest games with very large textures at very high detail settings.

(of course i could be wrong)

 

[apoppin]

Problems hit MSI Geforce 6800 Ultra

what card are you using?

 

[warcrow]

Thanks for the link. I have an eVGA. Gonna go read that thread

 

[warcrow]

New 6800 BIOS

Above is a link to a new BIOS for the 6800 Ultra and UE. the only thing is, most of those people are complaing of studdering and lockups in all "3D applications". I only have some stuffering in D3. All in all, I've never flashed a VC BIOS, so its a little bit intimidating.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: warcrow
New 6800 BIOS

Above is a link to a new BIOS for the 6800 Ultra and UE. the only thing is, most of those people are complaing of studdering and lockups in all "3D applications". I only have some stuffering in D3. All in all, I've never flashed a VC BIOS, so its a little bit intimidating.

personally . . . if it is only temporary (doom eventually loads) . . . and only in Doom, i wouldn't.

However, a BIOS Flash is NOTHING to fear . . . The Video BIOS Flashing Guide!
. . . just remember to backUP your OLD bios.

edit: think the link is right . . . finally

 

[warcrow]

Good info at that link. Thanks apoppin. :beer:

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: warcrow
Good info at that link. Thanks apoppin. :beer:

you're welcome


Have you seen the discussion in General?

edit: wow! evidently you are not alone for 6800u 'stuttering' probs. . . suggested fixes, disable fast writes; flash the bios; check sound card drivers.

 

[fbrdphreak]

There's always the simple, overlooked problem: defragging. I recommend Executive Software's Diskeeper, but any old defragger should work. Defrag a few times, disable fast writes, and maybe play with the Doom 3 caching settings. They're in another thread somewhere, but supposedly changing how D3 caches files affects smoothness during loading new levels. Give it a shot