Nvidia driver problems

[Orcishhuman]

Well I have a 6800 GS (an XFX which comes O/Ced to 480/1100mhz) and during recent games (mostly Half-Life 2 and AOE3) it randomly locks up, Windows telling me there was a problem with the file nv4_disp (running in an infinite loop)and so I should reinstall the drivers.
I installed the ones that came with my graphics card, and the 3 most recent ones from nvidia's website but none of them fixed the problem. Any help?
BTW; my specs: A64 3500+ O/Ced @ 2534 mhz
1024 GB of Corsair Value
Epox 9NPA+ Ultra
200 GB SataII Hitachi
XFX 6800 GS

 

[Azndude2190]

Originally posted by: Orcishhuman
Well I have a 6800 GS (an XFX which comes O/Ced to 480/1100mhz) and during recent games (mostly Half-Life 2 and AOE3) it randomly locks up, Windows telling me there was a problem with the file nv4_disp (running in an infinite loop)and so I should reinstall the drivers.
I installed the ones that came with my graphics card, and the 3 most recent ones from nvidia's website but none of them fixed the problem. Any help?
BTW; my specs: A64 3500+ O/Ced @ 2534 mhz
1024 GB of Corsair Value
Epox 9NPA+ Ultra
200 GB SataII Hitachi
XFX 6800 GS

Maybe you havent fully "cleaned" the old drivers and there somewhat still there...do that and install forceware beta 82.12

 

[Orcishhuman]

I tried, Half Life2 works well now but AOE III still has the random locking up =(

 

[Mem]

Try relaxing the memory timings on your system ram,see if that improves stability during gaming.

Also might have to reduce OC speed too.

 

[akugami]

Use Driver Cleaner, clean out all the drivers. Reinstall the latest drivers. Reduce all speeds to stock. See if that helps.

 

[Keysplayr]

OP, you do have the PCI-e bus locked to 100MHz don't you? Most of the mobo's I have seen allow us to lock the PCI-e/AGP bus to stock speeds so as not to overtax them. Some graphics cards are very sensitive to this. I agree with the others in here. Back down your overclocked system to stock just to test the stability. If you do not lock up at stock speeds, check the PCI-e lock in the BIOS if you have this ability. And you may have to relax your o/c to a bit more conservative one. But before all that, do the Driver Cleaner thing and try that first.