Xfx 8800 Gts 320 mb xxx

[wazzi]

I have win vista ultimate and when ever i run a game, after like few mins my display driver stops working n every thing goes black, if i minimise the game then the display comes back and there is this error on the screen that the display driver has stopped working, and has recovered, but i cant play any game, i've been playin FEAR, oblivion, gost recon advanced warfighter ............guys i need help................solution.................is it the driver unstable or win vista unstable...............driver fails cause of my cards(xfx 8800 gts 320 mb xxx) over heating,???? btw i've my 3d settings are all set to max.......HELP!!!!

 

[MarcVenice]

You should try and monitor your temperatures, using ntune or rivatuner. Rivatuner might be easier to log your temperatures btw. You're card, depending on ambient temperatures shouldn't go above 80-85celsius.

What drivers did you install btw? And are you running the 32x or 64x version of ultimate? Btw, it being ultimate, business or whatever doesn't matter, all that matters is it being Vista, and how many bits it is. The fact that it works at first and then crashes doesn't really sound like a driver issue to me though. More like heat.

 

[wazzi]

i m using vista x64, btw i installed riva tuner n it didnt show any abnormal temps core temp not more then 70 c and ambient temp not more then 60 c, but i solved the problem but downclockin my processer to it stock clock i had overclocked it (E6700 2.66@3.0), but i m still confused what is this to do with display driver :S

 

[MarcVenice]

Did you lock your PCI bus to 100? And the other thing to 33.33 ?

 

[wazzi]

every thin was set to auto except i overclocked my ram to 800 mhz although its 800mhz by stock, my mb set its default bus to 667mhz and i overclocked my processor to 300, rest everythin was set auto..........i really m a noob at overclocking, do i have to lock the pci bus to 100???

 

[Keysplayr]

Put your system back to stock speeds and see if your problem remains. If it does, we can continue to troubleshoot other things. But first and foremost, when running PC components out of spec, that is the first thing to consider. "Is my overclocks causing instability in certain things?"

UPDATE: oops, I see you did this already and your problem is gone. Now ask yourself, "Do I really need to O/C my already VERY fast PC?".

I have a E6420 and a 8800GTS 640 and have not ever had reason to o/c anything.
The o/c on your 6700 was a mild one, so I don't think it's your CPU giving you grief. Most likely the memory timings (which I am NO expert at).

 

[wazzi]

well cause i paid more to buy a pc2-6400 ram so i wanted to run it at 6400 n i had to overclock my ram to 6400 as by default it was comin as pc2-5300, while doin that i thought why not a mild overclockin of my processor so i jus increased it from 266 to 300, it ran all stable it booted but when ever playin a game my display driver stops workin so i jus downclocked it back to the stock but not the ram, now its all fine still i wan to find out the connection of display driver with the over clockin of the processer :S

 

[MarcVenice]

the pci express clock should be at 100, the pci synchronization clock at 33.33

 

[wazzi]

my display driver stoped working there is this error on the screen that the display driver has stopped working and has recovered, n this time it was not a game i tryed to apply windows dreamscene wallpaper n it happened can anyone tell me whats wrong with my system

 

[wazzi]

the error is "Display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding and has successfully recovered"
NEED HELP!!!

 

[CrispSandwich]

I had the same problem with vista.I went back to Xp, i couldn't be arsed waiting for nvidia to sort it out. Check out this thread lots of people have the same problem, some good info there too.http://forums.anandtech.com/me...ord1=nvlddmkm+stopped+