New nVidia Drivers out, have Civ4 fixes

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NVidia Forceware 81.98 WHQL Drivers - tech

A new WHQL Forceware graphics drivers v81.98 (Win2k/XP ~ 20.8MB) are available for download from the official NVIDIA download page.

Single GPU Issues Resolved:
- Low Viewperf 8.01 scores occur with Dual Core and dual processor systems.
- Dual Core Processors: Corel Paint Shop Pro X does not work.
- Rendering problems occur in Need for Speed: Most Wanted.
- GeForce 7 Series: Ground textures in Flight Simulator 2004 do not render correctly when using "Ultra High" settings.
- GeForce 7800 GTX 512: The system cannot resume from Standby.
- GeForce 7800 GTX/GT: Running F.E.A.R. hangs the system on the Apple 30" Cinema display when Monitor Scaling is used.
- GeForce 7800 GTX/GT, GeForce 6800/6600: Ground and water textures are corrupted when zooming out in Civilization 4.
- GeForce 7800 GTX/GT, GeForce 6800: Shadows fail to render in Splinter Cell 1.
- Dual GeForce 7800 GTX/GT: Everquest 2 launches to a black screen when antialiasing is set to 2xQ at 1920 x 1200 resolution.
- GeForce 7800 GTX 512: Chronicles of Riddick does not run at resolutions higher than 800x600.
- GeForce 7800, GeForce 6800: Corruption is seen in Flight Simulator 2004.
- GeForce 7800 GTX, GeForce 6800, Quadro FX 4500: The system slows down with the Liquid Edition SD time line.
- GeForce 6800: Wrong colors appear when playing QuickTime trailers using the non-native video resolution.
- GeForce 6800 Ultra / GeForce FX 5950 Ultra: Battlefield 2 has corruption or crashes when a player switches from zoomed commander view to zoomed sniper view.
- GeForce 6800: Shimmering or cropping of the full-screen video mirror occurs when covering the video window with another window.
- GeForce 6150/6100, Windows XP Media Center Edition: The driver does not recognize display connection changes that occur during a
system shutdown.
- GeForce 6100/6150, Windows Media Center Edition 2005 Update Rollup 2: HD modes are listed as available when a TV is connected
using S-Video.
- GeForce 6150/6100, Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005: The display remains inactive when resuming from Suspend mode.
- GeForce FX 5200: Textures disappear in CrimeLife v105.
- GeForce4 Ti 4200, Windows 98: Java applications crash when calling OpenGL.

gunnergoz said:

- GeForce 7800 GTX/GT, GeForce 6800/6600: Ground and water textures are corrupted when zooming out in Civilization 4.

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I use the 81.95 drivers; they fixed the globe-view corrupted textures bug for me.

SIMpleton said:

I use the 81.95 drivers; they fixed the globe-view corrupted textures bug for me.

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Agreed. I used the 81.95 on my 6800 GT and didn't have any problems with the globe view. Perhaps this 81.98 update will fix the problem for those who are having this problem though.

Great. I'll download it and see if it improves anything. Thanks for letting me know - was hoping for an update. Thinking of upgrading the card too.

I can confirm that the new drivers mentioned above- 81.98- fixed my corrupted Globe View. This was coming from the 81.85 drivers with an MSI NX6800 card.

What about the bug that causes the monitor to go in sleep mode (no signal from graphic card), and with the result of restarting the PC??

- GeForce 7800 GTX/GT, GeForce 6800/6600: Ground and water textures are corrupted when zooming out in Civilization 4.

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That's really, really minor, and more importantly it addresses a problem that I don't have.

I'll certainly update my drivers eventually, but I'm in no rush to do so.

Lets see if these new drivers will magically transform my FX5200 into a 7800GTX. What are the chances...

Howdy. Will this solve the crashes to desktop? I have the Fx5200 and it crashes when the wonder video starts.

jdamage said:

Howdy. Will this solve the crashes to desktop? I have the Fx5200 and it crashes when the wonder video starts.

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only way to find out is if you try.

Ghost22 said:

only way to find out is if you try.

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Sorry, that's incorrect. The other way is to let someone else try it first and see if it fixes it. That way if it messes something up you let some other poor slob goof up his computer instead of yours.

Thank you Gunn. I uninstalled whatever else I had then followed your link. Now, no more crashes when the wonder video starts playing! I actually got to play 4 1/2 hours straight w/ no problems. Thanx a mil. If you are ever in the Bronx / Yonkers, drinks are on me.

new nvidia drivers did nothing for my freeze/crash problem. This game is starting to piss me off

Hope this fixes that texture corruption problem when zooming out on ma system.. Really spoils the effect when looking at the map..