Nvidia problem!?

[Kained But Able]

Ok I posted this in TES forums but I've been having no joy really.

"Ok so this actually happened a few months ago but when I created a thread here it dropped down to page 10 in 5 seconds. It ran fine for about 60 hours but then suddenly when I went to save a game it restarted the computer... and didn't save... which is a bit of a pain in the spotted owl. I tried playing again yesterday and then same thing happened, but this time I had an internet connection on the computer so I hit "send error report" and got redirected to this page. I updated my drivers like it said and the game ran fine, happily saving as I went along. Until I decided it was probably best I got some of that sleep stuff. Then it restarted the computer when I tried to save. I tried again this morning and it seems to be saving fine, but when I turn at certain angles in the rain in get big green lines across the screen (never happened before. It may be useful to note I'm using Max Tael's environment plug-ins). If anyone knows what's causing these problems, and even better how to solve them, I'd be most grateful."

The only reply so far: "Well the comptr guy told me that nvideo was the way 2 go especiully if ur gona play games liek Oblivion, but If ur not gona Play Gamess he said "Than U do not need the nvideo but ur in need of an A T I card." So I look into A T I card and Its not much... So ur gonna have 2 get ur card fixed."


Help anyone?

EDIT: Add to that invisible creatures attacking me, appearing and disappearing at random.

[olin]

What kind of card do you have? It could be a overheating problem, corrupted driver, memory leak, a whole gulag of problems. Before you do anything, I suggest you follow nVidia's steps to uninstall the card, and the drivers, then re-install them. It's time consuming, but obviously you want to fix the problem. Also, what temprature is your card running at? If it's an overheating problem, it could be fixed by simply adding a PCI-Slot fan.

"Well the comptr guy told me that nvideo was the way 2 go especiully if ur gona play games liek Oblivion, but If ur not gona Play Gamess he said "Than U do not need the nvideo but ur in need of an A T I card." So I look into A T I card and Its not much... So ur gonna have 2 get ur card fixed."
Wow, the amount of sense I made of that is staggering I wonder if his computer guy understands both ATI and nVidia run games great, it just depends on the model....bah!

[Kained But Able]

I'm using the super amazing utterly useless GeForce 6200. I reinstalled the card and drivers last night so it shouldn't be them. I stopped using part of the environment mod and the annoying green lines and invisible creatures seem to have disappeared for now. Hopefully it keeps letting me save too.

[olin]

I've noticed quite a few compatibility issues with certian mods, especially graphics tweaks. How does "vanilla" Oblivion run?

[Kained But Able]

Vanilla runs fine. I'm pretty sure it was the weather part of the mod that was doing the damage cos it's been running fine now it's disabled. Still running the water and habitat parts of the mod with no apparent problems.

[Kained But Able]

Ug. Just restarted my computer after about 45 minutes-1 hour of happy gaming. Kinda annoying. Don't want to ruin my PC.

[hecktik]

if the vanilla game runs fine then clearly a mod is responsible. just remove the mod and quit trying to beat around the bush. if you know it only does that with the mod enabled then why do you ask if it is a video card issue? clearly it isn't, and a 6200 is a very good card. what are you? tech spoiled?

[Kained But Able]

When I said vanilla runs fine, I meant the invisible animals and green lines weren't there. There is however still the problem with computer restarts at saves, which has been happening since I bought it and even when I don't use mods. When I submitted the error report after the computer restarted it came up with that page saying it was a nvidia problem and there was no known solution.

[olin]

nVidia did release "oblivion" maximized drivers. You should try to snag those, if it still doesn't work, I'd send the error message, and the problem to nVidia, if it's resetting, you may need a bigger power supply.

[Kained But Able]

I'll try to find the oblivion drivers then... I let it auto-detect graphics settings earlier today and it kept resetting, but after I turned the graphics settings from "really low" to "can't get much lower" it worked for a bit. Until I got to the Imperial City. Then it crashed again.

[Hunessai]

It might be a RAM problem.

[Kained But Able]

Well I have 1 gig of RAM which is the recommended, plus a couple of hundred megs set aside on my HD as RAM.

[olin]

You could have a memory leak, perhaps? What kind of processor do you have? Also, if you have an extra gig to spare, set that for your Virtual Memory, nVidia's latest forceware drivers are "Oblivion Optimized"

[Kained But Able]

I have 190 gig free on my hard drive and can set up to 3 gig virtual memory.

I've got an Athlon 64 3400+

And I'm downloading the forceware drivers just now thanks.

[Kained But Able]

Umm... I get the feeling this isn't right...

[Hunessai]

Windows does that to scare you into only using programs that they approve of.

It might be just fine.


As for the RAM, I mean a hardware issue. Try this.

[Kained But Able]

Well I played for a few hours today and all went fine. I've been playing in about half hour shifts though so that might be helping. Hopefully it carries on with no problems.

[olin]

Don't worry about the screen bro, it just isn't certified by Microsoft, I have them, they work perfectly.

Hopefully it runs a little smother now.

[Hunessai]

My game has been crashing every 30 minutes to 4 hours since I got it- usually triggering when I move the screen or load into a new area. It stinks. My computer also has a RAM problem or some such, and is incapable of playing any sound. Poor, crippled, computer.