Trouble with BFG tech nvid 7800 on Vista

dagame666 · Apr 3, 2007, 12:15 AM

I recently took the leap and upgraded from Xp to Vista, everything was going well, but to my surprise my nvidia 7800 card was not working properly,

I would be able to start a game up, but when i was in the game, the graphics would be garbled and odd looking.
It even looks messed up for default vista games like chess.

I've set windows updates to never install because of the hassle it causes. Is there a fix that windows has implemented for the display adapter and should i turn it back on to see if they have a patch?

I installed nvidia vista drivers, so i'm not sure what i'm doing wrong.

:/

help?

fobis · Apr 4, 2007, 01:02 AM

Sounds like a case of really screwed up drivers to me. Probably from the upgrade from XP to Vista.
I'd try uninstalling all of your video drivers and using DriverCleaner to clean out the junk leftover and then installing a new video driver set for Vista.

dagame666 · Apr 4, 2007, 01:58 AM

yeah i thought it might have been

turns out i had to update the chipset drivers as well as the videocard drivers,

now everything's ship shape.

thanks

Prince_Link · Apr 5, 2007, 02:51 PM

um actually this early into vistas life, its really STUPID to disable automatic updates, especially

fobis · Apr 6, 2007, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Prince_Link

um actually this early into vistas life, its really STUPID to disable automatic updates, especially

lol, let's not insult the guy. He has perfectly good reasons for not wanting to install Windows updates, I'm sure. Besides, your post would techincally be thread jacking, IIRC.

Prince_Link · Apr 9, 2007, 12:44 PM

i don't see how its thread jacking considering im posting in response to something to op has said.

bstef9950 · Apr 17, 2007, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by fobis

lol, let's not insult the guy. He has perfectly good reasons for not wanting to install Windows updates, I'm sure. Besides, your post would techincally be thread jacking, IIRC.

I don't really think he meant to be insulting! It is early in Vista to turn off updates there have been some usefull updates.I was and still to a point am having the same driver problums.I reinstalled Vista after having the same problums and things are better now.Im still looking for a decent driver for my AGP-Nvidia 6800GT i'll post if i find something

Apr 3, 2007, 12:15 AM	#1
dagame666 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	Trouble with BFG tech nvid 7800 on Vista I recently took the leap and upgraded from Xp to Vista, everything was going well, but to my surprise my nvidia 7800 card was not working properly, I would be able to start a game up, but when i was in the game, the graphics would be garbled and odd looking. It even looks messed up for default vista games like chess. I've set windows updates to never install because of the hassle it causes. Is there a fix that windows has implemented for the display adapter and should i turn it back on to see if they have a patch? I installed nvidia vista drivers, so i'm not sure what i'm doing wrong. :/ help?

Apr 4, 2007, 01:02 AM	#2
fobis DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 716 Rep Power: 51	Sounds like a case of really screwed up drivers to me. Probably from the upgrade from XP to Vista. I'd try uninstalling all of your video drivers and using DriverCleaner to clean out the junk leftover and then installing a new video driver set for Vista. __________________ MacBook Pro Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.4 Intel Core 2 Duo 2.33GHz 2GB DDR2-677 ATi Mobility Radeon X1600 256MB 120GB 7200RPM SATA HDD

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Prince_Link HardwareHeaven Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 274 Rep Power: 0	um actually this early into vistas life, its really STUPID to disable automatic updates, especially __________________

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Prince_Link HardwareHeaven Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 274 Rep Power: 0	i don't see how its thread jacking considering im posting in response to something to op has said. __________________

Apr 4, 2007, 01:58 AM	Thread Starter #3
dagame666 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	yeah i thought it might have been turns out i had to update the chipset drivers as well as the videocard drivers, now everything's ship shape. thanks