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Solved problems with 44.03 and Directx 9.0 and the Lack of NVIDIA support
I want to congratulate NVIDIA for being the only major company I have ever
seen that claims they do not produce anything so - they don't have to support anything. There is NO PLACE I COULD FIND on their website for me to return information to them on problems I had with their 44.03 driver. If NVIDIA did not write this driver, then WHO DID? I can guarantee that my next video card upgrade will not be NVIDIA. They make no effort to provide their customers with any information at all about problems with their most recent "universal driver" and Directx 9.0. After upgrading my machine to their 44.03 driver (which they claim no responsibililty for) and then installing Directx 9.0 none of the Direct3d tests would run without failure. I reinstalled Directx 9.0 and still no Direct3D. Finally, I reverted to NVIDIA's 40.72 and everything works. The ONLY plus I give NVIDIA is the ease with which I was able to downgrade. When I look for a place to post my problem on their web site so that other users can be informed, THERE IS NO SUCH PLACE. BTW, I have the following setup: Microsoft Windows 98 4.10.2222 A IE 5 6.0.2800.1106 Normal mode AuthenticAMD AMD Athlon(tm) Processor 1.0 GHZ 512MB RAM- 133 FSB - DDR NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 200 64MB |
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George C. Sievers wrote: I want to congratulate NVIDIA for being the only major company I have ever seen that claims they do not produce anything so - they don't have to support anything. There is NO PLACE I COULD FIND on their website for me to return information to them on problems I had with their 44.03 driver. If NVIDIA did not write this driver, then WHO DID? [snip] But, you could always use the drivers supplied by your video card manufacturers, could you not? The manufacturers do provide their own drivers, don't they? But you still chose to use the "original one" from Nvidia, did you not? I'll never say never again. Life's too many rules already, why should I give myself another one? Brian |
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"George C. Sievers" wrote in message news:PJFKa.23629$Bg.13581@rwcrnsc54... I want to congratulate NVIDIA for being the only major company I have ever seen that claims they do not produce anything so - they don't have to support anything. There is NO PLACE I COULD FIND on their website for me to return information to them on problems I had with their 44.03 driver. If NVIDIA did not write this driver, then WHO DID? Do not let your frustration cloud your reasoning. Such hyperbole doesn't help you present your case, which you have, in spite of your mini-rant. No, there is no bug-reporting on nvidia's website accessable to the general public. Nor, will you find one at ATIs for their catalyst suite either. To answer your question, nvidia does write their detonator drivers, and they have a very large department made up of dozens, potentially 100 persons who do nothing but toil upon them, in various degrees of involvement. At one point, nvidia reported nearly 300 persons working in the driver development dept. I can guarantee that my next video card upgrade will not be NVIDIA. They make no effort to provide their customers with any information at all about problems with their most recent "universal driver" and Directx 9.0. After upgrading my machine to their 44.03 driver (which they claim no responsibililty for) and then installing Directx 9.0 none of the Direct3d tests would run without failure. I reinstalled Directx 9.0 and still no Direct3D. Finally, I reverted to NVIDIA's 40.72 and everything works. The ONLY plus I give NVIDIA is the ease with which I was able to downgrade. When I look for a place to post my problem on their web site so that other users can be informed, THERE IS NO SUCH PLACE. There are several places to provide feedback on drivers. If you have a specific technical query from a developers perspective, you would already know how and to whom to address your issues. As an end user, who has taken it upon themselves to self-upgrade, you have the responsibility to self-police. By investigating on-line resources, such as guru3d, hardocp, anadtech, tom's hardware, firingsquad, hexus.net, nforcehq and, not in the least, usenet you would have a vast library of user input to help you troubleshoot and correct any potential problem. Which, it seems, you corrected. Congratulations on your technical victory. BTW, I have the following setup: Microsoft Windows 98 4.10.2222 A IE 5 6.0.2800.1106 Normal mode AuthenticAMD AMD Athlon(tm) Processor 1.0 GHZ 512MB RAM- 133 FSB - DDR NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 200 64MB If you had done your research, you would have already understood that the 44.XX's are optimzed and WHQL'ed for the more current nvidia cards, of which, yours isn't. In addition, Win9x is no longer officially supported by Microsoft, so any DirectX problem is going to have to be self-managed as well. I can understand completely your position, however, it is the reality of the modern marketplace, that older equipment, such as yours, is too burdensome for the manufacturer to support when the enthusiast and technical community has already archived the solutions and moved on. So, you had a problem with your dated equipment and non WHQL drivers, couldn't find the solution on the manufacturer's web site, fixed it yourself, and then complained. You then state you will not support nvidia for their lack of support. I counter that there is much more support from nvidia and the technical-irregulars, such as in this very forum, then you will find from any other vendor. Think on that for awhile. |
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There are several places to provide feedback on drivers. If you have a
specific technical query from a developers perspective, you would already know how and to whom to address your issues. resources, such as guru3d, hardocp, anadtech, tom's hardware, firingsquad, hexus.net, nforcehq and, not in the least, usenet you There is no way for an end user to report a bug directly to NVidia. This just hurts all the other end users because bugs go unresolved. Posting about it in forums like this doesn't help either. Ever since driver 42.01, the drivers will change the Digital Vibrance setting of the secondary display to "Low" whenever an overlay is created. We're now up to 44.65 and this bug hasn't been fixed, thoguh it might have been if there was a way to tell NVidia about it. |
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I'd like to point out he is using a basically discontinued OS, win 98 has
problems with the newer stuff. I tried to throw on detonator drivers on a 98 machine, and it got so bad I had to reformat cause the system got messed up. "George C. Sievers" wrote in message news:PJFKa.23629$Bg.13581@rwcrnsc54... I want to congratulate NVIDIA for being the only major company I have ever seen that claims they do not produce anything so - they don't have to support anything. There is NO PLACE I COULD FIND on their website for me to return information to them on problems I had with their 44.03 driver. If NVIDIA did not write this driver, then WHO DID? I can guarantee that my next video card upgrade will not be NVIDIA. They make no effort to provide their customers with any information at all about problems with their most recent "universal driver" and Directx 9.0. After upgrading my machine to their 44.03 driver (which they claim no responsibililty for) and then installing Directx 9.0 none of the Direct3d tests would run without failure. I reinstalled Directx 9.0 and still no Direct3D. Finally, I reverted to NVIDIA's 40.72 and everything works. The ONLY plus I give NVIDIA is the ease with which I was able to downgrade. When I look for a place to post my problem on their web site so that other users can be informed, THERE IS NO SUCH PLACE. BTW, I have the following setup: Microsoft Windows 98 4.10.2222 A IE 5 6.0.2800.1106 Normal mode AuthenticAMD AMD Athlon(tm) Processor 1.0 GHZ 512MB RAM- 133 FSB - DDR NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 200 64MB |
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I once tested a Radeon 7500. ATI's drivers are even worse. At least
they were in my case (no dual boot possible!). nVidia is the best. Which of course doesn't mean they are anything like perfect. :-( |
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