UK_Widowmaker

Well, following on from my Windows 7 hassles...it turns out that my trusty Nvidia 8800GTS had actually given up the ghost! I continued to get graphical errors constantly in W7..lost my patience, reformatted..and went back to XP. I was dissapointed to note, that the problem was even worse in XP than W7...so, off to get a new card! Duly installed and working..Win 7 forgiven, and reinstalled..all working fine!...what a pain the last 72 hrs have been!...but I'm nearly there!!

Yup..My Wife has gone off to her Sister's for a couple of days, my Son is on a two day Farming trip..I have the whole house, and my lovely Dogs to keep me company!...Lot's of opportunity to play OFF etc....But...It's only day one, and I am missing them both. It's the first time they have both been away.... I was looking forward to being on my own, without noise, hussle and bussle....but I don't like it!

Each to their own

Me too...never flashed a BIOS before personally...hope I never have to

They're back now...chaos once again ensues!...Horrah!

Welcome back to Hell :)

Have to say though...The delicious Indian Take away and the Bottle of Merlot have helped 'ease the pain' somewhat {hic)

Captain heard to say "Ok, let her have a go at steering"

Many Happy Returns!

Well, from what little I've seen, it looks a dangerous Job

Don't believe me?

Jailed, and then he should be deported back to the Gypsy camp, grief hole he comes from! Way too many of these Eastern European wasters over here!

Whilst you wait for P4...Unusual Puzzle!...enjoy http://www.brl.ntt.co.jp/people/hara/fly.swf

Well, you end up with the complete picture...but you need to move the pieces around as the pic moves...once completed, just a full picture

Hi Olham I got the Nvidia GTS 450...was all my budget would stretch too...but it seems to be fine Yes, random lockups and freezes are so damn frustrating!!...I share your pain!

Aaargh! Major graphics problems!..running any game whatsoever! All was fine, until tonight, when I installed Nvidia drivers (260.89)...horrible Jagged graphics, red patchworks..CTD's blue screens, and 'The Driver phucked up messages!) Even going back to the default Windows ones has not sorted it!...have done a system restore..still locking up! At a loss!

Thanks m8..not 'up' on the early birds

Hi Uncleal Yes, fsx is a pig to configure!...change one Nvidia setting wrong, and it runs like a snail on downers and whiskey!

Serious bit of kit there CJ! I have the 8800 GTS...have to say, it runs really well...have quite a few case fans, and a Coolermaster CPU Heatsink and fan...but never had an issue with the heat from the card tbh

Wow!...the scenery is almost FSX in quality!..how the hell have you guys made it look so good??...this is CFS3 we're talking about here!!!...unbelievable! What type is the new British Plane?

Thanks Morris / Parky/Everyone!..yes, a lesson learned!!

FSX works!...horrah!....that means everything will

OMG what a nightmare that was!! Ok, situation is, I have managed to succesfully install 258.96 WHQL...and all seems stable at the moment. Going to try and run FSX in a moment..because if anything can show up a Display problem..FSX can!! I had serious thoughts that my Graphics Card was Kaput!....half the problem, was I couldnt uninstall the 260.89 drivers from within Add/Remove...So, I reinstalled them...rebooted into Safe mode, then uninstalled!..that worked...the next issue, was that Win7 auto installs it's own Drivers...this also caused problems with a garbled display!...so, back to safe mode, uninstall the Card itself...rebooted back into safe mode...looked in device manager, and instead of a Nvidia driver, it had installed the standard VGA adaptor...Cool So, still in safe mode, I installed 258.96...and voila..I'm typing this!! Im scared stiff now about reinstalling Nvidia drivers....so, if anyone can post the exact sequence..I would be very grateful! Ok, fire up FSX...and see what happens!....wish me luck, I'm going in!!

Now running Win7 64 home premium...all looks great..need to go through the forum to see how to get Trackir working, but impressed so far :) Also, I seem to remember an issue with installing cfs3 and OFF too, that needs looking at?...but, I will wait until i have reinstalled it and see

Thanks Old Bean.....wish everything in my life was that easy! [sigh]