Nvidia drivers crash while rendering video, in firefox, NOT during games?
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How simple is the process of updating nVidia video card drivers?
I've got an ATI card at the moment, which I like because Steam takes care of all my updating for me - it automatically detects the card and downloads the right drivers - no risk of mismatching them. But I am looking at a complete PC upgade soon and I want to understand my options. I'm pretty sure Steam doesn't auto-update nVidia drivers, so I'm just wondering if there's a simple way of "setting and forgetting" this with nVidia cards, or am I gonna have to surf through the nVidia website...
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I swapped out my video card for a nVidia, and I've been notified automatically of updates ... but you...
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Computer under performing considering its build?
OS: Windows 7 home premium CPU: intel core i7 cpu 930 @ 2.8GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.8GHz Memory: 6 GB RAM GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 Mobo: EVGA 132-BL-E758 HD: WD caviar black 1 TB Battlefield 3, GTA 4, Batman Arkham Asylum, Saints Row, and other games lag...
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It would have to be your video card. You probably have a power supply that's lower wattage than what...
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Is my graphics driver dying?
Recently (yesterday night) I've been having problems with my computer. Specifically on startup sometimes I will get these rows of lines across my screen. Also, my computer will crash frequently. I've been trying to diagnose the problem myself and this...
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Clean the dust out of all the fans and heatsinks. After that monitor your gpu's temp using gpu-z (free...
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Laptop graphics error. Cant figure out the problem.?
Ok so I have a ASUS G73S. i7 prossesor, nvidia geforce GTX460m video card. Problem im having started awhile ago and is now returning. While playing games which ive been playing the whole time ive had this my screen starts to glitch and get a blue haze...
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This is called bump underfill cracking. When the GPU gets hot, it expands. When it gets cool, it shrinks...
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I uninstalled the drivers to my NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M video card and now I have a problem...?
First off, I have an M15x Alienware laptop with Windows 7: 64 bit. I have had it since Christmas 2009. Two days ago I uninstalled the drivers because I was trying to fix a problem [the display drivers stopped responding and recovering as I tried to use...
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It sounds like all you need to do is reinstall the drivers for the video card. That should fix it. Once...
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Computer freezes randomly XP?
My computer has been freezing randomly with games ( wow and ut3 ) also it freezes on sites like youtube and similar sites ( i dont really go to many sites anyway, so i cant really give an answer to if it freezes on simple websites). I have to physically...
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The most common cause of computer freezes is a corrupt registry. Corruption within your registry keys...
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Removing and Installing Video Drivers (Nvidia)?
My card is a Nvidia GTX 550 TI. My current drivers are NVidia 3D Vision controller Driver 285.62 NVidia 3D Vision Driver 275.88 NVidia Grahpics Driver 275.88 NVidia HD Audio Driver 1.2.24.0 NVidia PhysX System Software 9.12.0213 I want to upgrade my...
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I don't think you need to uninstall any of those as the nVidia installer will updates all necessary...
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All I want to do is play games on my gaming laptop!
Why does my laptop crash to a black screen only while gaming? Model: Gateway FX-7805u CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 @ 2.26 GHz Video card: GeForce 9800M GTS 1GB RAM: 4GB My laptop has only been acting up while only playing games. I've never had this problem...
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Are you sure that the drivers you're updating are for Windows 7? It sounds like there must be some driver...
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New games are crashing my computer
My computer started crashing to a black screen a few minutes into any new game.I just got payday 2, and 4-5 minutes into the introductory map my computer would crash to a black screen, I thought it was the game, so then I tried the other new game I just...
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NVidia's new drivers seem to be causing some issues on older cards, including overheating and black...
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Why do I have to underclock my laptop to play games so that my NVIDIA GPU doesn't crash?
I have a 3 year old Dell XPS 15. By the end of last year, I have had to underclock my Core and Memory Clock. This helped in avoiding frequent Nvidia driver crashes or complete computer freeze at times when playing any game (even happened with Counter...
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If underclocking has been your solution than overheating was your problem. The root cause is one of...