Attn: Rottydaddy

[olderndirt]

Per your suggestion, removed the 8800 card and uninstalled the driver 191.07.

[beaky]

I can't tell you much, except the nVidia control Panel should be in that folder in Start Menu, etc.
All I have in the NVIDIA folder in Application Data is a bin file (nvdevice)... not sure what that does.


I don't know much about either card (I use a 7950), but you might also try installing the Coolbits application- it alters the registry so that you can access all controls for the nVidia cards, including overclocking. It can be useful to fiddle (conservatively) with these settings.


http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=815


And more than once, I've had to confirm in FS9 as well as in the control panel that AA is being done only thru the card, etc.

[olderndirt]

That start menu folder "NVIDIA Corporation-nv5356" is still empty.

[beaky]

Sorry I couldn't be more helpful... but there's bound to be a solution; keep flailing away and you'll find it. 

[olderndirt]

Now I know how a dog feels chasing his/her tail.

[Hagar]

I'm going to show my ignorance here. I have an Nvidia card, granted it's an old one, & the only NVIDIA folder I can find is on my C: drive - C:\NVIDIA. I can't remember if I've ever updated the drivers but it works extremely well with all my MS sims. I've always accessed the display settings by right-clicking my desktop & selecting Properties.

I still think you have a driver conflict of some sort. I've never used it but I'm wondering if nHancer would help. http://www.nhancer.com/

I also think the gurus in the Hardware forum would soon fix this for you. http://205.252.250.26/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?board=hardw

[olderndirt]

The old adage "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" must have been written for graphics cards and drivers.

[hhomebrewer]

From what I've read, it appears at least one in ten nVidia owners are having problems-- it's good to not be alone.

Not to rub it in, but I have had nothing but really good results with every nVidia card I've ever used. Maybe I have been lucky. I can certainly understand the frustration and fear you feel when nothing works. You are afraid to begin noodling around with settings and things that with one keystroke or one click could delete necessary files and create all kinds of problems.  This is how I feel after I got "facebooked" and had to put in new hard drives and set this machine up all over again. I now have a multi-layered system in place to keep the bad stuff out of my computer...

[olderndirt]

Not to rub it in, but I have had nothing but really good results with every nVidia card I've ever used.

As, I'm sure, have many others.

[Mr Shanks]

It does sound like something is going on with your FS rather than your graphics card. I'm guessing you can watch a DVD or something on the system with out any bother??

I'm no expert, but when programmes get hung up on me, its allways because something is wrong with them, or parts of them are being used by another programme that is still running. Strange as how you have done a re-install and its still going on. Wish i could help more, but like i said, im no expert.

[olderndirt]

Wish i could help more, but like i said, im no expert.

At least we're both Scottish