Nvidia/Vista64 driver MADNESS
So I'm running Vista 64 on my rig with Aero and all the visual bling crap turned off...
I have an MSI 8800 GT...
Weird stuff happens...
I've documented the Open GL performance weirdness on this blog before...
I got decent Cinebench Open GL scores with version 177.26 of the nvidia drivers BUT I get some weird screen tearing in Cinema 4d and other 3d apps crash a lot... video apps and 2d apps are fine... except Open GL freaks out in After Effects from time to time.... So I decided to try other drivers to see if I could find a performance/stability sweet spot... Here's the drivers I've tried to far....
169.02 Poor OGL performance
169.28 Would not install
175.16 Poor OGL performance
177.26 Good OGL Performance Sketchy stability
177.66 Poor OGL performance
177.73 Poor OGL performance
177.79 Poor OGL performance
177.83 Poor OGL performance
177.89 Poor OGL performance Decent Stability
The difference between Poor and Good OGL performance is about %40 by the way...so it makes sense to me to get that extra performance...
And I'm also testing with different setting in the Nvidia control panel...VSynch off etc.... Each time I uninstall the drivers with Windows Programs... panel... a few of the drivers didn't completely uninstall and fucked subsequent installation attempts so I had to use Driver Cleaner to install another set....
The thing that makes me go WTF is when testing the 177.26 drivers... So install them... modify Nvidia settings....run Cinebench =low score.... Quit Cinebench... DO NOTHING... Launch Cinebench...run it = high score... repeat quitting and launching and testing over and over = high score...it makes no sense?!! Then if I change the nvidia settings the first time I run Cinebench I get a low score again... quit and test it again and high scores forever?!?!
I just read online that in 2007 "%30 of crashes in Vista were due to Nvidia drivers" hmmmm....
So I decided that I'll be buying a Radeon HD 3870 card at Frys tomorrow...another bike ride ^ ^ I'm tired of this driver bullshit... Lets hope the ATI card is like a dream come true ^ ^ If not I'll keep grinding on this shit.Brought to you by professional weirdo M dot Strange.