Nvidia Drivers?- Help Needed!

[BioRocker]

Hey, I don't know how to find out which NVidia drivers I need to update. Any help would be much appreciated!

[Dark_Figment]

Which OS you using?

[BioRocker]

Windows, I am using windows Xp

[neildittmar]

Here is a link to the specialized nVidia ForceWare drivers for BioShock:

http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_do...etadriver.html

Simply select which OS you're running, download the appropriate driver, and install. Note though that these drivers are BETA's and have not been WHQL certified. Although the chances of a severe problem are minimal, you install and use them at your own risk.

[solobaricsrock]

beta driver 163.44

[BioRocker]

I have already updated my ATI driver, do I need to update Nvidia as well?

[hein]

biorocker, go here:

http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

and click graphics driver. the rest should be self explanatory, that is if you know which graphics card you have. if not, right-click my computer, select properties, hardware, then device manager. click on the plus next to display adapters and it will show you which card you have.

[BioRocker]

Thank you, but do I need to update my Nvidia drivers if I have already updated my ATI Drivers?

[Dark_Figment]

Thank you, but do I need to update my Nvidia drivers if I have already updated my ATI Drivers?

Why the hell you got both ATI and nVidia in one machine?

[solobaricsrock]

so u are using a Nv mobo with a ATI card??? Make sure there are no driver conflicts or you could wind up with stuff not working right (or at all)

[Christoph680]

well you can't have two graphic cards from various manufactors at the same time in your pc so which one du you have in it? ATI or NVidia?

[neildittmar]

Thank you, but do I need to update my Nvidia drivers if I have already updated my ATI Drivers?

You shouldn't need both the ATI hotfix and the nVidia beta drivers as they both address the video card. That is, you'll either have an ATI video card or an nVidia in almost all cases. What kind of video card do you have?

[Christoph680]

what did I say?

[neildittmar]

well you can't have two graphic cards from various manufactors at the same time in your pc so which one du you have in it? ATI or NVidia?

Although it's not recommended (particularly for gaming), you can have two different vendor graphics cards in your PC. The easiest way to accomplish this is to use an older PCI card along with an AGP/PCI-Express card. So for example, you could have an old GeForce 4MX card in a standard PCI slot and a Radeon x1950XT in a PCI-Express slot. They should be able to co-exist for most general functions and the draw for doing this is the ability to run triple monitors. However, in games you're likely to get conflicts and have other issues.

[fish99]

Thank you, but do I need to update my Nvidia drivers if I have already updated my ATI Drivers?

What video card do you have - ATI or nVidia? You only need to update drivers for whichever manufacturer made your video card, ATI or nVidia. There's no updated mobo drivers for Bioshock, just video card.

[KamikaZe]

Although it's not recommended (particularly for gaming), you can have two different vendor graphics cards in your PC. The easiest way to accomplish this is to use an older PCI card along with an AGP/PCI-Express card. So for example, you could have an old GeForce 4MX card in a standard PCI slot and a Radeon x1950XT in a PCI-Express slot. They should be able to co-exist for most general functions and the draw for doing this is the ability to run triple monitors. However, in games you're likely to get conflicts and have other issues.

I don't think the poster with this problem has even the slightest idea what you are talking about...... So this knowledge of you has no use in this thread

[neildittmar]

I don't think the poster with this problem has even the slightest idea what you are talking about...... So this knowledge of you has no use in this thread

Which is why I addressed the OP and Christoph680 separately, quoting what I was responding to accordingly. Yes, more than likely the OP doesn't have this problem and is just confused about driver updates. However, we have no idea what he/she or anybody else reading this thread is or isn't running. These are public forums, which implies that anybody could be reading the responses here... not just the OP or others who decide to register and post. Perhaps someone else reading this could benefit from that information, either from a technical support standpoint or a "hey I didn't know you could do that" perspective.

[dandragonrage]

OP: give us your full system specs and we'll tell you what drivers you should have installed. Also, what other people failed to mention, if you're updating drivers, uninstall the old ones and reboot first. Do not just run the new installer.

[cersei]

XP pro
2 gb ram
dual core cpu
7900gt 256ram


The 163.44 drivers don't do anything to help with the myriad bugs/crash issues being reported across the boards. I tried the 163.44 driver as well as the most recent official release and the game crashes in the exact same spot(s) with both. Patch time. And I would expect to see additional drivers from nvidia to go along with it. now we play the waiting game.