XFX 8800GT + Vista 64 + IL2 1946 = CRASH!!!!!!!!!!
 

S! Alle,
I am having many difficulties with this combination.
At first I was getting crashes to Blue Screen...nv*** was the culprit. I found that the fan on the video card was "stck" at 23 %. I received a BIOS update from XFX and the fan still does not autmatically increase its speed. I am now using RIVA tuner to manually adjust to 85%.
I now receive message that IL2 has stopped working.
I am running the 169.21 video drivers.
i ahve installed the sim into C:\game\UBISOFT\IL2
please help.
Thank you for your time
AMD 64 x2 4200 +
ABIT AN8 Fatal1ty Sli
2 GB Crucial Ballistix
XFX 8800 GT Alpha Dog Edition 512 MB running 169.21 NvIdia Drivers
OCZ Gamextreme 700 Watt PSU. + many more fans to cool this down.

Seeing that this thread has nothing to do with me, I realize that there is no reason for me to be in here. lol

fritz post this sort of stuff in the ubisoft forum they have some peeps with your same set up.

http://forums.ubi.com/eve/ubb.x?a=fr...102&f=49310655

ROFL

Try reset your motherboard, ckeck cooler, check memory settings.

~!S!~ Alle,
complete clean of drivers twice in safe mode..
installed 169.25 WHQL
Ran blackdeath.trk for 2 hours no crash error though = failed to load....
Then I ran 3dmark05 score = 11,111
How is this score for my system?
AMD64 X2 4200
2 gig crucial ballistix
8800 GT 512 MB G92
Vista 64 HP
Thank you all for help

Core 2 duo e6600, 2gig cheap ram (not sure the make, may be kingmax or samsung) Chaintek 8800gt, xp service pack 3 and i get 10,438 on 3dmark06.
My guess is I should beat your 3dmark05 score. Will look for a copy of 05 and install it. Unless it was a typo and you meant 3dmark06, then I would say it is a brilliant score.

3Dmark06 wont run under Vista 64 bit sadly, didnt know 3Dmark05 did...
Im waiting on 3Dmark Vantage here my self.

Anyway, you should download the NVidia hotfixes for Vista if you didnt do so already.

:confused:

I'm running it no problem on Vista 64 Ultimate.

Don't sweat it out, ask for a replacement. The videocard should be working 100% correctly from the start. If it isn't, get a new one and forget about other "possible" side effects.