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Haliken

06-04-2011, 12:33 AM

Any time I run EQ2 after nearly any other program after restarting my computer, the shadows look like this in-game:<a href="http://i56.tinypic.com/1631g7.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i55.tinypic.com/2zxmlqa.png" width="480" height="270" /></a>I have an NVidia GTX 460 video card and it's definitely not the video card having problems (it would be drivers long before the video card itself... Let's face it. NVidia Drivers aren't amazing).------------------System Information------------------Time of this report: 6/3/2011, 20:32:04 Machine name: ENO Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.101209-1647) Language: English (Regional Setting: English)System Manufacturer: System manufacturer System Model: System Product Name BIOS: BIOS Date: 03/13/09 11:04:11 Ver: 08.00.10 Processor: Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E6300 @ 2.80GHz (2 CPUs) Memory: 3456MB RAM Page File: 1886MB used, 3453MB available Windows Dir: C:WINDOWS DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)DX Setup Parameters: Not found DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit Unicode------------DxDiag Notes------------ DirectX Files Tab: No problems found. Display Tab 1: No problems found. Sound Tab 1: No problems found. Music Tab: No problems found. Input Tab: No problems found. Network Tab: No problems found.--------------------DirectX Debug Levels--------------------Direct3D: 0/4 (n/a)DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)DirectInput: 0/5 (n/a)DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a)DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)---------------Display Devices--------------- Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 Manufacturer: NVIDIA Chip type: GeForce GTX 460 DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC Device Key: EnumPCIVEN_10DE&DEV_0E22&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_A1 Display Memory: 768.0 MB Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz) Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200 Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll Driver Version: 6.14.0012.7061 (English) DDI Version: 9 (or higher)Driver Attributes: Final Retail Driver Date/Size: 4/7/2011 22:14:00, 4111232 bytes WHQL Logo'd: n/a WHQL Date Stamp: n/a VDD: n/a Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys Mini VDD Date: 4/7/2011 22:14:00, 12501600 bytesDevice Identifier: {D7B71E3E-4D62-11CF-2578-0C2000C2CB35} Vendor ID: 0x10DE Device ID: 0x0E22 SubSys ID: 0x00000000 Revision ID: 0x00A1 Revision ID: 0x00A1 Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_C ModeMPEG2_D Deinterlace Caps: {6CB69578-7617-4637-91E5-1C02DB810285}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch {6CB69578-7617-4637-91E5-1C02DB810285}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch {6CB69578-7617-4637-91E5-1C02DB810285}: Format(In/Out)=(YV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch {6CB69578-7617-4637-91E5-1C02DB810285}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch Registry: OK DDraw Status: Enabled D3D Status: Enabled AGP Status: EnabledDDraw Test Result: Not run D3D7 Test Result: Not run D3D8 Test Result: Not run D3D9 Test Result: Not run-------------Sound Devices------------- Description: Realtek HD Audio output Default Sound Playback: Yes Default Voice Playback: Yes Hardware ID: HDAUDIOFUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0662&SUBSYS_10438290&REV_1001 Manufacturer ID: 1 Product ID: 100 Type: WDM Driver Name: RtkHDAud.sys Driver Version: 5.10.0000.5904 (English) Driver Attributes: Final Retail WHQL Logo'd: n/a Date and Size: 7/29/2009 13:06:24, 5870080 bytes Other Files: Driver Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp. HW Accel Level: Full Cap Flags: 0x0 Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 0, 0 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0 HW Memory: 0 Voice Management: No EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: Yes, Yes I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: Yes, YesSensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No Registry: OK Sound Test Result: Not run

deadcrickets2

06-04-2011, 04:19 AM

Try the new <a href="http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-winvista-32bit-275.33-whql-driver.html" target="_blank">275.33 drivers</a> first and let us know if it's still bugging out.

Haliken

06-04-2011, 06:51 AM

Go figure that it's a so-far-so-good case right now. I'll add more detail later if anything's changed (well, or not. Never hurts to post good news either).

TSR-JoshuaM

06-04-2011, 01:50 PM

<cite>Haliken wrote:</cite><blockquote>Go figure that it's a so-far-so-good case right now. I'll add more detail later if anything's changed (well, or not. Never hurts to post good news either).</blockquote>I haven't had problems with the drivers you were using in the original post either. I've had to reinstall the same drivers before because of issues during install that were not immediately apparent.

deadcrickets2

06-04-2011, 02:40 PM

Some folks were having problems with the prior driver version. Mostly due to the new 3D driver installed with it causing drops of 30% in performance.

TSR-JoshuaM

06-04-2011, 02:50 PM

<cite>deadcrickets2 wrote:</cite><blockquote>Some folks were having problems with the prior driver version. Mostly due to the new 3D driver installed with it causing drops of 30% in performance. </blockquote>Which one specifically? Our recommend drivers aren't as quickly updates as the drivers themselves get released so I'll forward the info over to QA.

deadcrickets2

06-04-2011, 03:53 PM

<cite>TSR-JoshuaM wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>deadcrickets2 wrote:</cite><blockquote>Some folks were having problems with the prior driver version. Mostly due to the new 3D driver installed with it causing drops of 30% in performance. </blockquote>Which one specifically? Our recommend drivers aren't as quickly updates as the drivers themselves get released so I'll forward the info over to QA.</blockquote>270.61. It's talked about a lot on places like [H]ardForum. Mostly issues revolving around the 3D Vision Center crap that is installed by default.

Haliken

06-04-2011, 04:53 PM

Well, messing around more this morning, I haven't run into any issues with either the GPU shadows or with the ambient occlusion/sunshafts/depth of field (different, much more minor issue there) yet, so I'm thinking that these drivers (275.33) did the trick for me.

TSR-JoshuaM

06-09-2011, 04:33 PM

275.33 has been working great for me too. Very happy with them personally.