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    Asus n80 keeps crashing to desktop

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by AppleUsr, Dec 20, 2009.

  1. AppleUsr

    AppleUsr Notebook Deity

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    Im trying to play Kings Bounty. Its cool so far except randomly it crashes to the desktop. sometimes it happens after 5 minutes of play, other times I play for a half hour with no issues. Can anyone help what it might be. I have newest nvidia drivers installed on win 7 x64. error is below

    .BMRender\rmode.cpp(5426): DirectX call failed: -1, -1, E_FAIL ( An
    undetermined error occured inside the Direct3D subsystem)
     
    AppleUsr, Dec 20, 2009
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  2. AppleUsr

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    I did a little research and went to the Kings Bounty website. There were a few other people with the same problem. I guess if you rollback from the newest nvidia drivers to something older it fixes it.

    From what I read its not a game issue but an nvidia issue with thier newest drivers.
     
    AppleUsr, Dec 20, 2009
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  3. Mide

    Mide Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah I got an N80 too. The newer Nvidia drivers suck. I'm still using v179.48
     
    Mide, Dec 23, 2009
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    i recommend to the 186.81 drivers.. the best ones so far... 195 series one are a failure...
     
    sean473, Dec 23, 2009
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    Agreed it resolved most of my problems, offers allot more stabilty. I am very disappointed with Nvidia's latest drivers.
     
    $immond$, Dec 23, 2009
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    I have a N80 and 195.81 were the best when running resident evil 5 benchmarks. Dox 185.85 was very close second.
     
    aussiek2000, Dec 23, 2009
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  7. AppleUsr

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    when I had 195 drivers it ran benchmarks just fine. It was when I actually tried to play real games I began to see stability issues. I agree with Sean473, Mide, and $immond$ that the newer drivers are crap. I need drivers to do more then pretty benchmarks.
     
    AppleUsr, Dec 24, 2009
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    I can play everything I have installed just fine. (bioshock, Left 4 dead, COD4, COD5, resident evil 4). What N80 do you have? Mine is the N80vb with a 9300m gs.
     
    aussiek2000, Dec 24, 2009
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    N80VN-x5 NVidia 9650m GT
     
    AppleUsr, Dec 24, 2009
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