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    Nvidia GeForce Go 7900 GTX issue

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by mcampbell, Aug 3, 2008.

  1. mcampbell

    mcampbell Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello, thanks for reading this. I could use some advice on next options.

    I have a Sager 5760 notebook. Absolutely loved it until Age of Conan came out. The game wouldn't run properly with my video drivers, so I downloaded the video2go drivers. I ran Conan for a couple of days, but the graphics were really glitchy and the machine seemed to run really hot.

    I mucked about with it, trying to find a set of drivers that would work properly before I gave up after about a week. I just didn't think the game was worth the hassle.

    So, I went to Sager, downloaded my old drivers, used "Add/Remove Software" to remove the old drivers, booted into safe mode, ran Driver Sweeper to clear the drivers, rebooted into safe mode again, installed the original drivers and went on with my life.

    Only thing is that ever since then, I have video problems in World of Warcraft that I never had before. And I mean bad video problems. The video card will lock up. It will say that World of Warcraft can't launch 3D acceleration. It will have random lines or flickers in the background. Some skins don't stick to their object and go shooting across the screen.

    So, my question is, did I ruin my video card with those other drivers? Did I "overclock" it and burn it out or damage it in some way? Am I suffering from bad video game karma by trying to play Age of Conan? If I had realized it was made by Funcom, I wouldn't have bought it, honest.

    I've checked online for the price of a replacement card and I'm looking at $300 or so for a used one. Very disappointing. I've installed original drivers, reinstalled DirectX 9.0c. I'm kind of out of ideas.

    Any suggestions would really be appreciated. Especially if you tell me I'm really stupid and there is a quick fix on everyoneknowsaboutthisbutyou.com. I love it when my only problem is that I'm stupid. 8)

    Thanks again for reading.
     
    mcampbell, Aug 3, 2008
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  2. Rorschach

    Rorschach Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    Well, if the problem only started with drivers, I would try a few more drivers before you look into a replacement card.
     
    Rorschach, Aug 3, 2008
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  3. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    which drivers did you choose? I recommend Clevo drivers at LaptopVideo2Go.

    I hope you did a full install of the previous drivers, restart the PC, then install the new drivers (with modded INF if available).

    If you did not do it in that order, you need to clean out the drivers all together... with programs like CCleaner.
     
    Gophn, Aug 3, 2008
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