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    Problems with Far Cry 2 - GF 9800M GT SLI

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by J@CKY, Oct 22, 2008.

  1. J@CKY

    J@CKY Notebook Guru

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    I am not sure if it is the problem of my display or what,
    I dont have any problem with other games, like Crysis, Crysis Warhead, etc.

    but when I try to change the resolution from it's default 1024x640 to my screen resolution (1920x1200), it appears like as shown in the print screen below, and nothing happen since then.

    I've tried to change to other resolutions, the same thing happened again. The weird thing is, the game was not "without responding". Music keeps on playing, and it appeared as "Running" in the Task Manager...

    could anyone help??

    PRINT-SCREEN (click to enlarge):
    [​IMG]
     
    J@CKY, Oct 22, 2008
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  2. Thund3rball

    Thund3rball I dont know, I'm guessing

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    Uhm, maybe your GPU can't handle that resolution. Just a guess. My other suggestion is to update your driver.

    Edit: Doh I just saw you are SLI, sorry. I know that a new beta driver was released for nVidia desktop GPUs yesterday specifically for FC 2. I am guessing it has something to do with SLI and drivers though. Can you run it non-SLI?
     
    Thund3rball, Oct 22, 2008
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  3. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    There was a problem with FC2 and SLi, I don't know if it has been solved with the latest Nvidia drivers...
     
    usapatriot, Oct 22, 2008
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  4. J@CKY

    J@CKY Notebook Guru

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    hanks for the suggestion, but i am using quite a new driver, 180.10,

    Regarding the new beta driver specifically for FC2, where can i find it and are there more details abt it?

    Cheers
     
    J@CKY, Oct 22, 2008
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  5. J@CKY

    J@CKY Notebook Guru

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    Do you mean that I could have FC2 run normally if SLI is disabled?
     
    J@CKY, Oct 22, 2008
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  6. Baserk

    Baserk Notebook user

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    You can download the most recent 180.42 at nVidia.com, it's a beta, not WHQL yet but it's optimized for FC2.
    Laptopvideo2go.com has that one also with a modded .inf file for the GFX cards not supported by the original nVidia beta version.
    The one from LTV2Go is smaller in size only because it's better compressed.
    Cheers.
     
    Baserk, Oct 22, 2008
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  7. brainer

    brainer Notebook Virtuoso

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    the problem is with the 180.42 driver i believe, if the user is trying to initiate the game under Vista with Dx9, he gets a blackscreen, so what you need to do is try to force DX10 and see what happens
     
    brainer, Oct 22, 2008
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    mufflan Notebook Consultant

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    Try this

    Go to Compatibility tab of the Far Cry 2.exe and tick the "Disable desktop composition" option.

    [​IMG]
     
    mufflan, Oct 22, 2008
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  9. J@CKY

    J@CKY Notebook Guru

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    Thanks mate,
    I have updated to 180.42, everything is fine with FC2 now,
    jz a very little unsmooth.. so i'll see if there're any upcoming stable version of this driver.

    Cheers
     
    J@CKY, Oct 22, 2008
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