Problems? See this thread at archive.org.
So I didn't look through the whole thread, but is it possible to get the Z to use both gpu at the same time like a crossfire/sli setup?
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whose that pretender? poor Nautis
anyway, i always keep an eyes on this thread though good job Nautis and Dox too
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Am I only only one getting these "the display has driver stopped responding and has been restored" errors when using the intel card? It appears all the time when I'm doing "demanding" tasks like playing snes games with Zsnes
or using rosetta stone language learning software. It's fine with the 9300 though.
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i never had those problem so far using Z
lolz i hope you are joking about demanding tasks as running snes i guess maybe some issue on opengl? i have no clue. maybe i should try running snes..the old game so far ive test run with Z on stamina mode is playing Duke Nukem Manhattan. no problem running it.
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Aww shucks.
In all seriousness though, thank you for the kind words.
Its funny when modding drivers for as long as I have (Doubt anyone remembers me from the 3Dfx days.) and you start noticing errors or ways they could have written the official INFs better.
Take a few years off and now there are complete sites around like laptopvideo2go and fantastic modders like yourself and Pieter. I still feel like I am playing catch-up most of the time when it comes to these though.
Looking forward to the fantasic things you have in store for everyone in the future. Dox 185.85 was a truly amazing release. There are not many modders around that go to the extent you do to make sure your modded drivers work for so many people. For me being one of the fringe (aka. Hybrid Graphics) users I have nothing but appreciation when modders go out of their way for the fringe few like myself.
In all honesty I do not use the mGPU (Intel) much so I have not tested it thouroughly. My guess is that the errors are due to settings issues with the Intel portion. I have used the settings for the mGPU (Intel) portion pretty much how they are in the official drivers.
Thank you guys for reporting this issue. I will change some settings and see if I can fix it.
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Glad 190.15 seems to be working ok for most people. I had to move an entire office today, so I haven't had too much time to jump on the bugs and test out 186.18. I hope to post Hybrid Graphics 190.15 on laptopvideo2go if there are no serious bugs. I felt I owed it to you guys to let you test them first. I still have a lot to do including updating the first post here and modding 195.15 for another user I promised. So little time.
And thank you everyone for your kind words. I am humbled and honored. I enjoy modding and love when things work well, and the challenge when they do not. It is really you guys that make this all possible though. So thank you. -
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podam: Well I hope it's not faulty hardware, cause with Dox's 185.85 it happpened sometimes when I was idle in Windows too.
Miyabi: Yeah Zsnes being demanding is of course a joke I'll test some other random games with the intel card and see what happens.
EDIT: I did some testing with the intel card and it seems to me its related to Direct3D. I tried playing a snesgame using bsnes instead of Zsnes. bsnes enables you to choose between direct3d, opengl and directdraw for rendering. The same error happens with bsnes like in zsnes using direct3d but not with opengl or directdraw.
I checked the windows log during the error and it states the following:
Event 4101, Display
The displaydriver nvlddmkm stopped responding and has been restored.
Another error possible related states:
Event 12, The device Mobile Intel(R) 45 Express Chipset Series PCI Express Root Port - 2A41 (PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A41&SUBSYS_9025104D&REV_07\3&21436425&0&08) was removed from the computer without first being prepared for removal.
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using vista 32bit... i wish it was W7!
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Namaiki thanks for the info. I am not sure why they are labeled new on that portion of their site.That version has been up on their site for a while and is quite old. I will download it and take a look just in case they mislabeled it or something and let you know. BenQs downloads are horribly slow, by the way. You could probably download it almost as quick on dialup.
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This is a very good temperature!
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Hi nautis, sorry for the delay
I have tried the v2 inf and the same problem still occurs. Alltough I havnt had any problems with anything else besides emulating snes games with either zsnes or bsnes. I tried playing Half-life 2 (which uses direct3d I'm sure) with the intel card and no problems there.
It HAS happened one time in 4 hours when I was idle in Windows that the error appeared as well (both with the v2 inf and the old one)
For your information, in Dox's 185.85 the error occured more frequently when I was idle in windows (perhaps 3 times / hour) So this version seems more stable on the intel side.
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Would love to try them.
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Correct, I'm using vista business 32-bit. The error I am getting is very rare in windows, allltough it HAS happened, it happens frequently in bsnes and zsnes. I'll check with the creators of those emulators to see if its a known error they have with intel cards or anything else.
EDIT: I just noticed something else installing the updated intel drivers, the resolution choices are back to the old 4 resolutions compared to the many options given before with intel 1808. This things with resolutions seems to overlap between both the intel driver and the nvidia, no? Since I want the choice I'm switching back
My discoveries on Vaio Zs Hybrid Graphics
Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Nautis, Jan 16, 2009.
