What do you do when a gfx card is to good or the drivers do not suit an old game. I have been playing Joint Operations since its release and will carry on till there are no servers. I have an issue with nvidia cards only as they do not suit this game. what do I do or is there way I can put an old driver on the 780. Or do I go back to Ati.
When you say 'gfx card is too good' ..what do you mean exactly? ...is the game running faster than it should?
The game just freezes then the screen goes black then restarts. My 680 did the same. My ati cards have never done this or the old gts8800. It's only the newer nvidia cards. The card works brilliantly with crysis and spec ops II
It's not an issue I've come across before, you could try using the default windows graphics driver, failing that try to find the oldest version of the nvidia driver. I'm assuming you installed the game after installing the nvidia card ...& not before?
have you tried running the game in compatibility mode ? ( Say windows XP ) I have several older games that simply wont run unless compatibility mode is on
I have always run it whilst in win 7 no problem. I have never unistalled the game but always just swapped the gfx cards. Will an old driver work on this card. Will try the windows default driver. Thanks for your time and patience guys as I love this game and get online on vent or teamspeak every night with friends from all over. Been friends with these guys and girls since the game came out in 2004 and it means a lot to me
For efficiency, some old games used to compile(based on the card used on the system) their code during the install, ...so swapping the card post install could cause problems for the game.
I had the same issue when trying to play the original Assassins Creed, I have to use my old 9600 that i used for a Physx card to get it to play correctly. You could try looking for a patch if you already haven't. Or option #2 while not optimal you can insert your old graphics in another PCIE slot and use it as a physx card then use that to play the game, I have mine connected to a separate monitor. Just cut the 780 off in the Nvidia control panel and play on the 2nd screen. I hope this makes sense, i have only had 1 cup of coffee and it's early.
That may be too powerful also I was trying to play with tri 260s and had problems, but I'm not sure of the game specs, if those were the cards out back when the game was designed/updated by all means.
I had (not tried it for a while) an issue with Fallout 3 and SLI. The screen was flickering like mad. It seems Nvidia like to break older games with reckless abandon Easy fix was simply disable SLI for the game (in the profiles thing).
I would assume it's most likely some kind of driver issue. Try disabling SLI, using an older driver etc
I believe he hasn't got SLI so the SLI option wont even be there Here's the system requirements VIDEO CARD: DirectX 9.0 AGP video card with 32MB & HW-T&L required. 128MB or greater recommended. Compatible 3D cards include: nVidia GeForce 2, 3, 4, 59xx, 6xxx and ATI Radeon 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800, X800. We do not support the following video cards: ATI Rage, FireGL, NVIDIA Quadro, TNT/TNT2 and Vanta chipsets,Kyro,Kyro II, Intel 810 and 815, SiS, Xabre, Matrox chipsets. Video cards without pixel shaders or with less than 128MB ram will not support all graphics features. OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows� 98, ME, 2000, XP CPU TYPE & SPEED: Minimum: Pentium� III 1.2 GHZ equivalent Recommended: Pentium 4 2.4 GHZ equivalent MOTHERBOARD: Minimum: AGP 2X Recommended: AGP 4X HARD DRIVE SPACE: 1.5 GB available SYSTEM MEMORY: Minimum: 256MB Recommended: 512MB MEMORY SPEED: Recommended: 266 MHz DDR (PC2100) or better CD-ROM SPEED: 16x or greater CD-ROM drive DIRECTX: DirectX 9.0b required. SOUND CARDS: Windows compatible CONTROLLERS: Windows� compatible mouse INTERNET: Minimum: 56k internet connection Recommended: Cable modem or DSL internet connection
I don't think your going to find a driver that old to support a 780. I wish I was across the pond I have a 9600 sitting on top of my rig.
Going to try putting two cards in and one an older one. If it doesn't work well sell the 780 as it's still New and go back to ati and go with two 280
Not sure if it is worth it but i'm sure we could come to an agreement on the 9600 if you want. Send me a PM if you like.
Personally I keep a legacy machine around for old titles that are a problem on modern hardware and OS. I built one super cheap out of a used thin client. It's a nice tiny ITX so I can tuck it away when I'm not using it. Running old games in a VM can be plausible as well depending.
