Rob Murray Posted November 13, 2004 Share Posted November 13, 2004 I downloaded the latest version of Nvidia drivers & it looks as if they finally fixed a persistant CM related bug. Ever since the 52.16 drivers, the unit information/orders menus/panels in CMBB & ( later ) CMAK would appear slightly transparent or translucent ( dust/smoke graphics would show through & make it a little difficult to see the print if I opened either menu or panel near a burning building/vehicle ). This would also occur with units occupying buildings ( opening the orders menu for a unit inside a building ). Well, it looks like this pesky little bug has been addressed & corrected. I have a Geforce FX 5500 OC ( 256 MB ) & previously had a Geforce 4 MX 420 ( 64 MB ) in my system & this problem occurred with both cards. No problems ( yet - knock on wood ) with these new drivers. Just though I tell others in case they experienced the same thing. P.S. These new drivers are WHQL logo'd ( whether that means anything or not I don't know ). [ November 13, 2004, 03:09 AM: Message edited by: Rob Murray ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted November 13, 2004 Share Posted November 13, 2004 Never seen that bug and I used all driver revisions. On a Ti 4400 and a FX 5900XT. Maybe just the process of reinstalling drivers fixed it, or NVidia changed the install procedure to do more cleanup? What's "OC"? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Murray Posted November 14, 2004 Author Share Posted November 14, 2004 OverClocked. It's a BFG card - factory overclocked - supposed to run faster than a standard card. I always followed the driver installation instructions to the " T " too & always had this problem ( with both cards ) - really quite annoying :mad: . At any rate it's gone now ( never to return I hope ) & I'm pleased. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 Did you ever reinstall Windows? My point wasn't that you didn't follow the driver update instructions before, but that the newest drivers do more cleanup on installation. I find it odd I never had that problem although I go through all driver versions. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junk2drive Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 Maybe the new Nvidia driver undid or redid what BFG drivers did or didn't do. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Murray Posted November 14, 2004 Author Share Posted November 14, 2004 It's possbile that that they did clean up some old crap left behind. I can't tell as I haven't a clue about this stuff. I just download the drivers, follow the instructions & hope everything works out all right. As it stands unless something goes seriously wrong, I'll be sticking with these for quite a while. Redwolf: Nope, I've never reinstalled Windows. I have XP ( & SP 2). I first ran into this issue with the 52.16 driver set back when I had the Nvidia Geforce 4 MX 420 installed. Someone else ( I can't remember who as it was some time back ) said that they'd had the same problem. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snarker Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 I had the same problem, Rob. I had first installed 'the official' update only to find out I now had the invisible text problem. Downloaded an 'unofficial' version of the drivers and it fixed the text problem, but now had the smoke visible through the unit info popup also. The latter was the lesser of two evils. EDIT: Now I lost the overclocking tab in my card settings. Anyone know where I can find the utility again? [ November 23, 2004, 05:30 PM: Message edited by: Snarker ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 Well, and you don't think your overclocking can have anything to do with smoke through the roofs? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snarker Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 No. Not one bit. Was happening before I upped the clock speed. "Oveclocking" is a misnomer - most vid card manufacturers don't bother checking the upper safety limit, and undershoot it by quite a bit. This 'overclocking' program is an nVidia add on, leaves a comfort cushion, but not excessive. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 So, what card are you running at what frequency exactly? Before you installed the coolbit redigstry entry you promised NVidia not to blame them And most manfracturers build exactly to NVidia's specifications, including all frequencies and the card layout. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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