Nvidia Drivers are they safe ?

I read in The Enquirer that there are serious problems with Nvidia drivers
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36964
Should I hold off from buying one until it is fixed ?

You should ask in the Mac Pro forum since that article does not really relate to the OS but to an issue between hardware and drivers.
Just try to avoid the conspiracy theories put forth in that article and the post it references.

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http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

Quote from: Frankenputer on 15-March-05, 08:40:51
I'm curious as to why nVidia released these without the "Refresh Rate Overrides" page enabled. I need to use them or if whenever I play TFC, etc. I get a 60Hz refresh rate, and that "hertz" my eyes. Anyway, a registry tweak is all that is needed and the simplest way is to use this registry tweaker I'm linking to do it.
http://billfleming.dyndns.org/LV/regtweaks/enable_refresh_rate_override.reg
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Great finally a new official whql driver released by nvidia. Theese drivers works great for my much better than the old beta drivers. Frankenputer thanks for finding that tweak, I have been using refreshlock the last few days and I hate that program.

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When I fired up Premiere CS3 (been running on that workstation for about a year), I knew things weren't right when inside a project, I click a tab to change timelines and the whole screen goes black.
On another test, I imported some XDCam folders and the screen went black.
An hour later, the system goes to standby (sleep) mode and shortly thereafter, I try to bring the system back up, but it never recovers.
Back to Norton Ghost image of the working system with a driver from over a year ago that is stable. These new nVidia drivers are probably half the problem we're all having with CS4. If they can totally screw up a CS3 setup, then I have no trust in them for anything at all.

The Auzentech is about a month old.
The MotU 896 is one of the most mature, established sound hardware devices in the industry.
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NVidia drivers cause system instability

Hello,
I recently purchased an MSI 865 Neo2 FIS2R mother board. Here is how
I have it configured:
o Power Supply - FSP400-60PFN 400W (3.3V/28A, 5V/40A, 12V/15A, 5VSB/2A,
-5V/0.3A, -12V, 0.8A)
o Processor - 2.8GHz P4
o RAM - 2 512MB PC3200 Kingston HyperX CL2
o RAID 0 - 2 Maxtor DiamondMax 9 Plus SATA drives.
o Video - Aopen GF3Ti500
o Primary IDE Master - TDK Indi DVD 440N
o Secondary IDE Slave - 56X CDROM Drive
o Floppy Drive
I installed Windows XP on the RAID without incident. When I tried to
install the NVidia display drivers (45.23), the system became
unstable. Specifically here is what I noticed:
o The black Windows start-up screen with the blue progress bar would
flicker between black & blue around the same spot each time.
o From the login screen, when I chose my account, it would
briefly show my desktop and then I would hear the relays in my monitor
click, the screen go black, a second click and my screen would be fine
again.
o If I used the display properties control panel and chose the
advanced option, again, click, blackness, click, everything's OK.
o I noticed that when I tried to use Window's Media player to play a
CD, it would crash during the 2nd song. It would crash sooner and
sooner each time I restarted it until it was crashing as soon as I
started it (assuming I didn't reboot). After than IE would crash,
Windows Explorer might crash or the system might spontaneously reboot.
o After rebooting, the system would be less stable, with IE or Windows
explorer crashing sooner than before (without even using Media Player).
This would continue to get worse (across re-boots) until it would
start crashing while loading Windows XP.
MAT and DOT are in the default setting and I have not tried adjusting
any voltages, etc.
If I booted in safe mode and uninstalled the display driver, everything
would return to normal and the system would run fine. I checked the
IRQs to make sure that wasn't a problem. I noticed a device from the
Intel Chipset and the VGA card were both sharing IRQ 16. I don't know
much about this (including how to change an IRQ) so I tried disabling
the Intel device (it dealt with the USB and I have no USB devices
currently attached). The system didn't seem to mind having that device
disabled. I reinstalled the display drivers, but the system behaved
exactly the same.
I also tried stepping down to the 44.03 version of the drivers but
they actually made the system worse (my screen split in half and
things turned purple!).
I also tried swapping between the GF3Ti500 and a GeForce4 MMX 440 The
only difference is that while starting windows, the monitor would
briefly go black instead of flickering between black and blue. Both
cards run fine in my old machine, an MSI NForce mobo, using the
45.23 drivers.
Since the problems usually started when I was using Media Player, I
tried disabling the sound device. The system seemed to run fine (with
the exception of the monitor clicking). I could play movies with the
media player, browse with IE, etc. with no crashes. I couldn't find
any resources conflicts between the sound and the vga card.
Windows trouble shooter suggested updating the mobo BIOS. I was
previously running 1.3. I tried updating to 1.7. The reflash seemed
to go fine. But when I rebooted, all I got was a black screen (no
beep). I looked at the D-Bracket and noticed that it was stuck on the
RTC test. I don't think that's the problem. The next step is
initialization of the video system. I tried the emergency recovery
procedure (with the 1.7 BIOS). It worked, but still the screen
remained black, stuck on the same test.
How do I get (either) video card to work? And should I just leave the
system flashed to 1.7, or try to use the emergency recovery program to
get back to 1.3?
Thanks in advance!

Hey Guys. Thanks for the help. I don't doubt that the NVidia drivers are fine, they're just part of the puzzle. Just to be sure, I got a new PSU. Here are it's specs:
+5V/40A, +12V/24A, +3.3V/32A, -5V/-0.5A, -12V/1.0A, +5V SB/2A, max load 530W.
As I mentioned earlier, I had tried updating the BIOS to 1.7, after which it sticks on the RTC test (see my original post for details). After installing the new PSU, it still stuck on the RTC test. I tried reflashing to 1.3, but now the memory test is failing. Does that seem right? The RTC test is after the memory test, so why should reflashing to 1.3 cause a memory failure? I'm assuming the reflash didn't work correctly. If I can get it to work (fingers crossed) I'll let you know what happens.

Nvidia drivers stop XP at start up

I hope you guys can help me. I’ve been surfing from site to site, forum to forum looking for the answer to this.
Ok, I’ve just built myself a new PC, (spec below in the signature spot) all went well with the hardware assembly. Plugged her in, switched on and there’s the POST and BIOS, cool, next the OS. XP pro loads without a hitch, I’m grinning at this point thinking that I’ve got through this with style!
So, drivers: new MoBo/chipset drivers loaded no probs. Next, video card. DLed the latest driver set from Nvidia, run the exe file, restart, get just past the windows splash screen, and nothing.... the monitor goes blank, flickers a bit, then... more nothing! The PC’s still running but the monitor off. Hmm, ok, restart in safe mode, (windows loads fine with the generic drivers) remove all trace of the offending driver find an earlier version and same again - sometimes it'll reboot itself but it never gets past the splash screen. I've tried all the obvious stuff I can think of ; a clean install, checked the IRQ list for conflicts, taken the card out waved it around and put it back in, looked through the bios using the advice of a few good web sites...still no luck.
What have I missed? Does any one know what the Nvidia drivers are trying to load that could be locking or looping WinXP on start up? Or could it be an AGP problem on the mother board?
As I say spent a good few days trying things out and searching on the internet for the solution to this problem and as I’ve not found one (even on this site) - I thought I should ask. Please can someone point me in the right direction – thanks in advance for any help!
If there's a thread dealing with this that I missed, please let me know!

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Originally posted by Hemiman
Theres a good utility that removes all taces of nvida drivers before you install a new one. Sometimes there are issues if you dont. Its called, strangely enough, "driver cleaner" trouble is I can't remember where I got it from, I could email it to you, its only small file.
You can get driver cleaner here http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=3214

XP Bootcamp nVidia drivers

Ok, this is an outstanding question/problem I have posted on another forum. Video drivers. ATI and nVidia are constantly updating drivers for performance increases and bug fixes but I have yet to get some kind of answer on how/if/where I am able to download these drivers.
Do they work? Which ones? Are any drivers ok that I would download on a normal windows based machine work?
I have a MBP (specs in sig) that I play games on. I'd like to enjoy the bug fixes and performance increases that the rest of the world uses =( Can I? Does anybody know the answer to these questions?
Thanks! Hope I don't sound too desparate

bobsbarricades wrote:
OK - so maybe I spoke too soon. I downloaded those drivers and installed them, but thank God I did a system restore. For some reason it wouldn't go beyond 4-bit. I went into advanced and managed a 800x600 in 8-bit, but there was no nVidia control panel, no resolution/bit options. I was thoroughly confused.
Sorry to hear.
Seems like the Nvidia drivers are not so generally useable they claim them to be.
But glad to hear that you caould easily revert back.
Another option to try would be the Drivers/Modders from DriverHeaven http://www.driverheavendownloads.net/index.htm
I haven't tried these myself, so I can not report on how good they are.
Good Luck
Stefan

Nvidia drivers out of date?

I have windows xp sp2 installed via boot camp. I checked through apple update that all of my drivers/software are up to date.
However, when I try games such as Gears of War and Raving Rabbids, they tell me that that my nvidia drivers are not up to date. Gears of War just crashes on me when I try to play. Raving Rabbids plays very slowly on the lowest settings and its system requirements are way lower than that of my mbp.
Does anyone know whats going on here? Thanks.

I don't know if the Apple Update panel has this Nvidia driver: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306891
You could also try 3rd party driver sites like http://omegadriver.net but there's no guarantee it won't fry your system.

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Now my question is, what drivers should I use? The Nvidia or the MSI? I recently downloaded the Nvidia 41.09 drivers and installed them, then did the trick to remove the MSI tab from the display properties. Why does MSI release it's own version of what appear to be Nvidia drivers? It really is confusing.....
I may try these MSI drivers because of the problems I've been having getting games to run with the Nvidia drivers. Games like Quake 3 freeze up after only a few seconds. Other may work for a few minutes and then die and rebott my sytem.
MacBrave
MSI N7V2-L motherboard
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512mb Crucial PC2700 DDR
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Failing that, does anyone know if the drivers for the G20 work? Normally nVidia drivers are the same for all cards, but I was wondering whether a) the G20 drivers will even install on a G10, and b) whether the TV-out will work again.

I've now answered my questions. By default the G20 drivers won't install on a G10, but by copying parts of the NVTS.INF from the G10 drivers into the same file in the G20 drivers solves the problem.
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(Why Toshiba didn't release the driver so it works on all models is beyond me; nVidia's UDA means that all cards use the same core driver components, so I'm guessing it's either just laziness or they figure that a 1-year-old machine isn't worth supporting properly any more.)

[SOLVED] Libgl and Nvidia-Utils are in conflict with the mos

:: Synchronizing package databases...
core is up to date
extra 887.1K 1424.1K/s 00:00:01 [-------------------------] 100%
community 580.2K 1192.7K/s 00:00:00 [-------------------------] 100%
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
:: libgl and nvidia-utils are in conflict. Remove nvidia-utils? [y/N] n
error: unresolvable package conflicts detected
error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies)
:: libgl and nvidia-utils are in conflict
I've read threads on this before but this time nvidia-utils is being asked to be removed. I'm not sure if removing nvidia-utils is safe. Before, reading some threads on here, I had to set libgl to ignore to get nvidia-utils to install.
Thanks.
Last edited by 6msj (2011-11-02 22:48:25)

Sorry to bump a dying post but I'm running into this problem upgrading dkms-nvidia.
==> Install or build missing dependencies for dkms-nvidia:
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
:: nvidia-utils and libgl are in conflict. Remove libgl? [y/N] y
:: nvidia-utils and nvidia-utils-bumblebee are in conflict. Remove nvidia-utils-bumblebee? [y/N] n
error: unresolvable package conflicts detected
error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies)
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error: target not found: nvidia-utils
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X.Org keyboard input driver
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My laptop has optimus so intel and nvidia drivers are required, any idea how to proceed?
Last edited by possiblefool (2012-12-05 12:56:44)

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