bobmitch

Using these drivers...Precision will not apply overclocks to my 580SC.  When I set the clocks and memory...hit apply and everything goes to 0.  Not good for me
Back to 290.53 and overclocks stay put.  Oh well...maybe the next set.  290.53 have been some of the best I have used to date

maniacvvv

Disgusting Nvidia Driver

So, the last two Nvidia Beta drivers would not even install correctly on my system...

This driver installed correctly and allowed me to enable SLI, for (3) hot restarts and some testing all seemed fine and I was looking forward to sitting down after dinner and doing a night of testing...

BUT--> upon reboot from a cold shutdown -bam- the system hung at the Windows logo screen.
Forced shutdown and reboot resulted in failure to properly detect my videocards and load the Nvidia driver.

This is getting to be a joke that has gone to far... at my personal expense.

Either Nvidia will release drivers that will work correctly (Install, Load and Configure properly) or it appears that I will be stuck on the 285.79 driver forever. I am not discussing driver issues, I am talking of basic functionality.

EVGA needs to be aware that I will not suffer from this inablity to install newer driversets forever, and will be seeking replacement cards or a refund if this driver situation is not fixed.


I will be posting a very angry tread on this subject later....

I'm quite pissed off

FattysGoneWild

I wont lie. I don't know how the current side of AMD is with drivers. I would imagine though. It has to be better then Nvidia's current state? I remember when Nvidia had quality drivers. Seems like the last 1 1/2-2 years or so. It has gone down hill.

maniacvvv

What really chaps my hide, is that I belive this issue is caused by Nvidia's TLDR "fix"

Only problem is, I have never experienced that issue -ever- with my current config with drivers up to 285.79

Nvidia's "fix" has now turned my dual 580's into bricks, with the last three driversets.

Clearly is just a minor bug effecting my e760/Win7 64 and my SLI'd GTX 580's...

The reason I am so upset, is that nobody appears to give a damn, the situation is getting worse and neither EVGA or Nvidia seem to have ANY interest at fixing it.

They will be finding out I am not a customer who paid $1000 for bricks

Either I have (2) 580's that work (with drivers that install, and configure properly) with approved 500 series driversets, or EVGA sends me cards that will, or I will be getting my money back -period- 

loveha

_Nite_

don't blame evga on the drivers, they can only add to the site what nvidia supplies them just like all the other brands.

Yea, I really fail to see how EVGA has anything to do with anything. You may as well have MSI or Asus cards in the system, you would have the same problems. Nvidia's Chip, Nvidia's Drivers, Nvidia's Problems.

Hitcho

_Nite_

its the same deal with games too, developers are just going downhill everywhere, I do indeed miss the good old days

The good old days are the same as today.  Drivers were ****, good or bad, games were either good or bad, hit or miss, and well ... drivers were either good or bad, or ****.  You're just waxing nostalgic over the thought that it's better.  I've had nvidia and ati cards all the way back from when ATI Wonder cards were being sold, and when nvidia's flagship card with the riva128 paired with a couple of Voodoo2's in SLI.

Though I do remember the matrox hype train at the time too.  Oh and SGI..heh.  Well there's always CL too.  Nah I shouldn't get on that tangent.

EVGA_JacobF

bobmitch

Using these drivers...Precision will not apply overclocks to my 580SC.  When I set the clocks and memory...hit apply and everything goes to 0.  Not good for me
Back to 290.53 and overclocks stay put.  Oh well...maybe the next set.  290.53 have been some of the best I have used to date

Which version of Precision?

Hitcho
lol....didn't even mention the word beta....you seem to be about a nine on the tension scale.....breath....breath....he he.i also had the gtx 295 toaster oven...and never tried a beta with it as well...but never had a problem with whql driver sets for that fiasco either....as well i believe i typed in ....up until the 500 series ....reading is easy if you take your time to actually take in the full context of it all.....he he

Johnny Quest

yeah right....nvidia always had good driver support right from the 6800 series up till the latest 500 series...that being said..i haven't installed another driver since 270.61 .

Pft.  They had better stable driver support, they didn't have good driver support.  Remember that fiasco not so long ago where they were baking videocards?  Or the gl/dx hangover problem?  Or the driver voltage hangover issue?  The last 12mo of TDR problems on fermi cards? There is a difference between good, and stable.  ATI has had between good, and stable, and more performance and beyond poor.  Just like nvidia.   Probably the best driver they've released recently was 270.61 or 275.33's for nvidia.  The best for ATI was probably the 10.4 or 10.9.

You may have never had the problem that I've pointed out.  But I was in the business long enough to have seen it, and I still hear about it often enough that it makes your head spin.  It's not actually nearly as bad as it was when AGP first came out on the scene.   PCIE fixed a lot of that.  You want to see disasters of an epic scale, try getting ATI or Nvidia card to work on a first gen AGP bus without blood sacrifices and voodoo magic.

The obvious thing if you don't want to be a tester of new drivers, don't use beta drivers.  Stick with whql, probably about 6mo old or so, and go on your way.  You'll be fine, and then you don't have to worry about anything enthusiast again.  See?  Nice and easy.  But rant less about the 'evil big business' if that's such a problem for you, launch your own SI startup and compete against them.  There's two big companies in the field so there's plenty of room for a third, maybe go buy matrox or SiS.   At best you're thinking wishfully about companies branching drivers from the core.  Too much work, not enough ROI.  Writing drivers isn't like making a miniport to sniff out packets from a router.