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HALF LIFE and new nvidia drivers issue

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NCOELHO

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Dec 6, 2001
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Hey everyone,
I seem to be having an issue and actually a question. I have an V8200 T5 and Half life asked me to install the latest graphic drivers. Well i installed them from the nvidia website and man what a mistake that was (at least i think it is the cause of my woes!)
After that my computer will always reboot at the beginning of windows load. The question i have is has anyone else have this issue? And finally should i just stick with Asus drivers?
Thanks guys!
Nuno
 
NCOELHO
I've had issues using the latest drivers on my FX5950ultra which is Geforce5 so I'm not suprised you're having problems on a Geforce3 500Ti.
Bare in mind the latest driver release is optimised for GF6 range (6800 series) so using them on older cards often degrade performance.
My advice would be to use the latest recommended on the Asus website for your GF3.
I also have to point out (if you hadn't already realized) HL2 needs a heavy weight system and mid to high end graphics card to be playable, your GF3 500Ti is very border line, sorry (of course your interpretation of playable might be differant to mine)
Note* this is a professional forum and questions specifically about gaming may be considered inapropriate but then you could be employed as a beta tester "catch my drift"
Martin


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