CTDs with 175.16 Nvidia drivers
 

Anyone else having problems with these drivers? I will be playing the game as normal and then, out of the blue, the game will crash. I'm using two 8800s in SLI mode.

Did you use the 174.74's before?
I'm using the beta's since they got released, and everything runs fine here.

I have a 88000GTS 512Mb (the new G-92 core).

*edit* uhm, to answer your question...nope, I don't have problems with the 175.16's :p

I got a similar experience
 

I was using the beta and things were running fine. Then I switch to the 175.16 release and I get CTD"S and system "hangs" all over the place. Most usually when somethign blows up but at all different times. I run Monsun 200. Going back to the beta. My card is a GTX 8800 753 Vid Ram!

This won't help you but I am getting better performance (less jerkiness) with the 175.16's with my 7600GS over the 169's I previously had.

I tried the 174.74s a while ago and had the same sort of problem. I have the older 640 MB card, so that might be the issue.

You could try updating your vid.card's BIOS, but that's a little tricky...something I hate to do, personally.
Then try the 174.74's or 175.16's, maybe?

Now that you said this, while I haven't had any CTD's with the beta drivers, my system has hung twice.:hmm: Thing was, I was just surfing the net.

Nah, I'm not going to worry about it. It's not like I'm getting unsatisfactory performance with the 8800s. Besides, the new 9900s are not that far away. :cool:

I've read that the 9900's are a disappointment...Quite a few folks have even commented that they are inferior to the 8800GTX...I don't remember why.

Where have you read that? They aren't due for release until sometime this summer.

Sorry....I misread your earlier post as 9800's...about which my earlier comment about being surprisingly inferior to 8800's was intended.

I believe there may be something wrong with the optimization with your system..Go to this site and read some of the guides...

http://www.tweakguides.com/

Easy on clayp, he just tried to help.
Tweakguides.com has some great tips about NVidia-drivers and their settings...this article, for example, covers the 175.16.'s:up:

Sorry if my post came across as unduly 'critical'...but I had gone to the linked 'guide' which you recommended and couldn't see how it related to the specific problem being discussed. Other than that it speaks of Nvidia settings. and...way too many people jump on this issue and immediately blame the "system", specifically VISTA.

I've deleted the post in question.