GFX Card installation

XabbaRus · 01-03-08, 03:05 PM

I ran IL-2 1946 and set graphics at perfect, it played bu i lost all my scenery, i could fly and fight but it was like being in space, set back to normal and everything came back.

As for temps Sandra is coming back with board temp 27 C/CPU 39 C/PSU 27 C

AVGWarhawk · 01-03-08, 03:14 PM

IL2 plays in open GL I think? Perhaps that is the issue?

XabbaRus · 01-03-08, 03:50 PM

I chose OpenGL I'll update drivers and have a fiddle.

SUBMAN1 · 01-03-08, 04:15 PM

You do not need to remove the drivers first, but it is probably an OK idea. Unlike what is written above, if Windows does not detect the device on boot-up, it will not load the drivers for it. The same holds true for a USB device for example, or a CD-ROM device, or anything. If windows sees the device exists, it looks for the appropriate driver to load.

Anyway, unloading the drivers before installing your new toy is not going to hurt anything, so its not a bad thing. About the best you will get from it though is the CCC control panel won't start on boot-up.

Now for the fun part! If you have dual PCI-E slots - leave both cards in and have multi monitor fun! I used to have two different video cards in my system in the past to fullfill my need for multiple monitors. In the not to distant past, the only way to have more than one monitor was to have more than one video card in the system.

-S

01-03-08, 03:05 PM	#1
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I ran IL-2 1946 and set graphics at perfect, it played bu i lost all my scenery, i could fly and fight but it was like being in space, set back to normal and everything came back. As for temps Sandra is coming back with board temp 27 C/CPU 39 C/PSU 27 C __________________

01-03-08, 03:14 PM	#2
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,286 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	IL2 plays in open GL I think? Perhaps that is the issue? __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

01-03-08, 03:50 PM	#3
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I chose OpenGL I'll update drivers and have a fiddle. __________________

01-03-08, 04:15 PM	#4
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	You do not need to remove the drivers first, but it is probably an OK idea. Unlike what is written above, if Windows does not detect the device on boot-up, it will not load the drivers for it. The same holds true for a USB device for example, or a CD-ROM device, or anything. If windows sees the device exists, it looks for the appropriate driver to load. Anyway, unloading the drivers before installing your new toy is not going to hurt anything, so its not a bad thing. About the best you will get from it though is the CCC control panel won't start on boot-up. Now for the fun part! If you have dual PCI-E slots - leave both cards in and have multi monitor fun! I used to have two different video cards in my system in the past to fullfill my need for multiple monitors. In the not to distant past, the only way to have more than one monitor was to have more than one video card in the system. -S __________________

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