Nvidia 169.21 Driver Problems

Phaedrus · 04-29-08, 04:00 PM

Hey Madcat.

I had a similar problem when I updated my drivers as well.

I would suggest uninstalling Enhancer completely, and then going with the latest Nvidia Beta for whatever card you may be using.

Mine was a big enough problem that I had to download a freeware program that deletes all of the Nvidia registry information, and then reload from the Nvidia disk / website.
The computer would crash in anything but safe mode until I did an uninstall and driver clean.
I think its Nvidia Clean Install, but you can also try searching for the file directly: "erasenvda".

Failing that, I can always email it to you if you can't find it.

When you do get the new beta drivers installed, try using only the control panel.
Theres really not much in Enhancer that you can't do in the Nvidia Control Panel, besides setting hidden driver settings.
Those driver settings are not displayed for a reason: the create unstability.

The other features of Enhancer (custom game display profiles, etc) can all be done with Nvidia Control Panel by switching to "Advanced" mode.

If I remember correctly from my previous forum thread searching while trying to correct my problem, the best settings are Anistropic at 8x, Anti-Aliasing at 4x (even if your rig can handle far better) ... the "less is more" approach.

Good luck.

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04-29-08, 04:00 PM	#6
Phaedrus A-ganger Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 79 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 0	Hey Madcat. I had a similar problem when I updated my drivers as well. I would suggest uninstalling Enhancer completely, and then going with the latest Nvidia Beta for whatever card you may be using. Mine was a big enough problem that I had to download a freeware program that deletes all of the Nvidia registry information, and then reload from the Nvidia disk / website. The computer would crash in anything but safe mode until I did an uninstall and driver clean. I think its Nvidia Clean Install, but you can also try searching for the file directly: "erasenvda". Failing that, I can always email it to you if you can't find it. When you do get the new beta drivers installed, try using only the control panel. Theres really not much in Enhancer that you can't do in the Nvidia Control Panel, besides setting hidden driver settings. Those driver settings are not displayed for a reason: the create unstability. The other features of Enhancer (custom game display profiles, etc) can all be done with Nvidia Control Panel by switching to "Advanced" mode. If I remember correctly from my previous forum thread searching while trying to correct my problem, the best settings are Anistropic at 8x, Anti-Aliasing at 4x (even if your rig can handle far better) ... the "less is more" approach. Good luck.