Comments on: Nvidia The Cause of 30% of Vista Crashes http://www.pcmech.com/article/nvidia-the-cause-of-30-of-vista-crashes/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:17:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: waveydave http://www.pcmech.com/article/nvidia-the-cause-of-30-of-vista-crashes/comment-page-1/#comment-12236 waveydave Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:56:29 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/nvidia-the-cause-of-30-of-vista-crashes/#comment-12236 3 words... Switch to Linux 3 words…
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]]> By: rife machine http://www.pcmech.com/article/nvidia-the-cause-of-30-of-vista-crashes/comment-page-1/#comment-9319 rife machine Sun, 06 Apr 2008 07:14:45 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/nvidia-the-cause-of-30-of-vista-crashes/#comment-9319 I knew those NVDA guys were nothing but trouble! After I bought their stock it tanked! I knew those NVDA guys were nothing but trouble! After I bought their stock it tanked!

]]> By: CFM http://www.pcmech.com/article/nvidia-the-cause-of-30-of-vista-crashes/comment-page-1/#comment-9219 CFM Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:54:36 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/nvidia-the-cause-of-30-of-vista-crashes/#comment-9219 It's a mystery. I'm running an Intel Extreme Series motherboard and processor, Vista Ultimate 64-bit, and an EVGA (NVidia) 8800GT video card. Been running for about 3 months, no crashes. Not one. In fact, this is the most stable system I've ever worked with. Maybe you're not holding your mouth right? It’s a mystery. I’m running an Intel Extreme Series motherboard and processor, Vista Ultimate 64-bit, and an EVGA (NVidia) 8800GT video card. Been running for about 3 months, no crashes. Not one. In fact, this is the most stable system I’ve ever worked with.

Maybe you’re not holding your mouth right?

]]> By: bob http://www.pcmech.com/article/nvidia-the-cause-of-30-of-vista-crashes/comment-page-1/#comment-9168 bob Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:52:45 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/nvidia-the-cause-of-30-of-vista-crashes/#comment-9168 I can't believe MS is so stupid that they didn't verify that their program would work with the premium video card manufacturer (Nvidia) used by 90% of the high-end commercial workstations (Dell Precision 690 w/ Quadro FX4500 512MB card and 8GB ram- $6k to $8k retail) running one of the leading 3D solid modeling programs (SolidWorks Premium - $7k retail) I can’t believe MS is so stupid that they didn’t verify that their program would work with the premium video card manufacturer (Nvidia) used by 90% of the high-end commercial workstations (Dell Precision 690 w/ Quadro FX4500 512MB card and 8GB ram- $6k to $8k retail) running one of the leading 3D solid modeling programs (SolidWorks Premium – $7k retail)

]]> By: Michel R. http://www.pcmech.com/article/nvidia-the-cause-of-30-of-vista-crashes/comment-page-1/#comment-9153 Michel R. Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:06:23 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/nvidia-the-cause-of-30-of-vista-crashes/#comment-9153 Considering that all my Vista crashes have been related to NVidia drivers, I'm not surprised by those findings. Again yesterday my machine locked up - after installing SP1, I forgot to check if it had put a newer version of the display driver and, of course, it crashed. Good thing I keep that old year-old-or-so version of the driver handy. Other than that, Vista is working great here on two computers. Save XP? Please, everybody bashed XP as a piece of crap less than 2 years ago, and now it's the best thing since sliced bread? I for one don't miss its Teletubbies-like interface. Why not save Windows 2000 instead? And so far Vista has been more stable for me than XP ever was (Nvidia drivers were problematic on XP as well) - I guess I just got lucky on that one. :) Considering that all my Vista crashes have been related to NVidia drivers, I’m not surprised by those findings. Again yesterday my machine locked up – after installing SP1, I forgot to check if it had put a newer version of the display driver and, of course, it crashed. Good thing I keep that old year-old-or-so version of the driver handy.

Other than that, Vista is working great here on two computers. Save XP? Please, everybody bashed XP as a piece of crap less than 2 years ago, and now it’s the best thing since sliced bread? I for one don’t miss its Teletubbies-like interface. Why not save Windows 2000 instead? And so far Vista has been more stable for me than XP ever was (Nvidia drivers were problematic on XP as well) – I guess I just got lucky on that one. :)

]]> By: Lespaul20 http://www.pcmech.com/article/nvidia-the-cause-of-30-of-vista-crashes/comment-page-1/#comment-9137 Lespaul20 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:19:23 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/nvidia-the-cause-of-30-of-vista-crashes/#comment-9137 So it's MS's fault that Nvidia cannot write a driver? So it’s MS’s fault that Nvidia cannot write a driver?

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