7900 GT Fried?

[ray_gillespie]

I'm pretty sure I have all the options that I did with XP, but I had to download and install the drivers from the NVIDIA site rather that use the native Vista ones.

 

[Not Bman]

If this is on Vista the drivers do not yet have all the options in the Nvidia control panel.

This is in Vista, and I did that, and there are no SLI options anywhere to be found. What do I do now?

 

[gonaads]

If this is on Vista the drivers do not yet have all the options in the Nvidia control panel.

Good point, I was thinking XP. :s

 

[gonaads]

Found this on the Nvidia site

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/...mNoX3RleHQ9U0xJIGluIFZpc3Rh&p_li=&p_topview=1

So it should have the SLI settings.

Under view try the custom view setting a window will open up and you should have difference options as to what you can have showing. Check and see if the SLI box is check marked. Other than that you may need to do some digging on the Nvidia knowledge base.

Now this was interesting.

Question


My NVIDIA display properties is missing certain panels/options which I have seen on other PC's. How do I recover them?
Answer


Some OEM computers contain custom drivers which have certain panels in the NVIDIA display properties turned off. In most cases, you may expose these panels by downloading the "nopages.reg" registry key in the File Attachments section below and running the file. After you have run the file, it should show you additional panels inside of your NVIDIA display properties.

Link to "nopages.reg":
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/...&p_tbl=9&p_id=13&p_created=1098308372&p_olh=0

More to read, not sure if it will help but...

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/...HQ9U0xJIGNvbmZpZ3VyYXRpb24*&p_li=&p_topview=1

 

[Not Bman]

I looked all around for it in those settings its not there, and I loaded that "nopages.reg" and nothing changed.

Maybe I need a different version of the driver?

 

[gonaads]

Hey does CoolBits work with Vista? I remember that using the CoolBits panel I could activate all the extra stuff. I upgraded my drivers on Sat. and I had a problem with the Overclocking thing, meaning that it wouldn't show up under the 3D settings where it was supposed to be. I don't remember what the hell it is I did to get it to show up and function again. Kinda like your SLI problem. Maybe try to reinstall the drivers and see if it clears up. Or go poking around in the NvTray (which is what I did) and just start digging in all the settings, maybe one will trigger the SLI thing.

 

[Shamus MacNoob]

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Video-Tweak/RivaTuner.shtml

Go with rivatuner you can find all settings you need with this

 

[Not Bman]

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Video-Tweak/RivaTuner.shtml

Go with rivatuner you can find all settings you need with this

Not for Vista, and I don't really want extra stuff.

 

[Shamus MacNoob]

It works in Vista and there is no extra stuff it is by far the best tweaker for your Video card