nVidia "Unified Platform" drivers 5.10 break OpenGL

[petteyg359]

Thought about putting this in games forum, but I decided it's the driver's problem, not the game, so I'm putting it here.

I've tried this with DirectX 8.1 - 9.0c, and ATI Catalyst 4.8 to 4.12 (Stupid people at ATI think .12 is bigger than .8, obviously they don't do math very well :bang head ). With that, all OpenGL games work fine. I've installed the nVidia drivers for my mobo/sound/ide etc. because they're updated, and they're obviously better than the ones that came with Windows XP (and the ones on the mobo driver CD). But every time I install this, even if I don't install the GART driver, it breaks OpenGL. When I try to run counter-strike in OpenGL, it tells me "This video mode is not supported. Switching to software." I would use Direct3D, but it sucks. It looks crappy, I can't alt-tab out of a window in less than 5 minutes if I use it, and it runs slow as hell. Any ideas?

I've already tried to ask nVidia, but they don't support their products based on their chips because "they don't manufacture the products." Fine then. Tht's perfectly okay for video cards. But they could at least support the drivers they write, because they sure as hell did "manufacture" those.

[Droban]

I believe this can go into Video and Sound section under nVidia, and you should get more help there.

[ferria]

After you installed windows you installed the drivers that came with your motherboard Cd right? After that you installed your vidcard drivers from ATI correct? Did you had any problems at that point? You should not update any drivers when your PC works fine, i would recomend to go back and use the drivers that came with your motherboard for that chipset.

Newer drivers are not always better.

[petteyg359]

No, I don't use the mobo cd. I prefer to have the newest, and the 5.1 is far better than the ones on the CD. Not just because it's newer, but they work better and have more options. I reinstalled (yet again, fifth time in the past month!!!) and installed DX9.0c, then the nVidia drivers, then installed the Catalyst drivers AFTER that, and it works fine, so I think the nVidia drivers are overwriting one of the ATI files somewhere. But it works now.

[@md0Cer]

ATI Catalyst 4.8 to 4.12 (Stupid people at ATI think .12 is bigger than .8, obviously they don't do math very well :bang head ).


Sorry, I hardly know anything or have any driver understanding, however, I can comment on this.

In software terms, actually it is bigger. This is how something would go from oldest to newest.

2.1.0

2.2.0

2.8.0

2.9.0

2.10.0

2.11.0

2.11.1

2.11.2

2.11.12 etc.


Good luck with your driver issue though. I have absolutely no clue. :(