Yes it does, then degrades to the point where it either crashes my computer fully or just crashes the client.
The only recovery I can get from that is to close all programs while I can still see and reboot the computer. Once it's rebooted it's fine. I tried just closing STO but even IE and Firefox would show this, increasing severity the longer I stayed in the application.
This was happening on my 8800GT, old power supply, old motherboard, case, and XP. I thought it was faulty GPU memory from previous 100c+ temps before I addressed the cooling.
I still occasionally get this same pixel snow blizzard, for the lack of better words but similar effect, after having swapped out that much hardware. I have not yet looked at power line conditioning, but all other systems seem to be stable and a reboot clears this up. My complete reboot time is under 30 seconds.
You should change to the old drivers as soon as you can: From Nvidia Homepage:
196.75 Alert!
We are aware that some customers have reported fan speed issues with the latest 196.75 WHQL drivers on NVIDIA.com. Until we can verify and root cause this issue, we recommend that customers stay with, or return to 196.21 WHQL drivers. Release 196.75 drivers have been temporarily removed from our website.
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Vista 32bit GTX 260 with these latest drivers and it works here.
I did get one video freeze on first launch (I'm use to that happening) and a simple Ctrl Alt Del to task manager and back into game fixed that.
Does it look like a poor antenna reception with an analog TV? (seriously)
Yes it does, then degrades to the point where it either crashes my computer fully or just crashes the client.
My Dxdiag
System Information
Time of this report: 3/4/2010, 22:01:11
Machine name:
Operating System: Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: NVIDIA
System Model: MCP73
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9400 @ 2.66GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 4094MB RAM
Page File: 1414MB used, 6772MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 32bit Unicode
DxDiag Notes
Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Sound Tab 3: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
DirectX Debug Levels
Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)
Display Devices
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 9800 GT
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0614&SUBSYS_C9753842&REV_A2
Display Memory: 2286 MB
Dedicated Memory: 495 MB
Shared Memory: 1791 MB
Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (59Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: SyncMaster
Monitor Id: SAM0255
Native Mode: 1680 x 1050(p) (59.954Hz)
Output Type: DVI
Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Driver File Version: 8.17.0011.9675 (English)
Driver Version: 8.17.11.9675
DDI Version: 10
Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 2/21/2010 21:18:39, 11906152 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-4554-11CF-397E-7EE91CC2C535}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x0614
SubSys ID: 0xC9753842
Revision ID: 0x00A2
Name: PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge
Device ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_056F&SUBSYS_000010DE&REV_A1\3&2411E6FE&1&68
Driver: n/a
The only recovery I can get from that is to close all programs while I can still see and reboot the computer. Once it's rebooted it's fine. I tried just closing STO but even IE and Firefox would show this, increasing severity the longer I stayed in the application.
This was happening on my 8800GT, old power supply, old motherboard, case, and XP. I thought it was faulty GPU memory from previous 100c+ temps before I addressed the cooling.
I still occasionally get this same pixel snow blizzard, for the lack of better words but similar effect, after having swapped out that much hardware. I have not yet looked at power line conditioning, but all other systems seem to be stable and a reboot clears this up. My complete reboot time is under 30 seconds.
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index5.aspx?lang=en-us