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Old May 11th, 2005, 11:07 PM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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BFG GEforce 5500 fx 256MB

i got this card just a hour ago and i installed the nvidia drivers and it worked good then i desided to go omega and downloaded the latest omegadrivers and installed them but when i try to play a game or any kind of graphicall thing that i try my screen will start jumping and the colors are messed up so i tryd dna drivers but still the same..any of you know of a way to get around this thanks in advance
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Old May 11th, 2005, 11:09 PM     #2 (permalink)
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just use a driver cleaner and use the normal nvidia drivers
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Old May 11th, 2005, 11:12 PM     #3 (permalink)
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yeah but the normal nvidia drivers dont let me overclock or change stuff and there not as fast
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Old May 11th, 2005, 11:34 PM     #4 (permalink)
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use normal nvidia drivers and then use coolbits, heres a guide and you can dl at a lot of places like guru3d you can oc with it( its what i use)
http://oc3dmark.octeams.com/tip02.html
and as for them being faster, is the difference even negligible(sp?)
with the nvidia drivers your games will actually work right
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Here is a link to Coolbits 2.0 at Guru3D. I use the same to oc my nVidia card.
http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=815
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Old May 11th, 2005, 11:41 PM     #6 (permalink)
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thanks for the coolbits and the link,as for the normal drivers play better in games ive been using omegadrivers for 3 years and i just went to use normal one and i will say omega works better for what i do lol IMO but i will try coolbits
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well i did the coolbits enable thing but when it says click on Additional Properties mine isant enabled haw would i enable it
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Old May 11th, 2005, 11:56 PM     #8 (permalink)
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did you edit the registry like it showed in that guide i linked?
btw: once you do get it enabled right click on desktop>Nvidia Display>clock frequency settings and set it to manuel
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yeah i did it like the link you gave me but still no Additional Properties ,if i new how to post a pic i will show you but i dont lol
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are you trying to get to the nvidia display in the control panel or are you right clicking on the desktop
and i don't know how to post pics either, lol
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