6800GT stuttering

[Eliminator]

before I switched from NV SW IDE drivers, to the MS standard ones, I couldnt complete 3dMark05.
Screen just went totally black after the first test.

I think it was due to the IDE driver switch, but I was doing alot of meddling at the time, so it can have been the move to Reforce aswell, or something else.
If your not already on the MS drivers, try that and se if it works.

Did you ever try the "blit" settings in RivaTuner? you never answered that I think.
And FC is patched to 1.3 right?

i wouldnt think its the IDE driver.... i might try that later as a last resort..... yes i have tried the blit settings in riva tuner and they did nothing... and yes farcry is patched to 1.3... cs source is updated and it stutters there too.... ut2k4 so far ive only noticed mini stutters...not nearly as bad as farcry and cs

[Thomm]

Ok I tried many things (fastwrites off which helped but did not eliminate it, Blitering stettings, BIOS settings etc.) but some games just would not stop the stutter. (Civilaization IV was the latest one to have this problem)
I contacted Shuttle (The guys who I got my barebones hardware from) and a really cool tech sent me the email posted below of some beta drivers for my GeForce 6800GT. I installed the first one as he suggests and PROBLEM SOLVED!

I have 2 beta drivers you can try. Here are the links try 67.02 first.

http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_downloads_winxp_2k_67.02.html

http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_downloads_winxp_2k_71.84.html


Thank you

Rene De La Rosa
Technical Support
Shuttle Computer Group, Inc.
Tel: (626) 820-9000 ext. 702
Fax: (626)820-5060
E-mail: rened@us.shuttle.com
http://global.shuttle.com/Support/Support.asp