Hi EveryoneI have had a perpetual problem with my graphics card drivers since building my rig (see specs below).I am currently running the 197.77 drivers however I repeatedly get driver failures after an hour or so into my flight. I am not too sure what I can do about it.Can anyone suggest what is likely to be going on, and perhaps suggest a driver I am going to have less issues with?Any help would be appreciatedCheersBluey

Hi EveryoneI have had a perpetual problem with my graphics card drivers since building my rig (see specs below).I am currently running the 197.77 drivers however I repeatedly get driver failures after an hour or so into my flight.  I am not too sure what I can do about it.Can anyone suggest what is likely to be going on, and perhaps suggest a driver I am going to have less issues with?Any help would be appreciatedCheersBluey

Now you know why I bought a 460GTX.jja

Anybody with something sensible to say?Bluey

Anybody with something sensible to say?Bluey

Well for starters go back 1 driver, did it work then?

Well for starters go back 1 driver, did it work then?

I think that the 196.45 driver was the best for a 285GTX.  You could still use nHancer or the new nVidia Inspector.enjoyjja

Hi EveryoneI have had a perpetual problem with my graphics card drivers since building my rig (see specs below).I am currently running the 197.77 drivers however I repeatedly get driver failures after an hour or so into my flight. I am not too sure what I can do about it.Can anyone suggest what is likely to be going on, and perhaps suggest a driver I am going to have less issues with?Any help would be appreciatedCheersBluey

Dont know what OS you have but one of the best and most download drivers for 285GTX on Vista or Win7 was 85.85 WHQL..You can get them at Guru3D.com. I would still be using them except 3DSMax 10 has trouble on those for some odd reason and all is ok on the loopy 197.25, but all in all 185.85 are best.

Hi EveryoneI have had a perpetual problem with my graphics card drivers since building my rig (see specs below).I am currently running the 197.77 drivers however I repeatedly get driver failures after an hour or so into my flight. I am not too sure what I can do about it.Can anyone suggest what is likely to be going on, and perhaps suggest a driver I am going to have less issues with?Any help would be appreciatedCheersBluey

I have the same GTX285 on Win7 64 bit. Mine ran fine when I first got it. After I upgraded the original drivers I started getting blue screen crashes and lockups when flying in dense scenery situations. I installed a temperature monitor (I believe it was called GPU-Z) and noticed that my video card fan would only run at 40% speed no matter what the load was. During high scenery densities the GPU temperature would climb to 85 degrees C and then I would get a blue screen error or a lock-up. Then I followed Nick's advice in this thread http://www.simforums.com/forums/topic34141_post198187.html#198187and installed the MSI afterburner software that allowed me to program a GPU fan speed vs load curve. After that the fan would rev up to 60% speed under load, the GPU temperature never exceeded 60 C degrees and I haven't had any more blue screens or crashes. Also his advice on setting up the drivers with Nvidia inspector improved the look of my graphics. Hope this helps.Ted

Hello,I am using an EVGA GTX 285 with latest nVidia drivers (Beta 260.89) and Inspector and working OK. I recently completed a 3 1/2 hr. ATC flight with Active Sky Evolution and PC did not cough. There is a utility at the EVGA web site called EVGA Precision that works on other graphic card whereby you can control the fan and other video aspects on your graphics card. This may be worth looking into.

Hi EveryoneI have had a perpetual problem with my graphics card drivers since building my rig (see specs below).I am currently running the 197.77 drivers however I repeatedly get driver failures after an hour or so into my flight. I am not too sure what I can do about it.Can anyone suggest what is likely to be going on, and perhaps suggest a driver I am going to have less issues with?Any help would be appreciatedCheersBluey

Hi BlueyI also have a 285GTX videocard and I'm using the 197.45 driver.I had similar problem to yours, I was getting black screens because the video driver would stop and restart after a number of seconds.Anyway, the problem was because the fan on the video card was only running at 40% and would not increase while using FSX.The fix was downloading system tools from Nvidea and manually setting the fan speed to 100% before startingFSX. Violla no more black screen, FSX works perfectly and has been for months.Hope this helps.Arnold

I have also the GTX285 and using the old and trusted 182.50 together with Nhancer 2.4.5. No issues at all whatsoever.Hope it helps.Alex

Hi EveryoneI have had a perpetual problem with my graphics card drivers since building my rig (see specs below).I am currently running the 197.77 drivers however I repeatedly get driver failures after an hour or so into my flight. I am not too sure what I can do about it.Can anyone suggest what is likely to be going on, and perhaps suggest a driver I am going to have less issues with?Any help would be appreciatedCheersBluey

Get a hold of the BETA 257.15's and your 285 will impress you to no end. Use them to depict PNW...and you'll have a smile as wide as the Grand Canyon!

Get a hold of the BETA 257.15's and your 285 will impress you to no end. Use them to depict PNW...and you'll have a smile as wide as the Grand Canyon!

Thanks Sesq, I just may give em a try!