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View Poll Results: What GPU company are you using?
nVidia 9 75.00%
ATI 3 25.00%
Other 0 0%
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Old December 17, 2008, 02:22   #1
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Attention those having trouble with nVidia graphics
Hello all,

I've been having trouble with Civ IV and Pirates! using the new GeForce 9600 GT I installed in my HP Pavilion m9040n. It's worst in Pirates! where I get horrible 'stuttering' when at sea that makes the game unplayable. For Civ IV it's not a deal breaker, but I get similar 'stuttering' when scrolling around particularly an area that isn't 'cached' from recent viewing.

In doing searches I've noticed others complaining about similar problems, often they seem to be using recent nVidia cards. I've actually created a thread complaining about the problem at the nVidia forums. If anyone else has experienced these issues please post there. I'm hoping to get their attention to get this fixed (pretty sure the fault lies with the nVidia drivers).

Has anyone had better luck with ATI cards? I'd hate to switch, but I want to play Pirates!, and Civ IV is my favorite game, so I want something that will work well with all the Firaxis games.
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Old December 17, 2008, 13:21   #2
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I'm running a 9600GT and have had notrouble with CIV; can't say about Pirates!.
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Old December 17, 2008, 15:41   #3
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Are you running XP or Vista?

I'm running Vista Home Premium 32-bit. Since the drivers are different, it may only be a Vista issue problem.
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Old December 17, 2008, 16:58   #4
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I'm running roughly the same setup on XP. No graphics problems even at huge marathon 18 civs. (I don't play at that scale regularly.) Haven't tried Pirates!
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Old December 17, 2008, 17:32   #5
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Hmmmm.... OK that's helpful. Looks like the Vista drivers are not working as well as the XP drivers. I guess I'm not surprised.

Just to be specific which version of the nVidia driver are you using?
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