TEMPORARY video refresh rate fix for nVidia cards/Windows 2000/XP (maybe 98/ME too)!

[kaacee]

Re: TEMPORARY video refresh rate fix for nVidia cards/Windows 2000/XP (maybe 98/ME too)!

Originally posted by Dire Wolf

So if, for example, you have a nVidia Geforce 2 GTS (this is an NV15) you'd modify the 1024x768 16/32 settings for the registry key labelled NV15_Modes.



Dire Wolf

How do we determine which NV is for our card?

Thanks,

kc

[Dire Wolf]

What card do you have (ex: GF2 GTS, GF2 MX, GF3 etc)

[Dire Wolf]

Another way is to just set ALL the NV_xx settings to the same thing.

[kaacee]

Originally posted by Dire Wolf
Another way is to just set ALL the NV_xx settings to the same thing.

EEK! All of them? heh.

I'm using a PNY Geforce 2 PRO 64mb DDR


kc

[kaacee]

I happened to remember that I had SiSofts Sandra installed, ran it, and it showed my card as an NV15, going off now to see if there's any difference.

kc

[DuncanMcLord]

hi there,

well i have nearly the same problem and allready tried the above solutions, but didnt work either,
because my problem isnt the vertical sync BUT the horizontal sync!
my monitor supports up to 95 hf (horizontal frequency) and 160 vf (vertical...) and the drivers r the latest ones!
BUT civ3 wants to launch the game at a 98.8 hf !!!
The hf isnt editable under the above solutions, is it?
I didnt find any entry other than the vf entries

so, if s.o. could help me out to find the settings for the hf, i would raise a toast on him

oh, nearly forgot, i run (?) civ3 under W2k!

thx a lot,
and nevertheless great work done with this Thread!

so long,

Duncan McLord

[DuncanMcLord]

UPDATE:

well, i found the settings in the monitor.inf and in the registry, but they r correct and also dont match the above style.
So, it HAS to be a civ3 error...
damn... and i really would love to play the game instead of giving it back and getting Ghost Recon for it

so long,

Duncan McDamn

[DuncanMcLord]

ANOTHER UPDATE:

well, finally made it:

- uninstalled monitor
- installed plug and play monitor
- installed latest graphic card drivers BETA version
- installed real monitor driver again
- installed latest NVRefreshFix
- checked refresh rates under properties, which looked good, nothing to edit as mentioned in the first post

-> tried it and ... screen goes black ...
...but after 5 secs ... JUHU! i can see the menu!!!
PUH! finally made it... lol, that was 2h ago... damn this game is like CIV2, u dont realize how the time flies by!

so long,

Duncan McFinallyMadeIt

[Thala]

Might find this useful:

Card - nv* code

Riva TNT - nv4
Riva TNT2/TNT2 Pro - nv5
Riva TNT2 Ultra - nv5ultra
Vanta/Vanta LT - nvvanta
Riva TNT2 64/64 Pro - nv5m64
Aladdin TNT2 - nv0A

GeForce 256 - nv10
GeForce DDR - nv10DDR
Quadro - nv10GL

GeForce2 MX/MX 400 - nv11
GeForce2 MX 100/200 - nv11DDR
GeForce2 Go - nv11M
Quadro 2 MXR/EX - nv11GL

GeForce2 GTS - nv15
GeForce2 Pro - nv15
GeForce2 Ti - nv15DDR
GeForce2 Ultra - nv15BR
Quadro 2 Pro - nv15GL

GeForce 2 Integrated GPU - CRUSH11

GeForce 3 - nv20
GeForce 3 Ti 200 - nv20_1
GeForce 3 Ti 500 - nv20_2
Quadro DCC - nv20_3

[genghisvick]

Did everything you said but it was a no go *double checked*. I have a PNY GF3 (regular) and a KDS Avitron moniter

[genghisvick]

Firaxis really needs to release a fix to this and quick! This is a major pain in the @ss!!!

[kaacee]

The fix that seemed to work best for me was to copy the nvoglnt.dll file (v21.81) to the civ3 folder. This created the smoothest scrollng I've seen so far.



1.4 tbird, 512mb, GeForce 2 PRO (22.80 driver), Asus A7V-133 mobo, SbLive 5.1 gamer, WinXP (home version).

kc

[Ramo]

I tried the NVRefreshFix program, and I still get that refresh error in Civ 3. *Sigh* Looks like I'll have to return the game...

I might buy it again when Firaxis gets all the bugs cleared up (*wink* *wink* *nudge* *nudge* )...

[Ramo]

I manually changed the registry, and the refresh problem still exists.

[genghisvick]

Originally posted by Ramo
I manually changed the registry, and the refresh problem still exists.

Same here, are you using a GeForce3 by any chance?