08.04.2010, 18:25
After all this, I can say it IS hardware. Just not the video card I think. I scoffed an ATI Radeon 9800 from the obsolete shelf at my studio and dropped it in. With a complete cleaning of the old nvidia drivers and a fresh install of the ATI drivers, I had wonderfully clear frame rates and beautiful water!
Then after about a minute the game froze. I used the WIN key and the task manager to close the simulator. The ATI window came up and said that the drivers had crashed and a restart was required. A condition that seems similar to the problem I had with the nvidia card.
So now my thoughts are one of two things: MoBo is going or the Power Supply is failing to provide enough power. I will check the power with the sim running with a program I have called ASUS Probe. Stand by...
Then after about a minute the game froze. I used the WIN key and the task manager to close the simulator. The ATI window came up and said that the drivers had crashed and a restart was required. A condition that seems similar to the problem I had with the nvidia card.
So now my thoughts are one of two things: MoBo is going or the Power Supply is failing to provide enough power. I will check the power with the sim running with a program I have called ASUS Probe. Stand by...