This is a bug that's been annoying me for months. With most newer 1xx-series builds I get a bizarre distorion affect when minimizing/maximizng windows. The screen image jumps all over the place and is generally "unstable" (though nothing actually crashes). It's almost a "jittery" effect, like one of the sync values is out of whack on an older CRT.
The distortion lasts for just a split second, and there's no lasting effect: The system doesn't blue screen and any running applications are unaffected. The problem is most pronounced when minimizing/maximizing Internet Explorer, though the "Image Settings with Preview" page of the nVidia Control Panel will sometimes also cause it to appear, in which case its a nearly continuos manifestation of the distortion.
The weird thing is that it doesn't happen with certain drivers. For example, 158.45 was very stable for me, however, most later drivers caused the effect. Likewise, the MobileForce 174.31 drivers run great, even with the tweaked settings. However, if I update to the MBF 175.16 driver I get the distortion again. Rolling back to the previous stable version always cures it, however, I like to stay current on new drivers which means each new build is a bit of a crap shoot/trial-and-error affair.
My question is: Has anyone experienced anything similar under Vista x64?
FWIW, I'm running a Go 7900GS (Rev. 1) with stock clocks on an XPS M1710 with 4GB of DDR2-667. The card has*never* been overclocked, so it's not a stress-related issue. I do virtually no gaming with this rig, so...
Not a showstopper, but annoying as hell. I've got a running collection of faulty drivers and anytime I find a newer version that's stable its like striking oil. This is no way to live...
RCK
The distortion lasts for just a split second, and there's no lasting effect: The system doesn't blue screen and any running applications are unaffected. The problem is most pronounced when minimizing/maximizing Internet Explorer, though the "Image Settings with Preview" page of the nVidia Control Panel will sometimes also cause it to appear, in which case its a nearly continuos manifestation of the distortion.
The weird thing is that it doesn't happen with certain drivers. For example, 158.45 was very stable for me, however, most later drivers caused the effect. Likewise, the MobileForce 174.31 drivers run great, even with the tweaked settings. However, if I update to the MBF 175.16 driver I get the distortion again. Rolling back to the previous stable version always cures it, however, I like to stay current on new drivers which means each new build is a bit of a crap shoot/trial-and-error affair.
My question is: Has anyone experienced anything similar under Vista x64?
FWIW, I'm running a Go 7900GS (Rev. 1) with stock clocks on an XPS M1710 with 4GB of DDR2-667. The card has*never* been overclocked, so it's not a stress-related issue. I do virtually no gaming with this rig, so...
Not a showstopper, but annoying as hell. I've got a running collection of faulty drivers and anytime I find a newer version that's stable its like striking oil. This is no way to live...
RCK
