RMA?

[J.D]

The GTS 450 apparently does pretty well for PhysX

Yeah, Lunawolfy, the video you posted has a 8600GT as the dedi Physx card .

I think the GTS 450 is faster than the 9800GTX and the 9800GTX destroys the 8600GTS. So your comparison and point isn't really accurate. If you know differently could you post something of relevance please as I'm pretty interested in this.

 

[ennogs]

I just thought I would update this thread as it is still happening. I need advice to see if you think I can still RMA the 580. I bought my 580 in Jan 2011,

I am still getting this problem. I have since got rid of the 450. I gave it to a mate. I read an article where they showed stats that having a 2nd card for physics was pretty useless and it is better to have the single card doing the physics. In their tests sometimes you lost FPS with using a 2nd card for physics. Rarely do you see an increase in fps. Of course it was games with physics they done their tests with.

The issue I have with the 580 has taken a strange twist. I have noticed that it matters who made the game. Now this may sound weird but it is happening. It is only games from Codemaster where this happens. At first I did not notice the Codemaster connection because it is only the odd game I have installed where it happened. I would say a good 95% of all games I have installed have worked. Then one day I noticed that it is always a Codemaster game when I get the “exe has crashed....” error message. I never get this exe error message with any other games or programs. It’s only with Codemaster games.

As I did I not know anybody with a good enough PC to test my 580 on I was reluctant to RMA the 580. I thought it would be too weird to have the reason for the RMA as I cannot play Codemaster games. I also thought just because the 450 was running the games ok does not prove the 580 at fault. It may have been something wrong with the motherboard.

I have since changed motherboard. Yesterday I changed to an Asus Maximus V Gene. I installed the motherboard and I was able to boot into Windows straight way. I went from an Asus P8P67 Pro to the Maximus V Gene. Although I could boot into Windows I did format the hard drive and do a fresh install of Windows 7. I have also just updated to the latest BIOS. After installing Windows 7 I then installed the latest motherboard drivers from the Asus website. I then installed all windows updates. I followed this by office and all its updates. Then finally installed all the progs I use. I have seen using the PC since 7PM yesterday with no problems. I have all my progs, drivers, updates etc installed.

So now was the perfect time to test my issue with the 580. I have just installed Dirt 2. I did the Dirt and games for windows lives updates. I got to the press enter screen. Just as I was about to press enter I got the exe error message. I can get this exe message at various points in the game but always within about 2 – 3 minutes. Sometimes I can get as far as about 30 seconds into the a race itself. It is very strange how it is only and always Codemaster games.

So now I have changed motherboard and it is still happening I don’t feel so stupid using I cannot play Codemaster games as the reason for the RMA. I as I have said it only happens with Codemaster games and so far has happened with every Codemaster game I have tried.

 

[ennogs]

Who would I contact for the RMA overclockers or the card manufacturer?

 

[Nelly]

Have you installed the 1.1 patch for Dirt 2 >> http://www.gamershell.com/download_56748.shtml

Bug Fixes

Graphics

• Shadow quality setting of “low” is now correctly saved instead of resetting to “medium” Combinations of both high resolutions and high MSAA levels have been restricted on graphics cards with low memory to prevent issues found with those settings
• Added missing function key icons
• Fixed several lighting artefacts in night races
• Fixed missing initial load screen on multi-GPU setups under DX11
• Alt+Tab and Alt+Enter are now better supported under DX11
• Benchmark mode now correctly applies custom settings
• Fixed missing text in benchmark mode pause menu
• Fixed a crash when changing multisampling mode
• Fixed flickering text on stats screen in network mode
• Improved image sharpness in DX9 Fixes to improve NVIDIA 3D Vision support
• Better default graphics options are chosen when running the game for the first time with a GeForce 8400 GS

Audio

• Fixed an issue where replay music would suddenly cut in when navigating a replay at very slow speeds
• Ensured that OpenAL is properly shut down when exiting the game using Alt+F4
• Prevented reverb cutting in and out abruptly on the Utah tracks

Gameplay

• Fixed player being able to drive through the ground on the Rewang Trailblazer track
• Fixed wall-riding on Battersea routes
• Bug-fixes for LA Stadium, Malaysia Rally and Baja Rally tracks

General

• Fixed a rare crash during the loading sequence
• Fixed an issue in the Russian language version where the default player name is missing from the one-to-watch sequence
• Fixed an issue where loading and saving would fail if multiple controllers were connected
• Fixed a crash which could occur when entering the first race using a motion platform

Changes

• Removed 16x quality coverage sampled anti-aliasing support
• Added support for MS Sidewinder Force-Feedback USB Wheel
• Added support for Logitech Driving Force USB Wheel
• Added support for Logitech Cordless RumblePad 2 USB controller
• Machines with 6 cores will now use the 4-core worker map rather than the single core map

Optimisations

• Optimised shadow rendering
• Optimised CPU performance on machines with SMT and multiple cores
• Improvements to frame-rate fluidity and triple-buffering support

 

[ennogs]

Thanks for the reply. I already have the update installed.

 

[Nelly]

Who would I contact for the RMA overclockers or the card manufacturer?

Thanks for the reply. I already have the update installed.

Maybe worth trying to RMA, pity you can't try it in someone elses PC.

Have you tried running Heaven 3.0 benchmark? See if it runs/artifacts... What brand/manufacturer is the GTX 580?