Which games work perfect with Nvidia 8800's regardless of which driver?

[Nelly]

As per topic, I just want to know as this will decide whether I purchase an Nvidia 8800 GTX.

What I will do is mark a tick against each game that is mentioned, any game over the last 2 years will suffice.

Basically any game you have played or still play that works 100% with no crashes, no graphical glitches, no reboots when loading levels.

Nvidia 8800 Series - Game Compatability.

1 - Aliens vs Predator 2
1 - Area 51
2 - Armed Assault (8800GTX is slower on this game than the last generation of cards + graphic glitches + fog)
1 - Battlefield 1942
3 - Battlefield 2
1 - Battlefield 2142 (Performance/crashing issues)
1 - Black & White 2
1 - Brothers in Arms
3 - Call of Juarez
3 - Call Of Duty 2
1 - Colin McRae Rally 05
1 - Command & Conquer 3
3 - Condemned
5 - Company of Heroes
1 - Civ 4
1 - City Of Heroes/Villains
3 - Dark Messiah (Source Engine)
1 - Darkstar One
2 - Doom OpenGL
5 - Doom3
3 - Farcry
5 - F.E.A.R.
1 - Flatout 2
1 - Flight Simulator 2004
2 - Freelancer
7 - Half Life 2 + Episodes. / Counterstrike:Source (Use drivers from 97.94's upto current 158.22's to fix fog/crashing)
1 - Halo
2 - Gothic 3
3 - G.R.A.W.
1 - GTA: San Andreas
1 - GTR 2
1 - Medal of Honor + Extensions
1 - Medieval 2 Total War (Source Engine)
1 - Need For Speed Carbon
3 - Need For Speed Most Wanted
1 - Neverwinter Nights 2
1 - OutRun 2006
2 - Painkiller & the "Battle out of Hell" expansion.
2 - Postal 2 Share The Pain
1 - Pro Evolution Soccor 6
1 - Prey
3 - Quake 4
3 - Rainbow 6 Vegas
1 - Roller Coaster Tycoon 3
2 - Serious Sam 2
1 - Soldier of fortune 2
6 - Stalker (Windows XP)
1 - Star Trek: Elite Force
2 - Star Wars: KOTOR 2
3 - Supreme Commander
1 - System Shock 2 (If you have to dual core untick one of the cores)
1 - Test Drive Unlimited
1 - The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay
5 - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
1 - TOCA Race Driver 2
2 - Tomb Raider Legend
1 - Trackmania Nations
1 - UT2004
1 - World of Warcraft
1 - Xpand Rally Xtreme
2 - X3 Reunion

EDITED UPTO:- fornowagain - 16th May 2007

 

[Nelly]

Hey guys this is great, good info etc.

Can you do me a favor. . . post your current drivers with the thread you posted in which works with the games?

What I'm trying to do is see if their is a specific string of problems with certain drivers etc as well.

 

[Nelly]

Cheers keep posting people.

Keep on adding the games you know that work with the graphics cards.

Just curious, if you do find any problems - does anyone even bother to e-mail Nvidia stating what game the problem is in with whatever driver? the more you chase people to fix things the quicker things get done.

 

[Nelly]

The only fault with source was the fog issue, which was solved 2-3 drivers updates ago.

I know of at least 6 people who play source based games a lot from the 97.94's upto current 158.22's and have never crashed.

Excellent info - thanks.

 

[Nelly]

Ive been playing css for months on vista and never crashed ^^
Call of Juarez & BF2 run fine also

I know you play or did Vanguard, seen posts on this forum & another.

How do you find it plays with your 8800GTS, do you experiance any crashes?

 

[Nelly]

I have no problems with any game I've played so far (XP). Most are already listed, so I'll start with games that aren't on the list already.

STALKER (has never crashed or suffered any performance drop)

Interesting, what drivers are you using just for reference?