[For Sale 1536 sqm Roadside Ocean View]

For Sale:

1536 sqm Roadside Ocean View.  Mainland.  G-rated region.  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Hogback/16/154/109

 

[NVIDIA GTS 250 Driver Update Advice Needed]

Thanks.  I like the advice about leaving well enough alone.  You must know I have a habit of getting myself into trouble with these things.  LOL.

 

Glad I posted my question and glad to have two answers fairly quickly.  Now I see why some objects I buy in SL come with shadow prims. 

[NVIDIA GTS 250 Driver Update Advice Needed]

Thanks for your answer.  That explains why there is a grinding sound.

Just  for general and future knowledge, I'm still interested in knowing about the video driver update issue.  Is it a ploy a manufacturer uses or is there a good reason to stick with the manufacturer drivers?

[NVIDIA GTS 250 Driver Update Advice Needed]

Hope I'm in the right forum.  Please advise me.  This may be a simple question, but I just don't know enough to figure it out.  Thanks.

I already have the latest video driver available at the HP website (8.17.11.9732  released 3/25/10 - although there is one released 4/19/10).  Yeah, both drivers are old.  I have a HP Pavilion e9110t desktop and an NVIDIA GTS 250 video card.  Every time I enable shadows in the SL viewer 3, my PC makes grinding noises that make me disable shadows out of fear of ruining my system.

Yet, the card works fine without noise for shadows in games like The Sims 3.  I always thought that I have to use the HP-provided drivers because they are 'tweaked' for my system.  Is it OK to use the 8/9/11 driver from the NVIDIA site? 

Updated to add a snippet of info about my computer:

System Information
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Time of this report: 10/10/2011, 18:39:37
       Machine name: SYLVIA-PC
   Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.110622-1506)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: HP-Pavilion
       System Model: NY809AV-ABA e9110t
               BIOS: BIOS Date: 07/21/09 13:13:50 Ver: 5.08
          Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU    Q8300  @ 2.50GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.5GHz
             Memory: 6144MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 6144MB RAM
          Page File: 2095MB used, 10189MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\Windows
    DirectX Version: DirectX 11

Display Devices
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          Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
       Manufacturer: NVIDIA
          Chip type: GeForce GTS 250
           DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
         Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0615&SUBSYS_90381B0A&REV_A2
     Display Memory: 3821 MB
   Dedicated Memory: 1005 MB
      Shared Memory: 2815 MB
       Current Mode: 1600 x 900 (32 bit) (60Hz)
       Monitor Name: HP 2009 Series Wide LCD Monitor
      Monitor Model: HP 2009
         Monitor Id: HWP2828
        Native Mode: 1600 x 900(p) (60.000Hz)
        Output Type: DVI
        Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Driver File Version: 8.17.0011.9732 (English)
     Driver Version: 8.17.11.9732
        DDI Version: 10
       Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
  Driver Attributes: Final Retail
   Driver Date/Size: 3/25/2010 03:09:32, 11779176 bytes
        WHQL Logo'd: Yes
    WHQL Date Stamp: