Windows 7 - 9800 GT problem

Hey Guys I recently bought a 9800GT. Since I have had it I have had problems with windows 7. When I have the standard windows drivers installed for it, it seems fine but I get random black screens and then error messages stating something to do with a kernal error.

When I have the latest drivers installed I get constant mouse pausing and stuttering and my pc randomly crashes. I cant play any games in either situation.

My Pc specs are:

Windows 7 Build 7100
Q 6600
4 Gig ram
9800 GT
EP45-DS3L mobo
600W PSU

Please help this problem is getting so annoying

Hey got
Welcome to sevenforums.

We could use a couple of things abt your system. 32 bit or 64? does your video driver show correctly in device manager (type device manager in search), wa it a clean install or upgrade.

Waiting for info

Ken

Hey Ken,

Its a 64 Bit system, the video card does show correctly in the device manager and it was a clean installation.

Thanks

Ok so its not the vid driver you have enough memory, its a clean install. does this happen most in games? does it happen in apps? how big is your page file?

k

The problem gets worse when I actually install the proper drivers for it. I cant play games my system crashes 9/10 times I try too...mainly when i try to watch video the screen goes orange and then crashes and I get the kernal error messages...pretty much anything to do with video.

I have tried my 9800 in another PC and I dont get any issues. Whats a page file?

my 1gb 9400 GT works perfectly for me =O... no problems playing crysis =D

Its defiantly something to do with the graphics card..when its un-installed the pc works fine...

Would it be worth installing a newer version of windows 7 or even trying Vista?

I got the same problem with same video card.When screensaver is runing after some time it shows kernel error something about that my driver stoped working and that it started to work again.My system is 64-bit Windows 7 version 7600-16385.I have even installed the newest dirver for Win 7 x64 but it didn't helped

My 9800GT is working issue-free for me under Windows 7 x64 RTM. I don't know why this series of cards are troublesome for some users, but I know you're not alone. I'm just happy mine isn't being funky.

I recommend finding out if your MB manufacturer has an updated bios for Winy7 x64. I had some issues with Nvidia bios P06 and P07. Contacted XFX about a new bios update and they sent me 721NP08A.

Also had some issues with Nvidia video driver 187.50 so I backed out to 182.50 which works well. I recently updated to 190.38 and gained 10% improvement in both gaming and Aero graphics from 6.0 to 6.6.

My system has been rock steady with these drivers.