Anyone using a 6600 nvidia ?

[Spacelord]

Okay I just tried nvidia 77.56- quadro from nvidia.
These are the ones recommended for XSI.
They still crash my machine, just drawing render region.
I can get awayway with small render region, just no large ones.
I previously had a 5900xt that had no problems, I was using the
omega drivers. I tried the omega drivers but they don't recognise
the 6600.
mmmm

[Sbowling]

Your video card shouldn't really have an effect on a render region. I would try looking elsewhere (bad ram maybe?). Also, using quattro drivers on a 6600gt card probably isn't a good idea. BTW, I have both a 6600 and a 6600gt from evga and have no problems with XSI.

[Spacelord]

Thanks
Its definitely the card/driver combo.
I've tried it in 2 different machines and it crashed both of them.

So whats your driver version ?

I've also tried the 81.98 from nvidia and no luck.

Your video card shouldn't really have an effect on a render region. I would try looking elsewhere (bad ram maybe?). Also, using quattro drivers on a 6600gt card probably isn't a good idea. BTW, I have both a 6600 and a 6600gt from evga and have no problems with XSI.

[cpan]

try the 77.77, they are the best for opengl apps like xsi/maya :)

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_77.77.html

[ThE_JacO]

Your video card shouldn't really have an effect on a render region. I would try looking elsewhere (bad ram maybe?). Also, using quattro drivers on a 6600gt card probably isn't a good idea. BTW, I have both a 6600 and a 6600gt from evga and have no problems with XSI.

the videocard CAN (and often does) have issues with the render-region, as it draws and redraws on top of an OGL managed viewport, something that doesn't happen as often or intensively in most other areas of the software.

[Mumle]

how big is your powersupply? The 6xxx series eat alot of power...

[Sbowling]

the videocard CAN (and often does) have issues with the render-region, as it draws and redraws on top of an OGL managed viewport, something that doesn't happen as often or intensively in most other areas of the software.

That makes sense now that you mention it. I never really thought about that fact that it is drawing over the opengl view.

[Sbowling]

Thanks
Its definitely the card/driver combo.
I've tried it in 2 different machines and it crashed both of them.

So whats your driver version ?

I've also tried the 81.98 from nvidia and no luck.

I'm running 77.72 on this machine one of my other machines has 81.xx (or something like that) and has no issues. As Mumle mentioned, these cards use a lot of power. If your card has a power connector make sure that there is a power cable connected to it (one that is not connected to any drives, etc.), also you should probably have about a 400 watt power supply (minimum). I'm running a 480 on one machine and 500+ on my other machine (the one with the 6600).

While I'm thinking about it, does anyone know if there any software programs that can monitor power consumption and let you know if your power supply may be too wimpy?

[ThE_JacO]

I'm running 77.72 on this machine one of my other machines has 81.xx (or something like that) and has no issues. As Mumle mentioned, these cards use a lot of power. If your card has a power connector make sure that there is a power cable connected to it (one that is not connected to any drives, etc.), also you should probably have about a 400 watt power supply (minimum). I'm running a 480 on one machine and 500+ on my other machine (the one with the 6600).

While I'm thinking about it, does anyone know if there any software programs that can monitor power consumption and let you know if your power supply may be too wimpy?

yes, but to be reliable it usually needs to be from the mobo's manufacturer.
Asus, Gigabyte, Abit and all these premium brands usually come with one or have one avaliable for download on their site.

[Spacelord]

yashu I'll try those drivers.

My powersupply is a 550watt Antec,
I'd imagine it would have enough power.
It ran the 5900xt which needed additional power.

Hopefully those 77.77 are better than the 77.56 quadro drivers.

[inneractive]

My fiancee has been using a 128MB 6600GT with NVIDIA 7.8.0.1 drivers for months with XSI 5.01 without any problems. Maybe I'll tell her to try out the others mentioned here for better performance.

[visualboo]

PNY 6600GT here. 71.84 and perfect.

[Sbowling]

yashu I'll try those drivers.

My powersupply is a 550watt Antec,
I'd imagine it would have enough power.
It ran the 5900xt which needed additional power.

Hopefully those 77.77 are better than the 77.56 quadro drivers.

I guss it's possible that you just have a bad video card. Asus is the only video card that I've ever had a problem with. Then again, the same problems could possibly be happening because of a failing power supply... or bad ram... or a bad motherboard. Can you do a normal render without any crashes? Just want to make sure that this really is a video card problem and not a problem coming from somewhere else.

[Spacelord]

HI Sbowling,

I think you might be right, it could be the card itself.
As I said earlier I've tried it in 2 different machines and
it crashes when render region in XSI 5.01.

I thought ASUS was a good brand, good warranty, etc...

I've just put my 5900xt back in as I have to get some work done.
When I get some time I might try it again with some different drivers.
I guess the problem with waiting to long is I might have a busted
card and will no longer be able to exchange it. :(

[ThE_JacO]

asus is a good brand, but that doesn't make it 100% resilent to the odd faulty card.
the fact your box was running a serie 5 before also doesn't say much really, as the serie 6 power requirments differ a fair bit, and they also depend from other components.

I recently had to build myself a workstation (carting one from the UK to Oz when I moved wasn't an option), and to get a stable voltage on the 5 and 3.3v out of the PSU I had to upgrade from 470 to 660W (X2 4000+, 2GB ram and asus6800).

watts alone also don't necessarily indicate everything, what really matters is the Amperes output on the 5 and 3.3 volts outputs as far as CPU and GPU are concerned; and also how such output is sustained when there's concurrent demand on multiple outputs.

[Spacelord]

I'm thinking more and more that its the card.
I had it in another machine that runs a 6800 no problems.
Install the 6600gt region render and bam, crash !
I've got the 6600gt in the machine I do all my surfing on
and its taking this kind of treatment fine. I'm sure its not
really testing it like XSI would be.
Just wondering what I can say to the shop.
I'll call them and let them know I'm having problems with it.

asus is a good brand, but that doesn't make it 100% resilent to the odd faulty card.
the fact your box was running a serie 5 before also doesn't say much really, as the serie 6 power requirments differ a fair bit, and they also depend from other components.

I recently had to build myself a workstation (carting one from the UK to Oz when I moved wasn't an option), and to get a stable voltage on the 5 and 3.3v out of the PSU I had to upgrade from 470 to 660W (X2 4000+, 2GB ram and asus6800).

watts alone also don't necessarily indicate everything, what really matters is the Amperes output on the 5 and 3.3 volts outputs as far as CPU and GPU are concerned; and also how such output is sustained when there's concurrent demand on multiple outputs.

[Sbowling]

asus is a good brand, but that doesn't make it 100% resilent to the odd faulty card.
the fact your box was running a serie 5 before also doesn't say much really, as the serie 6 power requirments differ a fair bit, and they also depend from other components.

I recently had to build myself a workstation (carting one from the UK to Oz when I moved wasn't an option), and to get a stable voltage on the 5 and 3.3v out of the PSU I had to upgrade from 470 to 660W (X2 4000+, 2GB ram and asus6800).

watts alone also don't necessarily indicate everything, what really matters is the Amperes output on the 5 and 3.3 volts outputs as far as CPU and GPU are concerned; and also how such output is sustained when there's concurrent demand on multiple outputs.

Don't get me wrong about ASUS. All except one of my motherboards are ASUS, and my next motherboard will probably be ASUS as well. It's just out of all the video cards I've had (been building my own computers since 1990) this is the only bad video card I've ever had.

On a side note, I just replaced a Gigabyte motherboard with an ASUS because of problems failing Memtest86+ and lots of crashes even after replacing the ram, but with all the talk here about power supplies, I'm starting to think that maybe the power supply may be the problem. I found the ASUS power monitor and noticed that While the 5.0 and 3.3 are fairly stable, the 12.0 keeps dropping below 12.0, especially while rendering. The motherboard I was using had a lot more "bells and whistles" than the current one, so it was probably using more power than this one. Looks like I might be a CPU and video card away from another render node.:)

[eMPeck]

Hi there - I own GF6600GT made by MSI, forceware 77.50 without any problems.

[monks]

i've got an Asus 6600 GT 128mo PCI express, xsi work fine ! no problem ! i think your card has a internal problem, change it if you can.

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