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Graphical tearing in Boot Camp on 3.06Ghz iMac.

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Tsurisuto

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I'm running Vista x64 in Boot Camp on my new 3.06Ghz iMac with 4GB RAM. I have noticed that if I grab any window and shake it around the screen, I get graphical tearing. I am running the latest Boot Camp Drivers (2.1) and have hardly any software installed on the Windows side.

The problem has become particularly annoying when playing games, especially FPSs, as every time I turn side to side the screen tears.

As the problem happens only in the Windows side, I'm assuming that the issue is most likely with the NVidia graphics drivers?

Does anyone on these boards have the same issue with Vista x64 on the new iMacs?

Any help would be appreciated.
 
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MacsRgr8 said:
Have you tried updating the grfx drivers from nVidia's site?

nVidia has just updated them.
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I ran a scan on NVidia's website last night and was told that my drivers were up to date. I tried to manually download the drivers from the NVidia site, but they wouldn't install. It said that my machine doesn't meet the required hardware.

I have a Geforce 8800 GS, with drivers at 167.xx. Does anyone have anything different?
 
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Tsurisuto said:
I'm running Vista x64 in Boot Camp on my new 3.06Ghz iMac with 4GB RAM. I have noticed that if I grab any window and shake it around the screen, I get graphical tearing. I am running the latest Boot Camp Drivers (2.1) and have hardly any software installed on the Windows side.

The problem has become particularly annoying when playing games, especially FPSs, as every time I turn side to side the screen tears.

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Any help would be appreciated.
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Have you tried enabling vsync?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_synchronization
 
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GreyMatta said:
go here http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=18721

and make sure that you download the driver and the modded inf file from the links at the top of the page.

when you have both files extract the driver from its self extracting archive and then add the inf file to the folder before clicking on the setup.exe in the folder.

hope that helps :)
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You guys are great! I did what you said, and it installed without a hitch, but in the Control Panel it still says I am running Forceware 167.63, and I still get the screen tearing. :(

Should I uninstall the NVidia drivers first, and then try again?
 
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So I thought I would try unistalling the NVidia drivers first, and then install the ones from the Laptop2go site. It seemed to uninstall and install perfectly, but now the resolution is very low and I don't have an NVidia control panel. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
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Chrisl369

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Boot Camp on 3.06 iMac

Tsurisuto said:
I'm running Vista x64 in Boot Camp on my new 3.06Ghz iMac with 4GB RAM. I have noticed that if I grab any window and shake it around the screen, I get graphical tearing. I am running the latest Boot Camp Drivers (2.1) and have hardly any software installed on the Windows side.

The problem has become particularly annoying when playing games, especially FPSs, as every time I turn side to side the screen tears.

As the problem happens only in the Windows side, I'm assuming that the issue is most likely with the NVidia graphics drivers?

Does anyone on these boards have the same issue with Vista x64 on the new iMacs?

Any help would be appreciated.
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I am trying to get Vista x64 in Boot Camp running on my daughter's 3.06 iMac and get the message 'not supported on this Mac'. I have downloaded the 2.1drivers but the file wil not run to install. I just wondered if you did anything special to get it working on your machine. Apple are no help as they say x64 is not supported on the iMac.

Thank you
Chris
 
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Chrisl369 said:
I am trying to get Vista x64 in Boot Camp running on my daughter's 3.06 iMac and get the message 'not supported on this Mac'. I have downloaded the 2.1drivers but the file wil not run to install. I just wondered if you did anything special to get it working on your machine. Apple are no help as they say x64 is not supported on the iMac.

Thank you
Chris
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I had to download the 2.01 Boot Camp drivers from a Torrent site and install them first, then upgraded to 2.1.

Let me know if you can't find them, and i'll email them to you.
 
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Tsurisuto said:
I had to download the 2.01 Boot Camp drivers from a Torrent site and install them first, then upgraded to 2.1.

Let me know if you can't find them, and i'll email them to you.
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Thank you Tsurisuto,
My son has the latest Mac Pro and I will get the drivers from his restore disks.

I give it a try and see how it goes.

Chris
 
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Chrisl369

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GeForce 8800 GS drivers

Tsurisuto said:
I had to download the 2.01 Boot Camp drivers from a Torrent site and install them first, then upgraded to 2.1.

Let me know if you can't find them, and i'll email them to you.
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Tsurisuto,

Thank you again I managed to get the files from the Mac Pro disks and updated the Boot Camp. One other thing, when I looked in the device manager the 8800 was not listed. Do I need to install seperate drivers? If so where do you find them and how do you instal them?

Thank you
Chris
 
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Chrisl369 said:
Tsurisuto,

Thank you again I managed to get the files from the Mac Pro disks and updated the Boot Camp. One other thing, when I looked in the device manager the 8800 was not listed. Do I need to install seperate drivers? If so where do you find them and how do you instal them?

Thank you
Chris
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Yes you do. Navigate to the Boot Camp folder on the Leopard DVD. Inside find the NVidia folder and then select and install the Mobile drivers.

let me know if you get the tearing issue too?
 
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Chrisl369

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Tsurisuto said:
Yes you do. Navigate to the Boot Camp folder on the Leopard DVD. Inside find the NVidia folder and then select and install the Mobile drivers.

let me know if you get the tearing issue too?
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Hi,
By the time I got home today my son had already done the Laptopvideo and ini file thing and it is working great. According to him the Vista experience index shows just below his Mac Pro with the 8800GT. My son, Justin, has asked what programs are you getting the graphical tearing with?
Thanks
Chris
 
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Tsurisuto

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Chrisl369 said:
Hi,
By the time I got home today my son had already done the Laptopvideo and ini file thing and it is working great. According to him the Vista experience index shows just below his Mac Pro with the 8800GT. My son, Justin, has asked what programs are you getting the graphical tearing with?
Thanks
Chris
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I get it in all windows. Just open Internet Explorer and shake the window left and right and see if you get any tearing?

Also I would be grateful if you could let me know which drivers your son used from LaptopVideo?
 
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Chrisl369

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Tsurisuto said:
I get it in all windows. Just open Internet Explorer and shake the window left and right and see if you get any tearing?

Also I would be grateful if you could let me know which drivers your son used from LaptopVideo?
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Hi Tsurisuto,
My son has said he installed 169.12 with the modified .ini file. My daughter has not had any problems so far with the various games etc. Hope this helps.

Regards
Chris
 
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Chrisl369 said:
Hi Tsurisuto,
My son has said he installed 169.12 with the modified .ini file. My daughter has not had any problems so far with the various games etc. Hope this helps.

Regards
Chris
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Could you point me to the modded ini file please - do you just copy it over the one in the 169.12 folder and run setup ?
 
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Tsurisuto

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Chrisl369 said:
Hi Tsurisuto,
My son has said he installed 169.12 with the modified .ini file. My daughter has not had any problems so far with the various games etc. Hope this helps.

Regards
Chris
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Thank you. I opted to go for the 174.xx drivers instead. I have finally fixed the problem of tearing in games, but not on the desktop.
 
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