"Older" Nvidia card users - fyi

[voltron7]

Anyone using an old Quadro FX1700 might be interested in this (unless you already know.)
Today windows update updated the card driver (hasn't done that in awhile.)
I was hesitant to do it, but I went for it, and to my surprise, the handling of multiple monitors seems improved.
I used to use multimon task bar, but after this update I don't need it anymore...seems at least as stable as before the update...
Maybe it's insignificant, but it felt good to unload one more "thing" from installed programs.

[vlado]

Unfortunately for me, after that update, my laptop started crashing with a blue screen occasionally when I run 3ds Max...

Best regards,
Vlado

[voltron7]

Thanks for the heads up, vlado. I will save often until it proves okay...

[vlado]

I only managed to solve this by removing all nVidia drivers, and installing the latest beta driver.

Best regards,
Vlado

[voltron7]

That is unfortunate, vlado! What a PITA...

Well, so far, still stable, so I guess the update will stay.

[joconnell]

Just wondering - whats the version number of the driver you're using? We've a lot of quadro problems in here too so it might be worth trying.

[voltron7]

Sorry have been busy to check, but I just did, and it is driver version 306.97

[joconnell]

Star, thank you. I'm on a quadro 4000 and there's a tonne of viewport problems in max.