Comments on: NVidia Driver Update

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:15:23 +0000

I was trying the current demo (X-plane 9.70) on my PC and don’t get it loaded. It hangs at “Loading”. After some web research I found this issue and can state that I am using the most current WHQL drivers from Nvidia: 275.33 with a dual card config: GTX 470 and GTX260-2 – no sli-config but the GTX 260-2 dedicated to physX and an TH2Go-Device. It works very well with FSX and all my other games, but not at all with x-plane. A look into nvidiainspector advanced settings showed me that there is no pre-defined x-plane profile at all. The hang on startup fix mentioned above didn’t help either. The rest of my system is: windows 7 64bit with all the “ms-fixes and updates” and some TuneUp tunings. Maybe this helps?!
Regards michael

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:37:10 +0000

After installing any Nvidia driver after version 257.21, X-Plane 9.70 fails to load past the startup screen. The program completes 25% progress, then stalls, which then requires a task manager close of the program. If I re-install Nvidia driver version 257.21, everything works again. I have insured that all old Nvidia drivers were removed before installing the newer version drivers (including the newest version 275.33). I have tried all of the suggested posts and no change. My operating system is: XP Pro SP3, 3 gig ram, (BFG Tech) Nvidia 9600 GT OC.

By: Eric Liskay

Eric Liskay — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:49:20 +0000

I upgraded my drivers to 275.33 and X-Plane 9.70 and cloud shadows are still corrupted with my GTX 480s.

By: CBAV8R

CBAV8R — Sat, 28 May 2011 23:49:56 +0000

Update: Fixed in 260.99. I found a post that referenced the need to delete the contents of the preferences folder after updating. This solved the crashing and it runs fine with 260.99. With 270.61, it loads to a strange set of colored lines.

By: CBAV8R

CBAV8R — Sat, 28 May 2011 12:38:20 +0000

PS. I using Win 7 32bit

By: CBAV8R

CBAV8R — Sat, 28 May 2011 12:36:08 +0000

I’m getting startup crashes.
Using GeForce 6200. Problem started when I upgraded from 9.3 that came on the disk to 9.69 through the downloaded update installer.

Tried both 260.99 and 270.61 with no luck. Tried -no_fbos after command line w/no luck (if I did it correctly – would be great if you would tell us less than proficient users how just to make sure)

Interestingly, it will run if I run the update installer and use the botton that says “Fly X-Plane 9 Now” but of course I have to wait 5 mins for the installer to check the files for update first.

By: Dark Photon

Dark Photon — Sat, 28 May 2011 01:53:02 +0000

GTX480. At work our main app has similar problems as X-plane with the 270.x drivers (270.41.06). Flip back to 260.19.44 and all is well. Problems such as crashing on startup creating and setting up FBOs, etc. It’s not just X-plane. We’re avoiding 270.x hoping NVidia is hard at work tracking down what broke.

By: carrotroot

carrotroot — Sun, 22 May 2011 04:27:35 +0000

I have a Geforce 9600 GT on 64-Bit Ubuntu 11.04 using the 270.41.19 stable driver, and X-Plane works absolutely perfect for me.

By: Eric Liskay

Eric Liskay — Sat, 21 May 2011 00:35:59 +0000

In reply to Eric Liskay. I'm using Quadro Drivers 256.01 on Mac OS and the shadows look fine with the GTX 480.

By: John

John — Fri, 20 May 2011 09:19:49 +0000

I have a Nvidia 7600gt and currently using the old 260.99 drivers. No problem on xp9