NVidia Drivers 191.07 - Crash to Desktop

In other words I cannot play Sims 3 until this is fixed. I just got my new computer yesterday 2 GForce GTX 295 cards in my computer and I cannot roll it back because it is all brand new.

Sim Ha effettuato l'accesso: 05/06/09 12:43 Messaggi: 8 Offline

Sithaiixyl ha scritto:In other words I cannot play Sims 3 until this is fixed. I just got my new computer yesterday 2 GForce GTX 295 cards in my computer and I cannot roll it back because it is all brand new.

Correct - if it a totally new PC that is on the latest drivers it will have problems so go download the older drivers from Nvidia's website. Once you have done that uninstall your existing drivers and then install the older ones and every thing will be OK.

Not rocket science - just basic system admin.

Kindest regards

John

Sim Ha effettuato l'accesso: 04/11/09 10:26 Messaggi: 1 Offline

I playing the sims 3 on a xp machine. And I am installed the nvidia beta driver number 195.39 for xp. And it works fine. I have the same problem with 191.07 driver from nvidia. My videocard is a 8600gt.

Sim Ha effettuato l'accesso: 06/11/09 15:37 Messaggi: 1 Offline

I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium (64 Bit) with version 191.07 and the game hasn't crashed on me yet.

Sim Ha effettuato l'accesso: 07/11/09 19:57 Messaggi: 1 Offline

I'm confused.

I have a Windows Vista with Home Premium SP1 - whatever that means - and NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE and my game starts, but crashes within minutes.

I don't know which NVIDIA to download. I tried the 190.62 but it said that it didn't go with my computer.

Can someone please help me, this is all very frustrating? Which one do I download?!

I fixed mine now without the rollback, I did the deletion of cache files and reset the detailed lots to 4 as was suggested in this thread http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/79541.page

My game has not crashed since.

:edit: spelling :edit:

Sim Ha effettuato l'accesso: 17/07/09 03:28 Messaggi: 19 Offline

Is this supposed to fix the crash t desk top issue?

Every time I try to save, or sometimes just for the heck of it, it crashed and the entire town is gone. I have had to go into the computer to find a back up to my last saves, sometimes hours old.

And this crashing issue is getting very old too...

Sim Ha effettuato l'accesso: 29/05/09 14:58 Messaggi: 4 Offline

I have just about had it with EA & the Sims! Every time a new game or ep launches, it takes them months to figure out why it won't work on certain systems. They release the specs & they obviously do not know their *** from their elbow! I have way better specs than the minimum & it still crashes, but only since the latest Sims 3 update in August. I have spent countless hours & $$ trying to fix this issue & the only reasonable thing I can think of is EA needs to get on the ball & really think about the fact that the economy is crap right now, but we are all still willing to drop between $50 & $70 for their games!!! Ever heard of customer service EA???

Sim Ha effettuato l'accesso: 16/05/09 22:49 Messaggi: 91 Offline

cameonet1950 ha scritto:Mine is: 512 MB DDR3 NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT Video Card. No problems with this one and haven't received any update offers for it or checked into it. Hope I'm still good for a at least a while.

Well here I thought I was the only one having a problem with my games graphics!

I have the 9600 too and it crashes to desktop and the graphics goes wonky on me too.

Is that the same problem that others are having?

Because if it is, in a way that is good, because I thought there was something wrong with my new Graphic card.

I just up graded to it and added 4 GB of memory last month, then all of a sudden I started having this odd graphic problem.

I just installed a new driver though, because the error report I got said it was my driver.

But I don't know if it was the right one or the one that doesn't work with the game.

Would it be ok to just install the right one, or do I have un-install the other some how.

And if I do how do I do it?

Oh one more thing I am also using Window XP too.

Ok I figured out myself and un-installed the driver and installed the Beta one.

Hope it works.

Sim Ha effettuato l'accesso: 15/11/09 17:49 Messaggi: 1 Offline

Nichaedemus ha scritto:Hi,

The driver issue mentioned has already been confirmed by at least one user with an NVidia GeForce GTS 250. For reference, the original thread can be found here:

http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/112199.page

Note that the link to the NVidia website mentioned in the EA Support article above is for Windows XP 32-bit, but there are indeed other OS versions available. Please refer the following list for your particular drivers to download:

190.62 WHQL NVidia Drivers

Windows XP 32-bit
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_190.62_whql.html

Windows Server 2003 64-bit, Windows XP 64-bit
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp64_190.62_whql.html

Windows 7 32-bit, Windows Vista 32-bit
http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7_winvista_32bit_190.62_whql.ht
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Windows 7 64-bit, Windows Vista 64-bit
http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7_winvista_64bit_190.62_whql.ht
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Update 11/02/09

NVidia has released a beta version of their video drivers to address the crash/instability issues reported earlier with the Sims 3. Note that these drivers are not WHQL certified, and as such should be considered a temporary fix only. Please refer the following list for your particular drivers to download:

195.39 Beta NVidia Drivers

Windows XP 32-bit
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_195.39_beta.html

Windows Server 2003 64-bit, Windows XP 64-bit
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp64_195.39_beta.html

Windows 7 32-bit, Windows Vista 32-bit
http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7_winvista_32bit_195.39_beta.ht
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Windows 7 64-bit, Windows Vista 64-bit
http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7_winvista_64bit_195.39_beta.ht
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For help with identifying and installing the video drivers, please refer to the following EA Support article:

https://easims.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/easims.cfg/php/enduser/std_
adp.php?p_faqid=10711

I have only had the game a few days and have become really frustrated with the crashing. My computer is a few months old and has the NVidia Driver 191.07 as the original driver. I downloaded and installed the beta version 195.39 in hopes the game would work correctly. Alas, the same crashing / reboot occurred.

Is there hope that there is another 'fix' for this problem in the works?

Any and all who have suggestions, please reply.
Thank y ou

Sim Ha effettuato l'accesso: 01/06/09 21:16 Messaggi: 2 Offline

I got the geforce 8400 gs graphics card for my computer back in June and the game has worked fine on my computer until the past month when it has been crashing on me randomly (especially in create-a-sim) and over-heating. I've never experienced over-heating on my computer at all, as in never, until this past month. I think it is because of this new driver update. I also use Windows XP. I think I'm going to have to try the beta version. I hope it works.

I have GeForce 9600 GT on my Windows XP. I have the exact same problem as two other Simmers on this thread. Ill load the game..play it and within a few minutes, it will crash. Mine also seems to do it when I forget to save and have done something totally rad with my Sims ><' Its getting really **** frustrating =[

Sim Ha effettuato l'accesso: 07/07/09 18:42 Messaggi: 225 Offline

My issue is even stranger. I had the 191.07 patch in my computer for a short time before I reformatted due to other unrelated issues. TS2 and TS3 actually played fine with it. Once I reformatted and installed the games, neither would work.

I'm wary of installing the 195 beta because I want to still play TS2 and I haven't seen any information on this issue relating to TS2, it's all about TS3 and there's nothing on the TS2 forums.

EDIT: I have now downloaded the beta driver and both games work fine.

Sim Ha effettuato l'accesso: 14/06/09 03:42 Messaggi: 22 Offline

The patches are what screw me up. I do just fine until I download one of those! I too loaded the nvidia 191 and game stopped running but now all my graphics are messed up..I can't play any other game and its flickering and I can't even log out!! this is truly maddening. I have an XP with GF8800 and only have problems with Sims..( now I have problems with all my games and my computer!) This is just nutz.

Sim Ha effettuato l'accesso: 02/06/09 00:49 Messaggi: 84 Offline

I have similar issues

I have a 9100 and it doesn't work with the beta or older version. I'm on windows 7. Mine doesn't crash but it moves really really slow. I've tried the different drivers, uninstalling, reinstalling sims, changed to windows mode, defragged my computer twice and purchased WA since it's supposed to be compatible with windows 7 was hoping it would help. Nope still can't play sims 3.

Posted my DxDiag but the only thing they thought it might be was that I have a wide screen monitor. Which I've been using since June to play the sims 3. Played on High end graphic range with no issues and full screen. Now it takes about 5 minutes just for the sim to start moving

even on low graphics.