Games crashing (e.g. Shogun 2 but also Rome/BI Total War) with newly installed Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti.

Bruno Just

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After installing the Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti, I found that all my games were crashing. I put the old Nvidia 9800gt back and everything is fine again. These are my computer's specifications. Can anyone help, please?
Hewlett-Packhard P7-1000-it
Chipset: Intel H67
Memory sockets: 4 x DDR3
Front side bus speeds: 2.5 GT/s
Processor socket: LGA 1155
Expansion Slots:
1 PCI Express x16
3 PCI Express
Processor: Intel Core i3 2100
Operating speed: Up to 3.1 GHz
Number of cores: 2
Socket: LGA1155
Bus speed: DMI (Direct Media Interface) - 2.5GT/s
Intel(R) Core (TM)
i3 2100 CPU @ 3.10 GHz 3.10 GHz
4 GB Ram 64 bit
Windows Experience Index:
Processor 7.1
Memory (RAM) 7.2
Graphics 5.8 (It was 5.9 with my old 9800GT)
Gaming Graphics 6.9
Primary Hardisk 5.9
 

Bruno Just

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Thanks for the reply, Targus.
You're saying if that, if I don't update the drivers it should be ok.
Why two 550 ti? I have only one.
 

Targus100

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I run in SLI for some games, and use one for dedicated physX for others (planetside 2, it makes a difference) Upgrading to a 760 GTX tonight though