Trouble with Nvidia GeForce Experience/ Graphics card!?

Flibble

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Hi there, basically, I have no clue what to do. It started off with a games not running properly. Team fortress 2 and Metro 2033 where the one's where i noticed this problem. With TF2, the game lagged horribly. Afterwards I went to play Metro 2033 where a pop up appeared saying "D3D: Unsupported graphics card detected. The game might be unstable." This was the first time I had even seen this pop-up. I had never had any problems with the game before until today.

I went to have a look at the GeForce Experience app but noticed that it would not run. I attempted to do a re-install which was not happening, so I then... decided to uninstall it, then install it again, and I now get the error "NVIDIA GeForce Experiance requires an NVIDIA GPU. Refer to the system requirements".

Eh? So yeah. I don't know whats going on. I don't know how to fix this. I've had this computer for more than a year with Nvidia GeForce installed and never had this problem before. Have I unknowingly edited some settings? I am not a clever person when it comes to computers. :s

Windows 7 Home Premium edition
GTX 660 graphics card
I5 3330 processor
no idea about other specs

Any help appreciated
 
Solution
Download and install the latest drivers from Nvidia. Here: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx

You can also try "Scan for Hardware Changes":

1 - Click the Windows 7 Start button. A menu will appear.
2 - Click Control Panel. A window will appear.
3 - Click System and Security.
4 - Under System, click Device Manager. The Device Manager window will appear.
5 - Click the Scan for hardware changes button at the top.

Windows will try to find new devices. This may help re-identify your graphics card. Look under the Display Adapters to find it.
If there is a problem with your graphics card, there may be a little yellow caution symbol over it, or there may be a status code, like Error Code 43 (Which is quite common in failed units)...

gemi_kk

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Often Booting windows works for many. This is not a solution, But it probably might work.

Also, try logging in safe mode. Uninstall and re install drivers. And then check.
 

Xivilain

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Download and install the latest drivers from Nvidia. Here: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx

You can also try "Scan for Hardware Changes":

1 - Click the Windows 7 Start button. A menu will appear.
2 - Click Control Panel. A window will appear.
3 - Click System and Security.
4 - Under System, click Device Manager. The Device Manager window will appear.
5 - Click the Scan for hardware changes button at the top.

Windows will try to find new devices. This may help re-identify your graphics card. Look under the Display Adapters to find it.
If there is a problem with your graphics card, there may be a little yellow caution symbol over it, or there may be a status code, like Error Code 43 (Which is quite common in failed units). Right-click the item and select properties. If you see that code, then you may need to buy a new card, as I don't know if its fixable. Alternatively, you can try letting Windows update that driver software by Right-Click and select "Update Driver Software".

Hope this helps.
 
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