Windows 8 + Nvidia
So, my wife is running an Nvidia GTS 450, we used the latest drivers from the Nvidia website, to date and we end up with doubled-over/ blurry text at the tile screen, with frequent blacking of the display if we open certain programs, like Mahjong, or whatever that game is she plays. Her cursor also hitches, and begins to lag behind and VLC (or anything that uses accelerated video), hitches/ pops/ stutters every 2-4 seconds. We can play movies in Windows Media Player but they look pixelated and fuzzy. If we uninstall those drivers, and roll with the WHQL drivers found in Windows Update, the blurry tile screen text goes away and so do the black screen issues, however, we still have the stuttering problem in VLC and Media Player classic (for playing videos outside of AVI and MPEG support). It doesn't matter what file type/ file we play, it does it either way.
Her Hardware:
Phenom II 3.5ghz B50 Quad Core
8GB Ram
1.5GB GTS 450
600W PSU.
I have an identical graphics card like hers elsewhere, I can try that to make sure it's not the card itself.
So, my wife is running an Nvidia GTS 450, we used the latest drivers from the Nvidia website, to date and we end up with doubled-over/ blurry text at the tile screen, with frequent blacking of the display if we open certain programs, like Mahjong, or whatever that game is she plays. Her cursor also hitches, and begins to lag behind and VLC (or anything that uses accelerated video), hitches/ pops/ stutters every 2-4 seconds. We can play movies in Windows Media Player but they look pixelated and fuzzy. If we uninstall those drivers, and roll with the WHQL drivers found in Windows Update, the blurry tile screen text goes away and so do the black screen issues, however, we still have the stuttering problem in VLC and Media Player classic (for playing videos outside of AVI and MPEG support). It doesn't matter what file type/ file we play, it does it either way.
Her Hardware:
Phenom II 3.5ghz B50 Quad Core
8GB Ram
1.5GB GTS 450
600W PSU.
I have an identical graphics card like hers elsewhere, I can try that to make sure it's not the card itself.