Major Graphic problems here - everything invisible

[bocbee]

I have a major problem. The car and Nico are floating around with no street under them, no buildings, trees etc. I have SP1, patch 1.0.3.0 and all the latest drivers and still nothing seems to fix it. The game itself is not lagging but it seems more to do with the game struggling to render images. Its especially bad during the night scenes in the game. This happens even when I turn down all the graphics to minimum in the game.

 

Does anybody experience the same problem and how do I fix it. Thanks kindly.

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System Information

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Time of this report: 4/30/2009, 02:39:56

Machine name: HP-PC

Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_gdr.090302-1506)

Language: English (Regional Setting: English)

System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard

System Model: HP Pavilion dv6500 Notebook PC

BIOS: Ver 1.00PARTTBL

Processor: Intel® Core2 Duo CPU T7300 @ 2.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz

Memory: 2558MB RAM

Page File: 1430MB used, 3842MB available

Windows Dir: C:\Windows

DirectX Version: DirectX 10

DX Setup Parameters: Not found

DxDiag Version: 6.00.6000.16386 32bit Unicode

 

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Display Devices

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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS

Manufacturer: NVIDIA

Chip type: GeForce 8400M GS

DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC

Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0427&SUBSYS_30CC103C&REV_A1

Display Memory: 880 MB

Dedicated Memory: 113 MB

Shared Memory: 767 MB

Current Mode: 1280 x 800 (32 bit) (60Hz)

Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor

Driver Name: nvd3dum.dll,nvwgf2um.dll

Driver Version: 7.15.0011.0129 (English)

DDI Version: 9Ex

Driver Attributes: Final Retail

Driver Date/Size: 5/15/2007 00:38:00, 4763648 bytes

WHQL Logo'd: Yes

 

[GTAHOLDEN]

yeh i have the same problom gta iv worked find for me first then after done like 12missions it started to do this

[NikoCarlTommyFidoJohnson]

Hey

 

It looks like you're using nvidia driver 101.29 nvidia forceware. I would try to see if Hewlett Packard have any new drivers for your laptop and install them. Just make sure to uninstall old drivers properly [see GTAIV FAQ]. http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=397064

 

If HP does not supply new drivers you could try nvidia's website for new drivers or guru3d, but your drivers are very old for this game . They are dated July 2007. That would be my first guess.

 

Post back if that helps.

 

Step 1. Check HP website for new drivers for laptop model.

 

Step 2. If HP has new drivers install them making sure to follow instruction on how to remove drivers in FAQ found here

http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=397064

 

Step 3. If no new drivers from HP you could head to nvidia website na dceck to see if there are any new drivers for laptop found here http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

 

Step 4. Install those drivers if they are present. Remeber to stil follow instructions in FAQ about removal of video drivers.

 

Once video display is updated you could theb run the game. Hopefully, if all went well, this problem should go away.

 

 

[Girish]

Have you tried the memrestrict option as suggested in this topic?

[[VcG]Adam]

time you got a gfx card driver update...?

 

lol that cpu is probably not loading stuff quick enough..

 

try amd fusion for intel

[bigbongman]

DUDE i just got the right thing for you ..........i used this and it worked perfectly

 

1) Go to "Add and Remove Programs" and scroll down to the N section. Uninstall all Nvidia drivers (there were two of them on mine. One was "nvidia display driver" and the other was "nvidia performance driver", both of them I had recently installed trying to fix this problem). Make sure they are uninstalled.

 

2) Download and install driver sweeper: http://www.guru3d.com/category/driversweeper/

 

3) THIS STEP IS THE MOST IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (all the !! marks are because I'm excited this works). You need to restart your computer in SAFE MODE. This doesn't work unless you restart your computer *** in SAFE MODE ***. Usually you do this by pressing F8 when it tells you to about 10-30seconds after you first push the power button to start up your computer.

 

 

(After you are logged onto safe mode, it may say "you need to restart to blah de blah de blah about new hardware." Tell it no, you don't have to restart.

 

4) Now that you are in safe mode and logged onto windows normally, run Driver cleaner. Search for ATI display drivers and Nvidia display drivers. Then hit the "Clean" button. Now close the program and reopen it, and double-check the same steps. Search for ATI and nvidia display drivers, and make sure that none are found. When this is done, restart your computer back into regular XP.

 

5) After I rebooted into normal mode, I ran driver sweeper a third time just to make sure. It found NO files for ati and nvidia display drivers.

 

6) Now I installed 180.60 (not 180.70.) Other people installed 180.48 and got it working, others isntalled 180.70 and got it working. Mine worked fine with 180.60. I assume the version of driver you use doesn't matter, so try with whatever you can find for your version of windows.

 

7) Restart after you have installed the drivers.

 

8) FLIP OUT when you realize that your textures are showing up again. I almost decapitated myself out of rage, but luckily I got this fixed in the nick of time.