Gainward EXPERTool kills PJ64...

[OtNife]

I'm hoping someone will make sense of this...

I installed the EXPERTool utility that came with my new Gainward Geforce 2 Ti 500. This utility enables simple, safe overclocking among other things, and is deemed to be 'very handy'.

The installation was not as straightforward as I expected - I had to manually select OS drivers for the VIVO 'WDM' capabilities of the card.

But anyway.
First thing I did was start PJ64 1.4, and BLAMMO! - Completely corrupted screen (multicoloured, flickering vertical lines). Not Good.

I didn't even bother trying any other 'native' games/applications, and headed for Windows XP's System Restore, recovering to a state BEFORE installing EXPERTool. Thank Christ for that. Can't be without Diddy Kong Racing!

Anyone know where I'm coming from? I tried it with NVIDIA drivers 23.11 and 23.12 only. (Haven't tried any older drivers, and the new 27.30 beta is Windows 9x/Me only.

[B*A*G*G]

did you succesfully overclock your GPU with the the utility, if so you might of just o/ced it to high

[OtNife]

PJ64 still crashed when the clocks were set at the default rates, presumably the same rates as before I installed the utility. I even tried after closing the utilty.

The crash occurs almost immediately after starting PJ64 - even before 1.4's Rom directory appears.

I tried 1.3 as well - same prob.

Thankfully PJ64 ROCKS even without overclocking - but this is still pissing me off, as I'm sure you tech-heads can imagine!

[lordvXD]

Set everything back to default(I'm guessing there is an option like that). Uninstall the utility. Download nvmax(nvmax.com) and overclock to your heart's desire. For more help visit gamershq.madonion.com.