Not sure there is something wrong with your GC.
We need to know more about: your OS (XP 32 bits, 64 bits,Vista, Linux OsX,Me, 98,etc…)
The version of blender you use
Is it 64 or 32 bits ?
you could try creating a new user account and then downloading a few diffrent builds from graphicall.org and seeing what happens on the new user account.
try running optimized builds.
im assuming you get the “blender.exe has caused an error and needs to close” window, if so when abouts does this happen? as soon as the app loads or just after the flash/ intro screen appears or fades?
i’m on vista but when i first downloaded blender i didn’t have python at all. the little black window came up…said searching for python…didn’t find python…continuing happily along…then blender opened up and functioned. the black text box did say you would need to install python to run custom scripts but all the default stuff seed to work fine. try uninstalling python, evidently blender comes with all they python files you need for default functionality.
maybe you have some conflicting python files. i’m betting that you had the same python running on every blender build. dont panic. i have a fast pc and it still took a while searching for the python instalation, but ran just fine after it didn’t find it. it will take a bit to start up, but it did start up and work fine. you can install python again after you get blender up if you need to load scripts.
In XP, two windows open when you start Blender. One is a command window with a bunch of text and error messages. That is the one that you should be looking for clues as to why Blender isn’t working.
I have this card running perfectly in XP with Blender, so I know that it’s possible.
That is really weird… I might be miles off here, but is there any settings in your nVidia Control App that forces AA ?
On my system, Blender doesn’t work if i don’t give it the freedom NOT to use AA. I have to tick a “let the application decide” box. If not, it doesn’t work properly…
Or maybe we focus on your GC but the problems lies somewhere else…
Do you have another GC to try ? Integrated to MB ? or any older GC ?
“For the Windows build, you may need to install this official update. Vista doesn’t need this, but users of older Windows versions should install it if they experience a crash during startup of Blender.Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package (x86)”
@Gwenouille - I have my GC on the very latest driver, I have even tried a beta driver with no joy. I have used something called enhancer recently to improve FPS in games but I always exit out of it before using blender. I will try uninstalling it tonight.
Should I be setting my GC to perfomance then?
