Windows 7 and Links 2003 all version, with Nvidia Video cards

jar · Joined: 14 Nov 2003 Posts: 12

OK I finally got it have been working on this since early November and tried everything with my win7and nvidia card it is the 200 series and I mean I have worn out 2 sets of disc and finally had to reinstall win 7 because I forgot all the changes I have made to registy and all but I finally got it running and no crashes. It is really very simple if you want to keep playing the game and you know Nvidia won't do anything to help you out so the solution is to get a ATI card I ended up with the Visiontek hd4890 and it is a heck of a card my graphic score went from a 6.5 to a 8.0 which is a very big jump. So all you die heart players of links2003 go get your ATI card and you will be good to go. I hear tho that the 5xxx series has crashes also tho. ATI is the answer for Win7.

MarkHulka

Has anyone tried this? Apologies if it's already been covered.

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?act=Print&client=printer&f=21&t=149979

Mark

jar · Joined: 14 Nov 2003 Posts: 12

Yes that has been tried more than once I have tried it at least a couple dozen times and it never worked. I know others have also tried it I have tried everything possible I could think of and also all that others have tried all the way to redoing my router and modem. Nvidia could of fixed this but failed to do so. I will never buy another nvidia card I had them on the phone one day for at least 2 hours and they admitted that they had a problem and was working on it that in the middle of December since then they came out with new drivers that are worst than the all of them the only thing that would let you maybe play a hole or 2 is vista driver 191.07. Yes I am saying bye to nvidia Surrender

KenR · Joined: 15 Jan 2004 Posts: 188

I can confirm this as well Mark, I've tried it with no luck.

MarkHulka

Thanks guys.

gibby · Joined: 01 May 2006 Posts: 14

I may be out of line here asking this but bear with me.
It seems that some can't play using Win7 but with a dual-boot using Vista @ XP they can, are you not using the same graphics card & driver for both?
Why then would the game play in Vista/XP but not Win7 while using the same hardware/software?
Seems to me that a process/app is running in Win7 that's not running in XP.
I'm not using Win7, I'm still on XP.
Has anyone looked at what's running differently between them and what's not? Does XP only use directx9 but Win7 use directx10 or 11? And what's directx using differently between versions?
I'm not going to Win7 anytime soon,keep patching together my XP system,just wanted to say what my thoughts were.

MarkHulka

Just got a report that Links 2003 works fine on a:

nvidia 9600gt chipset
driver 8.17.11.9621

However, it only works with the standard courses - Skeleton Coast, Kauri Cliffs, etc. Other courses crash on the first tee.

Can anyone else verify this for me?

Mark

scajjr2 · Joined: 03 Feb 2010 Posts: 19 Location Kingston, NH

Wayne Hewitt

Well, I am now an ATI user, never thought I would see the day.

I have had nVidia for as long a I can remember, and still think its a better card. I had a 8800gts 512mb, now I have a HD5770 1GB. Its not too bad, but I still think links looks better on nVidia, specially with the opaque golfer shadows. I cant see why ATI would not support that feature, specially now that the cards as so much better than when Links 2003 was released.

Thanks
Wayne Hewitt
Hewis Golf Design
www.hewisgolfdesign.com

Acrilix · Joined: 14 Sep 2006 Posts: 762 Location Bedford, UK

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carpentg · Joined: 02 Dec 2007 Posts: 20

I. like you always used NVidea but the ATI cards work best with Links, I am running the 5770 now with no problem. I've got my GTX285 in a box. If Nvidea cared they would have made it downward compatible.

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---Robert Bausch

"I just want to break even"----
---Richard Manuel (The Band)

carpentg · Joined: 02 Dec 2007 Posts: 20

8.1681.xxx is the best I can remember. ATI Works, Nvidia doesn't under Win 7,

scajjr2 · Joined: 03 Feb 2010 Posts: 19 Location Kingston, NH

KenR · Joined: 15 Jan 2004 Posts: 188

Mark, this info has been posted already but I'll sum it up again so you can add to your database the following information:

I use an Nvidia 1GB 9800 GT video card with the 186.27 drivers;

The following courses all work without crashing:

Ocean Course @ Cabo Del Sol
Bountiful 2000
Otsego
Castle Pines 2000
Kapulua Village 2003
Kauri Cliffs
Mauna Kea
Pelican Hill 2003
Oakmont 2003
Robert T. Jones Judge & Links Courses

The real kicker? Rob Miller's Pinehurst #2 HD & Bethpage Black HD work as well, but Shinnecock HD does not.

That's it among all of the courses I have on my HD. The fact that two of the "newer" courses with higher resolution textures will work is the strangest thing. I really think that this is an easily correctable issue if Nvidia would just take the time to solve it.

Wayne Hewitt

Thanks
Wayne Hewitt
Hewis Golf Design
www.hewisgolfdesign.com

rwmills · Joined: 28 Dec 2004 Posts: 22

What course did you play? Is this situation still working over time for you without any crashes and after numerous rounds on any course?

Thanks

PCS · Joined: 20 Dec 2003 Posts: 93

Wayne, I assume you are using Win 7, since you have the need to change cards.

I have Win 7 64 bit installed, with an ATI 4800 series card. But I am running the old 8.11 driver with it.

This does not help the shadow effect, but allows you to run with AA switched on, which the newer ATI drivers will not allow.

Played Wagga Wagga yesterday, it looked stunning with AA turned on.

Peter

MarkHulka · Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:10 pm Post subject: Re: older Vista Driver