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Nvidia GeForce 6800 - OpenGL not working

Kantastic

Kantastic

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Hey guys, I'm @ a friends house and just tried to fix a tiny issue. OpenGL doesn't work on this computer for some reason, as reported by GPU-Z and from what I know various games. I wiped the drivers using Driver Sweeper in safe mode and reinstalled the latest drivers to no avail.

Here is a GPUZ screenshot:

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Any help is appreciated, thanks guys.
 
Actually this is OpenCL, not OpenGL, and as i can see gpu-z is not detecting right your card
 
Google open GL then down load it, used to always have to do this with mine. I think its in the java down load.
 
Download the latest drivers from nVidia and load those.

OpenGL and OpenCL are two different things. The 6800 doesn't support OpenCL AFAIK, it is too old, so GPUz will never put a check mark there, not matter what you do.
 
well that nvidia download is open cl

open cl allows computing on gpus from the DX10 era thus that 6800 will not ever work with open cl

if Open GL isnt working aka older games like the Quake series then thats a problem and is entirely different then open cl
 
No luck guys, Counter Strike still says that this video mode isn't working & runs in software mode. Team Fortress 2 doesn't run either. It's OpenGL that's not working, or so my friend says. Anymore suggestions?
 
Kantastic said:
No luck guys, Counter Strike still says that this video mode isn't working & runs in software mode. Team Fortress 2 doesn't run either. It's OpenGL that's not working, or so my friend says. Anymore suggestions?
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TF2 is DX9 and does not use OpenGL at all. Maybe you're talking about TF Classic?

Otherwise, both OpenGL and DirectX fail and that means the GPU is probably broken.
 
Benetanegia said:
TF2 is DX9 and does not use OpenGL at all. Maybe you're talking about TF Classic?

Otherwise, both OpenGL and DirectX fail and that means the GPU is probably broken.
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No idea, TF2 just doesn't run on this computer. CS tries to run but fails in video mode and starts running in software mode. He's got DX10 on this computer though, would it help if I uninstalled that and just installed DX9.0c?
 
The different API's shouldn't mess up with each other, I don't think that's a problem. Reinstalling them won't hurt tho.

But if both APIs fail, I think it's the hardware acceleration that is failing= either drivers or broken GPU.

According to the OP you reinstalled the drivers properly, so I don't like saying this but it looks a lot like a hardware problem and not so much a software one. That GPU has probably close to 6 years and depending on how much action has seen we can say she has had a very respectable life. And it's even fighting while going down! :respect:

EDIT: I had a GPU that did something similar. It would boot to Windows, run some videos and some othe 2D content, but couldn't do 3D. After some weeks it died. Let's see if someone has any idea of what the problem is, other than my death forecast. Best of luck, I have a lot of respect for hardware that has been kicking ass for so long.
 
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Try using older drivers. Something VERY old, back in the 9X.XX region of Forceware revisions.

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But then again, this is windows vista I presume. Vista 32 or 64 bit?
 
Vista 32bit. I'm home now but I'll go over in the morning and give older drivers a shot.
 
Vista= trouble with drivers.

Anyways, Id suggest updated motherboard drivers/bios, video drivers and direct X along with the latest patch for your games.

Either that or a fresh install of Windows, or a GF 250 Series card.
 
Something is very screwed up with that GPUz screenshot, the clock speeds should not be 0Mhz. That last time I had that happen was when the drivers were not installing correctly.

I suggest running driver sweeper in safe mode, unplugging the network cable or disabling the wireless card first to make sure Vista doesn't go online and download some other drivers, then install the latest 197 series driver from here.
 
newtekie1 said:
Something is very screwed up with that GPUz screenshot, the clock speeds should not be 0Mhz. That last time I had that happen was when the drivers were not installing correctly.

I suggest running driver sweeper in safe mode, unplugging the network cable or disabling the wireless card first to make sure Vista doesn't go online and download some other drivers, then install the latest 197 series driver from here.
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I uninstalled the drivers using driver sweeper in safe mode, no luck. I'll chop off the internet and try again tomorrow.
 
brandonwh64 said:
This forceware driver was the best for the 6600-6800 series cards back in the day. try it with a full run of driver sweeper

Forceware 77.77
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Thanks brandon, this did the trick. :toast:

Drivers are in fricken Chinese though, it's like mocking the fact that I'm Chinese yet I can't make out a single character.
 
newer drivers probably broke OGL compatibility with the older cards
 
Benetanegia said:
Probably. It doesn't explain why Team Fortress 2 doesn't work tho. That completely consused me.
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the Drivers state that OGL 4 is enabled but it doesnt say anything about OGL 3 or lower, they might of accidently broke it.
 
Kantastic said:
Thanks brandon, this did the trick. :toast:

Drivers are in fricken Chinese though, it's like mocking the fact that I'm Chinese yet I can't make out a single character.
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77.77 forceware was the king of 6600-6800 series cards! i had to learn the hard way after thinking i got a couple of bad 6600s and after searching google i found this to be the BEST driver from early 70s to 192s forceware packages. it took ALONG time to install and reinstall drivers till i found the perfect one with the best FPS for my old P4 machine.
 
Turns out TF2 never worked. Every time he ran it Windows would say Half Life 2 was corrupt and he never bothered fixing it. Counter Strike works using OpenGL so it's all great now. Thanks again brandon.
 
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