Black Grass, Trees, Models in Call of Duty 4 is an alt-tab bug ?

Hello,

I just installed the latest NVidia drivers for Windows XP x64 Pro edition:

ForceWare 163.75 for my two 7900 GTX cards working in SLI.

I start the game, and start a multiplayer match.

At first the game looks ok, and only a little bit of grass is black, and
when I move into the shadows my weapons become more or less black.

Then I switch to another window with ALT-TAB.

And then I switch back to the game !

And voila ! Black grass, black trees, black models ! It seems to be an
ALT-TAB bug (as well?!) ?!?!?!

Here are new screenshots showing before and after the alt-tab.

Before alt-tab:

http://members.home.nl/hbthoupperman...g/shot0021.jpg

After alt-tab:

http://members.home.nl/hbthoupperman...g/shot0023.jpg

That's a really nasty bug PEOPLE !

FIX FIX FIX FIX ?!?! Don't tell me it's an hardware bug ?!?! OH-OH
?!?!?!?????

Bye,
Skybuck :OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

why would anyone playing multiplayer want to alt-tab away from the game?
perhaps suggesting you 'get a life' would be helpful?

Hello,

I just found a solution:

Try using alt-tab keys or try via the taskbar to switch back from
windows-to-game-to-windows-to-game multiple times.

After a couple of times it works, in sli mode too ! - The graphics are
restored ! No more black stuff !

Cool/nice !

Bye,
Skybuck.

Don't be silly,

Alt-tab can be very handy for any application including games.

Bye,
Skybuck.

Unfortunately it's not a real solution.

It doesn't work for everything.

Many things stay black.

SUX.

Bye,
Skybuck.

Hello,

There are many people now that have this issue.

One of them tried the following driver:

Nvidia ForceWare 169.04 Beta drivers (for Windows XP x64)

and he said it fixed the issue.

I have now also installed these drivers, and the issue is fixed it seems, NO
MORE BLACKNESS WIEEEE, I did not remove the previous ones, nor did I do a
reboot.

I just downloaded them and installed them over the old ones.

And apperently I think the installer simply removes old driver and
immediately installs new drivers and everything just goes fine.

Only thing I had to do was re-enable SLI.

Hopefully the drivers are stable and the issue does not return !

If the issue does return I ll report back otherwise consider it solved !

Bye,
Skybuck.