Tomb Raider: Underworld - Slow/lagging gameplay with nVidia 6 or 7 series graphics cards

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05 December, 2008

Tomb Raider: Underworld - I have an nVidia 6 or7 series graphics card and the game is slow/laggy, why?

***UPDATE***

New drivers have been released from nVidia which has been reported to help with the current issues. You can download the latest drivers from here:

US drivers: www.nvidia.com
UK/EU drivers: www.nvidia.co.uk

Please note: These are drivers for desktop PC's. If you are using a laptop, please contact your laptop manufacturer regarding obtaining updated drivers.

Current latest nVidia drivers 181.20 - Released on 08/01/2009

Please also make sure you have downloaded and installed the v1.1 patch!

A patch has been released for Tomb Raider: Underworld which offers some assistance to those affected by this issue. Please note that this patch is not a fix, this just makes some headway which the driver update from nVidia will resolve.

You can download the patch from here:

Tomb Raider: Underworld patch v1.1

Perhaps these related FAQs may be of help to you:

Operating System - Important FAQ

Video FAQ

Gameplay Problems FAQ

Gameplay Problems FAQ

Gameplay Problems FAQ



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