FF7 + FF8 problems

[erad]

I've resently installed both PC versions of FF7 + FF8 and BOTH are having the same problem strangly

FF7 - full install, using 1.02 patch + swirl fix + FMV copied to hdd + hi-rez fix exe + standard rez (backup of exe)

FF8 - full install, using 1.2 patch + FF8 launcher 1.31 (fixes black boxes issue)

BOTH games work fine, until around over an hour play, they just seem to stop working.
The gfx hangs, but the music and sfx can still be heard, strangly it happens on both game, more or less similar time frames.
They are the only games this happens in i can play the games fine, just need to quit out every hour an reload the game up which is anoying.

System -
E6600 Duel Core
2GB RAM
512MB GeForce 7950GT (175.70 drivers)
WinXP SP2

any ideas would be fab... tho at a guess, i would need to revert to a very old driver set.. like 97.49 or something, which i dont really fancy doing just to play these two games.

[Terid__K]

(175.70 drivers)

There's your problem. Any driver newer than 163.75 will render both FF7/FF8 unplayable (So far. Nvidia still hasn't done anything about it).

[erad]

thought as much, i was using 169.## at the time of install, an thought i'd try the newer set.

thanks for the help

*update*
just great, im now stuck at the (first time of entering) Golden Saucer, after Barret explains why he got kicked from his home town.
it all goes black after the FMV finishes when you park up at the Saucer an tries to switch back to your control:(
tried the standard non patched EXE, 1.02 patched EXE, and the GYPT app with no joy.

[erad]

finaly fixed it ^^ had to disable the AVI Splitter.