Major Graphical Issue!!!

dave2k2005 · 12 Dec 2006 at 14:13

Hey guys,
Every now and again when i play my games, I get major artifcating. It only happens sometimes and sometimes it vanishes after a min. My GPU temps are perfectly fine, no way overheating, so i dont know whats wrong:

Also, I get none of this artifacting on desktop or anything, only on games...

Helium_Junkie · 12 Dec 2006 at 14:19

Make sure your drivers and directX are up to date

dave2k2005 · 12 Dec 2006 at 14:20

Helium_Junkie said:
Make sure your drivers and directX are up to date

Yep all up to date, I've reformatted windwos a few times in the year and I've always had this problem :confused:

Stelly · 12 Dec 2006 at 14:21

just this game??

Stelly

Insanity · 12 Dec 2006 at 14:21

Looks like the ram is shot.

Sleepery · 12 Dec 2006 at 14:26

What are your GPU temps, just out of interest?

dave2k2005 · 12 Dec 2006 at 14:36

Stelly-Happens on all games, not just this.
Sleepery-Well, theyre in the early 40s on desktop, havent measured them in game recently, but before it was about 70 tops.

Bolerus · 12 Dec 2006 at 14:52

have you overclocked anything?

or unlocked the pipes on your card?

dave2k2005 · 12 Dec 2006 at 14:55

Bolerus said:
have you overclocked anything?

or unlocked the pipes on your card?

Used to be overclocked, at stock now and I never tried unlocking any pipes

Sleepery · 12 Dec 2006 at 15:42

You might have overheated the card at some point, or it might just be borked. Regardless, artifacts like that usually mean there's a hardware problem. If you can get your hands on another card, try that first.

Rebel=UK= · 12 Dec 2006 at 15:48

This happend to me when i messed on with direct X settings

Its_Me · 19 Dec 2006 at 16:32

Did'nt post in the for sale thread you have in members market as I guess it would be classed as breaking the rules.

But you should have your MM right taken away from you - you claim to have a faulty card, then try to sell it it on the member market as

Works perfectly, looks new

.

Thanks to Naffa for pointing this out as i was tempted by this.
Would have been a Merry christmas to whoever bought this.

Qudos Naffa

dave2k2005 · 19 Dec 2006 at 16:39

Its_Me said:
Did'nt post in the for sale thread you have in members market as I guess it would be classed as breaking the rules.

But you should have your MM right taken away from you - you claim to have a faulty card, then try to sell it it on the member market as .

Thanks to Naffa for pointing this out as i was tempted by this.
Would have been a Merry christmas to whoever bought this.

Qudos Naffa

WTF?! Like I said, I don't think its a graphics card issue, I think it may be a PSU issue. It is deffo not overheating since I checked the temps and I get 40 on idle and 70 tops in game.
Did I state that I have a faulty card? No I did not, I said I get artifacting, it does not neccecerily mean my card is the problem. I have a no name 350w PSU which could be causing the problem or dodgy drivers.

Reppyboyo · 19 Dec 2006 at 16:43

Most likely the GPU`s RAM is borked.

dave2k2005 · 19 Dec 2006 at 16:44

Well, the sale is off anyway, and I should be getting a new card and PSU, so no need to get so angry :rolleyes: