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Boomninja
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Posted - 2008.12.19 21:31:00 -
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Recently I've been having odd graphic glitches/hiccups. They happen about 30 minutes after I start playing. The textures just start going into green and black boxes. This also usually happens inside a station.
My graphics card is an NVidea GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+.
If any of you can help then please respond, it's really starting to **** me off.
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P'uck
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Posted - 2008.12.19 21:33:00 -
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Edited by: P''uck on 19/12/2008 21:37:38
its either heat related or the psu or some parts on the vidcard are dying.
Most simple and cheapest thing to try first, is get a vacuum cleaner and/or an aircan or paintballgun, without paint, obviously, and clean the inside of the pc and psu.
edit: i dont know if eve still does it, but it seemed for some time, when the screen was black, it would happily get the gpu to render 200+ frames. not sure of 200 frames per second of pure black overheat the gpu, but it certainly seemed so, because when I went and turned on vsync, everything was fine ever after.
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Kyrall
A Few Killers
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Posted - 2008.12.19 21:54:00 -
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I've had stuff very much like that happen, with a similar card (9800GT). After lots of web searches and a few threads on these forums, I'm pretty sure it was caused by my graphics card fan getting clogged with dust and it overheating. I have since cleaned it out regularly but it seems to have done permanent damage, I get glitches in pretty much all games and even dots in windows (like my monitor has dead pixels, which it doesn't) so I will have to replace it at some point.
I only mention this as you have a similar card, and most people will tell you that your card is going to die within the next few hours or days or weeks at the most, but mine has been like it for about a year I think. I have found that putting a game into windowed mode and back again will (temporarily) fix the glitches, or if that crashes the game (like it often does with FPS games) then switching between AA modes works too.
_____ Originally by: Killer Kelly
Apparently I just got nerfed but I can't tell the difference
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Super Whopper
I can Has Cheeseburger
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Posted - 2008.12.20 03:41:00 -
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1. clean PC
2. test PC with another video card
3. make sure PC is clean
4. video card memory is dying
Steps 1 and 3 should be repeated every few weeks to months, depending on how dusty your surroundings are.
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Kazuma Saruwatari
Caldari
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Posted - 2008.12.20 09:15:00 -
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Originally by: Kyrall
I only mention this as you have a similar card, and most people will tell you that your card is going to die within the next few hours or days or weeks at the most, but mine has been like it for about a year I think. I have found that putting a game into windowed mode and back again will (temporarily) fix the glitches, or if that crashes the game (like it often does with FPS games) then switching between AA modes works too.
You're only working around the real problem, which is likely a bad card to begin with. Nvidia isnt exactly known for quality in the Geforce 9 lineup...
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Kessiaan
Minmatar
Army of One
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Posted - 2008.12.20 09:56:00 -
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Unless you go and manually turn it on (via the "Preset Interval" option), Eve doesn't use any kind of throttling and will happily spin your CPU and GPU (on the premium client) at 100% until they explode, which can happen if their cooling isn't working properly (dirty heatsinks, dirty fans, heatsinks not securely attached, etc).
... besides, I've said all I'm going to say. You're reading my sig now! Bwa!
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Evelgrivion
Athanasius Inc.
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Posted - 2008.12.20 10:28:00 -
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Answer: Many of Nvidia's GPUs are defective, and failing.
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Super Whopper
I can Has Cheeseburger
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Posted - 2008.12.20 15:21:00 -
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Originally by: Evelgrivion
Answer: Many of Nvidia's GPUs are defective, and failing.
You are quoting one of the most nonsensical sites on teh intrawebz in order to make your point look credible. Inaccurate doesn't even come close to the Inquirer.
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Xrak
Black Eclipse Corp
Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2008.12.20 16:06:00 -
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Edited by: Xrak on 20/12/2008 16:07:43
Originally by: Super Whopper
Originally by: Evelgrivion
Answer: Many of Nvidia's GPUs are defective, and failing.
You are quoting one of the most nonsensical sites on teh intrawebz in order to make your point look credible. Inaccurate doesn't even come close to the Inquirer.
So would the fact that so far it links in perfectly with everything else that has happened around the issue (the lawsuit against nVidea, all the channel partners bringing out 'patches') and that CNET picked up on it too. I mean they got an electron microscope to provide some evidence. The Inq is right 80% of the time they break an early story, eg XFX and Gainward starting to sell ATI cards.
Their tongue in cheek style and not always perfect grammar, is not a valid reason to discount the entire site. Or maybe you just dont 'get' The Inq. I just think it would be foolish to instantly write off anything they said because they said it.
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Super Whopper
I can Has Cheeseburger
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Posted - 2008.12.20 16:59:00 -
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Originally by: Xrak
So would the fact that so far it links in perfectly with everything else that has happened around the issue (the lawsuit against nVidea, all the channel partners bringing out 'patches') and that CNET picked up on it too. I mean they got an electron microscope to provide some evidence. The Inq is right 80% of the time they break an early story, eg XFX and Gainward starting to sell ATI cards.
Their tongue in cheek style and not always perfect grammar, is not a valid reason to discount the entire site. Or maybe you just dont 'get' The Inq. I just think it would be foolish to instantly write off anything they said because they said it.
The Inquirer have been (intentionally) incorrect about many things in the past and even ****ed Intel off with their lies. Their latest beauty was the DDR3 memory voltage debacle. While Intel stated that DDR3 can be pushes as far as 1.75V before the CPU fries The Inquirer wrote that DDR3 can only be fed a maximum of 1.65V. Small difference you might think but in the world of overclocking it makes a world of difference.
Their forked tongue under everyones boot style is a drama. I am not claiming nVidia didn't get sued but quoting a failure of a website, instead of CNet or another reputable site is less than cute. Grammar I couldn't care less about, lying, or being wrong time after time, I do.
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