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Game Artifacts
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Name: Ruben Rybnik
Date: September 5, 2008 at 19:36:58 Pacific
Subject: Game ArtifactsOS: Window XP: Home - SP3CPU/Ram: P4 2.66GHz / 2GBModel/Manufacturer: Custom/Home made |
Comment: My problem is artifacts showing up in games. COD4, Oblivion, HL2, and AOE3 are a few that I remember seeing artifacts in. It has been doing it for more than 6 months. Anyone know a more specific cause than "its the video card"? Album of artifacts: http://s14.photobucket.com/albums/a... More comp specs...
eVGA GF6800 GS (latest drivers installed)
Ultra X2 550 watt PSU
MSI 648 max L Mobo (http://www.msicomputer.com/product/detail_spec/product_detail.asp?model=648_Max-L) with the center RAM slot not working.
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Response Number 1
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Name: SkipCox
Date: September 6, 2008 at 13:09:18 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Well, no one told you it's the video card...what do you think it is? Let's go thru some stuff. Is the system overclocked?
Is the video card overclocked?
Do you clean the dust out of the machine? Skip
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Response Number 2
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Name: furyx52
Date: September 7, 2008 at 02:21:50 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)There really are no specific causes, but chances are, it could be a overheating video card, or a video card overclocked too high, too much dust in case, fan malfunctioning, bad thermal paste, or bad video card in general. Record temperatures of your video card, and try slightly underclocking your video card or putting the case on the side and blow a huge fan on the video card to see if you get less artifacting.
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Response Number 4
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Name: Ruben Rybnik
Date: September 30, 2008 at 13:31:31 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Thanks for the info. After reading your replies, I'm fairly certain now that the card is likely going bad AND overheating. Games start out with artifacts, but the artifacts get more common the longer I play a game. My fans are temperature controlled, but haven't hit full speed in a while... I'll tape the temp gages to the card, maybe that will help cool things down. Hopefully it lasts a couple more years.
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