This past weekend i started noticing that textures in the games i was playing seemed to be getting stretched across the screen. It was only happening every now and then, but now its gotten so bad i can't even see anything when i play. this isn't the first time that this has happened with this VC i have. the same thing happened about 1 and a half years ago. I don't know how but it ended up clearing up, and i didn't do anything to it, atleast not to my knowledge. If anyone know why this is happening or any ways to possible fix it then please help. Thank you My VC: http://img.2dehands.nl/f/normal/144... Game play pic: [IMG]http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r117/FroFTW/VCMessedUp.jpg[/IMG] Worsening pic: [IMG]http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r117/FroFTW/VC.jpg[/IMG] Game play As of now: [IMG]http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r117/FroFTW/VCinWSG.jpg[/IMG]

Wow, that my friend is a very severe case of artifacts. Its most likely heat related, 9800's are notorious for being extremely hot. Are you overclocking your video-card? When is the last time you blew out the inside of your computer? If your OC'ing, revert back to stock settings. Your card may be over heating, to help cool it down turn off and unplug your computer, get a can of compressed air and clear out all the dust inside. Next, (if you don't have ATI's latest driver) download them new ones help the card run more efficient, thus produce less heat), and while your at it download Driver-Cleaner as well. Now uninstall your current drivers, reboot to safe-mode, run Driver-Cleaner's Cab Driver then run Driver-Cleaner's main program, pick ATI and proceed cleaning all leftovers. Reboot once more install the new drivers, then download a utility program called "ATI Tool" Install it then hit the button that says "scan for artifacts", let it test for any texture corruption as it stresses the card the same way a game would, just a little more intense and accurate. Make sure your case has good air flow and that all fans (especially the one on the card) are working. I you still get anoamlies, the only thing I can think of is to manually reduce the clock speed of your card with ATI Tool until you see no more. Tools you should have: ATI Tool: http://www.techpowerup.com/atitool/ ATI Drivers: http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/... DriverCleaner: http://www.drivercleaner.net/profes... Compressed air or a leaf Blower (on low and 5ft away) Good Luck. Before eating, always take a little time to thank the food.

If you didn't have artifacts before with this same game, they are not caused by the drivers. If they were caused by drivers you likely would get artifacts in other prorgams and in Windows itself too. Faulty computer PS's are common, and they can certainly cause your video card tp produce video problems and/or damage you video card, especially if they are putting out too much voltage. Check your PS. See response 4 in this: http://www.computing.net/hardware/w...

Even PSUs with "dirty" or inadequate power output can cause that (and the 9800 is a power hungry card for its generation), unless you've added any new hardware to your system lately - I wouldn't say that it is. So if you've had the same hardware, the issue is definitely heat related and you need to thouroughly clean out the innards of your system and by that, I mean all fans (PSU, CPU, case, VGA - the whole nine yards). For the PSU you don't have to take it apart (voiding the assumed warranty) to clean out the dust bunnies and other gunk that may have accumulated over time. After the "spring" cleaning, things should be fine, BTW if the card was overclocked as Galileox2 mentionted earlier - that just stacks up the odds against you.

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Ok i was running throught the first set of instructions and ran into a problem with that ATI Tool program. http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/... I tried uninstalling it and trying again, but it still gave me that error message. The only thing that i've changed Hardware wise has been my HDD. I used to run twin WD raptor sata drives, but they seemed to have died on me. so now im running a single Seagate 80gig HDD connected through ide. this problem started showing up maybe 2-3 weeks after i installed the new HDD. I have duel fans blowing right under my VC. They are screwed on so that they are "standing" parallel to my Mobo, and they both look to be running regular. I need help