wtf source?

2009-04-18 12:34:20

#1

Doctor Strangelove: Real Battlefield Veterinarian.; +1,758|6676

Whenever I try to play TF2 or L4D, after a while my screen goes all fucked up and black with spiraling colors and shit. What's weirder is that when I Alt-Tab out of the game, then maximize it again, everything is back to normal for a few minutes.

The fuck is going on and how do I fix it?

pic related, it's a screenshot of wat this shit looks like

https://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m182/DoctaStrangelove/wtfsource.jpg

Also specs:

Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9450 @ 2.66GHz (4 CPUs)
Memory: 2046MB RAM
Hard Drive: 300 GB
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX (2 in SLi mode)
Monitor: Dell 2005FPW (Digital)

I have the latest drivers for my GPU.

2009-04-18 12:36:22

#2

Shadow893: lel; +75|6900|England

wow no idea but at least it looks cool

2009-04-18 14:00:44

#3

{B-T}<babacanosh>: Member; +31|6810

This happens to my friend when he plays games like Halo:combat Envolved.
Screw around with your graphics card till you get the right settings

2009-04-18 14:01:39

#4

Miggle: FUCK UBISOFT; +1,411|6950|FUCK UBISOFT

That would be a sick wallpaper, could I get it in 1920 x 1080?

2009-04-18 14:13:37

#5

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|5996|Catherine Black

Check temps,
Reinstall drivers..

2009-04-18 14:18:11

#6

liquidat0r: wtf.; +2,223|6835|UK

[unhelpfulpost]Looks like some form of modern art[/unhelpfulpost]

2009-04-18 14:26:11

#7

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|6940|St. Andrews / Oslo

Finray wrote:
Check temps,
Reinstall drivers..

but that wouldn't impact a screen-shot, would it?

Looks like a problem with the actuall game, imo.

https://static.bf2s.com/files/user/26774/flickricon.png

2009-04-18 14:31:31

#8

Mutantbear: Semi Constructive Criticism; +1,431|6172|London, England

Thanks for my new wallpaper

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2009-04-18 15:06:31

#9

Fat_Swinub: jaff; +125|6643

Might be heat issue or insufficient PSU. You do have an SLI setup, check your PSU.

2009-04-18 15:32:53

#10

Vilham: Say wat!?; +580|6974|UK

Probably your graphics card overheating. I got stuff like that on my laptop when playing source games, player models would literally stretch across the entire map, like 1 verticies position would refuse to change and just stayed there.

2009-04-18 15:47:58

#11

Doctor Strangelove: Real Battlefield Veterinarian.; +1,758|6676

Vilham wrote:
Probably your graphics card overheating. I got stuff like that on my laptop when playing source games, player models would literally stretch across the entire map, like 1 verticies position would refuse to change and just stayed there.

Yeah it might be, I have an ancient case and my room gets really hot.

Fortunately the cards have huge fans that are way to quite to be at full strength, so I'll turn those up and see how it goes.

2009-04-18 16:27:56

#12

jaymz9350: Member; +54|6785

Jenspm wrote:
Finray wrote:
Check temps,
Reinstall drivers..
but that wouldn't impact a screen-shot, would it?

Looks like a problem with the actuall game, imo.

If the drivers are messed up or overheating it could cause glitches like that, and a screen shot will show exactly whats on the screen, so if the screen looks like that so will the screen shot (unless the monitor is fucked which is not the case here.)

2009-04-18 17:02:23