Graphics problem

2010-01-02 14:08:04

#1

-Sh1fty-: plundering yee booty; +510|5492|Ventura, California

Hey guys!

So whenever I play a game that requires a lot of graphic usage like Crysis, ArmA 2 (5k view distance or more), COD5 (With like 40 players), etc... after a few minutes my screen will go black then it will come back and it will be very slow (Very low FPS). Then I go to my desktop and there's a yellow triangle in the bottom right of my screen and it says "Graphic display error" or something like that.

I have a GTX260 core 216 896MB OCed from 650MHz to 710, and it's always ran fine for the 4 months I've had it. Now suddenly I'm getting this.

I've tried:

- Updating the drivers
- Adjusting the OC MHz

The rest of my PC:

CPU : E8400 3.00GHz (Intel dual core)
RAM : 4GB (Well 3.5 because I have a 32bit OS)
Mobo: ASUS P5KPL-AM

+2 to whoever can find and fix ze problem. Thanks in advance guys

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2010-01-02 14:31:55

#2

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|5807|Catherine Black

Seems like a driver problem, but the fact you updated your drivers kinda rules that out. How did you update your drivers?

Check temperatures ingame, and clear dust out your fan.

2010-01-02 14:42:38

#3

-Sh1fty-: plundering yee booty; +510|5492|Ventura, California

I checked temperatures, they never exceed 55°C

I got to the NVIDIA site, then downloads, drivers, GTX260...

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2010-01-02 14:44:47

#4

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|5807|Catherine Black

-Sh1fty- wrote:
I checked temperatures, they never exceed 55°C

I got to the NVIDIA site, then downloads, drivers, GTX260...

Try booting into safe mode, using a program called DriverCleanerPro to completely remove the driver, then reboot into safe mode, and reinstall the driver.

2010-01-02 15:53:02

#5

alexb: <3; +590|5959|Kentucky, USA

-Sh1fty- wrote:
OCed from 650MHz to 710

Set it at default 650Mhz, then see if the issue remains.

2010-01-02 16:16:38

#6

woodrot: I Need A Dump; +25|6749|sunderland england

Finray wrote:
Seems like a driver problem, but the fact you updated your drivers kinda rules that out. How did you update your drivers?

Check temperatures ingame, and clear dust out your fan.

CLEAR DUST he has only had it 4 months

2010-01-02 16:18:33

#7

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|5807|Catherine Black

woodrot wrote:
Finray wrote:
Seems like a driver problem, but the fact you updated your drivers kinda rules that out. How did you update your drivers?

Check temperatures ingame, and clear dust out your fan.
CLEAR DUST he has only had it 4 months

A build up of dust can vary depending on how often his room is hoovered etc. You'd be surprised how quickly dust can build up. And if it's not dust - so what, only took 2 minutes to open his case and have a look.

2010-01-02 16:21:20

#8

woodrot: I Need A Dump; +25|6749|sunderland england

correct

2010-01-02 16:44:15

#9

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6586|NYC / Hamburg

stock clock on the GTX260 is 576MHz core, 1242MHz shader, 1998MHz memory

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2010-01-02 16:52:15

#10

Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6167|'straya

Definitely sounds like a driver or excessive overclock to me... I had similar problems with my 4870, but a clean of drivers and update solved it.

2010-01-02 22:20:47

#11

-Sh1fty-: plundering yee booty; +510|5492|Ventura, California

Excessive over clock? I used Furmark and Rivatuner and closely monitored the temperatures and performance, even on a 10 minute stress test my max temperature was something like 65-70°C. My default clock is 650MHz not 576MHz. I only added 50-60MHz (lol "only") xD

The only other time I had this problem was when I turned my fan down to 25% speed so it wouldn't make any noise (PC is in living room, next to dining room, so it was annoying for conversation to hear a ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ). Then I played COD4 and after about 5 minutes my graphics card must have hit a very high temperature and I had exactly the same problem.

That was a month or so ago, I've played ArmA 2 and Crysis since, and didn't have this problem until a few days ago.

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