As I said, the gfx card will go black, and then recover a few seconds later when playing games. Used to just completely lock the PC and occasionaly still does.
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Sometimes newer nVidia drivers fuck up older cards and make them really unstable. It happened once on my 8600GT and happened for a long time on my GTX 260, I couldn't update past a certain release or else it would do pretty much exactly what you described. I don't remember if they ever even fixed it or not, I think I just gave up on new drivers till I got a newer card that didn't do that anymore
Sometimes newer nVidia drivers fuck up older cards and make them really unstable. It happened once on my 8600GT and happened for a long time on my GTX 260, I couldn't update past a certain release or else it would do pretty much exactly what you described. I don't remember if they ever even fixed it or not, I think I just gave up on new drivers till I got a newer card that didn't do that anymore
- SuperJail Warden
- Gone Forever
- +434|2528
I had new drivers kill a 8800 GTS. Never update your drivers on old hardware
Could be that, its been doing it for a few sets of new drivers. Maybe up to a year now. Sometimes its better than not
Same problem I had then, just stay with the most stable recent release until you get a new card or new computer
on it
- unnamednewbie13
- Moderator
- +1,870|5581|USA
Dinking around with a later driver than what was recommended is what fried one of my old NVIDIA cards back in the early 00's, but it gave me the excuse I wanted to go upgrade. [obvious] NVIDIA's website has a handy little tool that tells you the latest you should use for what you have, automatically or through user input. [/obvious]
i think mods should have passed the Comptia A+ test to be able to post in this section . . .
- unnamednewbie13
- Moderator
- +1,870|5581|USA
To my memory, the card in question was a Ti 4600 or 4800 and no longer capable of running what I wanted it to, so I felt free to experiment with it.it gave me the excuse I wanted to go upgrade.
An A+ is a bottom-of-the-barrel certification that you can get with, to my recollection, a small bit of your time and a handful of flash cards for prep. It only proves minimal effort on the holder's part. Despite the fact that I still keep one in my wallet for some reason, I don't think it particularly makes you any more qualified than an experienced hobbyist to talk about computers. So I certainly wouldn't anchor any snark or air of superiority with it.
A+, Network+ and Security+ are only good for three years before you have to get retested now if you got yours after 2010. Super annoying money-grubbing shit
- unnamednewbie13
- Moderator
- +1,870|5581|USA
I wouldn't actually mind, except they want a ridiculous sum for each test, and they can add up rather quickly. Overpriced I think, compared to their actual value on a resume. Not my business any longer though, so it's someone else's first world problem.