Okay, I have a bit of a problem. I recently started to upgrade my computer. I bought a new case, fans, and got a better but used mother board and graphics card. Everything was running fine, since I was now using an agp card instead of a pci, and I was able to play my games on the higher settings and shaders that my previous card couldn't handle. I was just using the generic (or I would guess it to be) power supply that came packaged with my new case. I didn't expect much of it but one day it died on me. I was previously using an old sony viao and so I took the power supply from that, a tiny 200 watt PSU, and put it in my computer so that I could get online to order new parts. The PSU from the viao however was alot shorter and because of it being in a much larger case the cables could not stretch to my disc drives but I was able to get everything else powered up so that I could use anything that was on my computer. Everything was working fine, too. I was even able to get into my games, namely Lineage 2, and even with the 200 watt PSU I was still able to play it flawlessly on all the same settings I was previously.
I ordered a new power supply, Thermaltake TR2-430W, and a new heat sink, Thermaltake Silent Boost RX K7, as the old one was pretty loud. The new PSU and heat sink lowered my computers temp a good bit too.
The problem came after installing the new hardware and when I try to play games. Lineage 2, Thief 3, and especially Oblivion, get these flashing textures (usually of green and purple) on the screen. And they follow the textures of the item in game, so that you won't have the artifact crossing from one item in the game into another.
Another thing is that the textures, at least for Lineage, only have the artifacts on them if using a certain type of shader (I believe it was called hdr or something). Even if I keep all my graphics on the highest setting but switch to what is called the 'glow' shader the problem goes away.
I've tried making sure the power cable is plugged into my card properly, I updated my drivers, and I lowered my processor speed because I did have it over-clocked a bit. None of this fixed the problem and my computer is not over-heating. Plus I don't see how my card could be damaged since it was working fine with a 200 watt power supply.
Here is my specs:
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: NVIDIA
System Model: AWRDACPI
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3000+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.2GHz
Memory: 768MB RAM
Page File: 211MB used, 1666MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
I am not exactly stellar when it comes to computer problems like this, so if anymore information is needed just let me know.
I ordered a new power supply, Thermaltake TR2-430W, and a new heat sink, Thermaltake Silent Boost RX K7, as the old one was pretty loud. The new PSU and heat sink lowered my computers temp a good bit too.
The problem came after installing the new hardware and when I try to play games. Lineage 2, Thief 3, and especially Oblivion, get these flashing textures (usually of green and purple) on the screen. And they follow the textures of the item in game, so that you won't have the artifact crossing from one item in the game into another.
Another thing is that the textures, at least for Lineage, only have the artifacts on them if using a certain type of shader (I believe it was called hdr or something). Even if I keep all my graphics on the highest setting but switch to what is called the 'glow' shader the problem goes away.
I've tried making sure the power cable is plugged into my card properly, I updated my drivers, and I lowered my processor speed because I did have it over-clocked a bit. None of this fixed the problem and my computer is not over-heating. Plus I don't see how my card could be damaged since it was working fine with a 200 watt power supply.
Here is my specs:
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: NVIDIA
System Model: AWRDACPI
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3000+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.2GHz
Memory: 768MB RAM
Page File: 211MB used, 1666MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
I am not exactly stellar when it comes to computer problems like this, so if anymore information is needed just let me know.