Hello everyone,
Just thought I should try a support forum as a last resort before I turn to the company from which I bought my PC (service is usually horrible in computer retailers in Israel, :|).
Well, my problem, is that I get graphical artifacts in every game and/or 3D application with average to high requirements (Half-Life 2, Far Cry, that HDR rendering demo, etc.). These glitches often are briefly flashing lines and shapes (which, for some reason, correspond to the player's perspective... but that's understandable I suppose). These things appear mainly in the more demanding areas in the game map, though they sometimes appear everywhere. Again, this is recurrent in every game.
I am aware that over-heating in the card may cause this sort of problems, so I checked the temperatures. On idle mode, my card tops at about 40c. In max 3D processing (Half-Life 2 - Episode One with all settings maxed and after about 30 minutes of gameplay) it tops at around 60-65c. However, performance-wise, the game(s) run perfectly - I usually get an average FPS of 60-70 and it never drops below 30. Also no sound problems, no crashing, nothing.
My drivers are, of course, up to date and I even tried downgrading them. Didn't help.
Here are my specs:
AMD Athlon 64 3500
Albatron GeForce 7800GT 256MB
1GB DDR Dual Channel RAM
WinXP Pro with SP2
Every driver imaginable up to date
I would GREATLY appreciate any help.
P.S: If screenshots of the weird glitches are needed, I will post some.
Thanks!
Just thought I should try a support forum as a last resort before I turn to the company from which I bought my PC (service is usually horrible in computer retailers in Israel, :|).
Well, my problem, is that I get graphical artifacts in every game and/or 3D application with average to high requirements (Half-Life 2, Far Cry, that HDR rendering demo, etc.). These glitches often are briefly flashing lines and shapes (which, for some reason, correspond to the player's perspective... but that's understandable I suppose). These things appear mainly in the more demanding areas in the game map, though they sometimes appear everywhere. Again, this is recurrent in every game.
I am aware that over-heating in the card may cause this sort of problems, so I checked the temperatures. On idle mode, my card tops at about 40c. In max 3D processing (Half-Life 2 - Episode One with all settings maxed and after about 30 minutes of gameplay) it tops at around 60-65c. However, performance-wise, the game(s) run perfectly - I usually get an average FPS of 60-70 and it never drops below 30. Also no sound problems, no crashing, nothing.
My drivers are, of course, up to date and I even tried downgrading them. Didn't help.
Here are my specs:
AMD Athlon 64 3500
Albatron GeForce 7800GT 256MB
1GB DDR Dual Channel RAM
WinXP Pro with SP2
Every driver imaginable up to date
I would GREATLY appreciate any help.
P.S: If screenshots of the weird glitches are needed, I will post some.
Thanks!