SERIOUS Graphics card issues! (Geforce 7900 GT)

I bought a Nvidia GEFORCE 7900 GT last year, and up until a few months ago ive had zero problems.

Then i started experiencing this phenonema in games. Textures stretch way beyond their boundries in 'stripes'. Sometimes they can stretch a LONG way, and they usually join with other things (for instance, a guards arm will have a stripe that joins to a tree or building, and moves accordingly).

It doesn't happen all the time, only on random objects in games.

I was using the  "91.28_forceware_winxp2k_international" drivers, but since the problem persisted I updated them to " 93.81_forceware_winxp2k_international".

These drives made the problem worse, and introduced a 'flickering' effect where i presume light was being processed incorrectly. It was like a strobe light whenever you look around, making a game unplayable.

I uninstalled them and reinstalled the previous drivers, and the flickering went away, though the texture stretching persisted.

Does anyone have any idea what this problem is?! If so, does anyone know how to fix it, or is it permanant damage to my card? It is at factory settings, not overclocked.

My setup is :

P4 3.6GHz

1GB RAM

GEFORCE 7900 GT 256MB

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks

I bought a Nvidia GEFORCE 7900 GT last year, and up until a few months ago ive had zero problems.

Then i started experiencing this phenonema in games. Textures stretch way beyond their boundries in 'stripes'. Sometimes they can stretch a LONG way, and they usually join with other things (for instance, a guards arm will have a stripe that joins to a tree or building, and moves accordingly).

It doesn't happen all the time, only on random objects in games.

I was using the "91.28_forceware_winxp2k_international" drivers, but since the problem persisted I updated them to " 93.81_forceware_winxp2k_international".

These drives made the problem worse, and introduced a 'flickering' effect where i presume light was being processed incorrectly. It was like a strobe light whenever you look around, making a game unplayable.

I uninstalled them and reinstalled the previous drivers, and the flickering went away, though the texture stretching persisted.

Does anyone have any idea what this problem is?! If so, does anyone know how to fix it, or is it permanant damage to my card? It is at factory settings, not overclocked.

My setup is :

P4 3.6GHz

1GB RAM

GEFORCE 7900 GT 256MB

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks

 

 

dommeus

Maybe your game needs a patch up? 

Also so far this has happened in Quake 4, Jade Empire, KOTOR 2, STALKER & GRAW. Most, if not all, were patched up fully.

Just sounds like your card is damage. Never had a card burn out on me but it does happen.

Maybe take this as a sign to get a better one? The nvidia 8600's are about to come out.

Just sounds like your card is damage. Never had a card burn out on me but it does happen.

Maybe take this as a sign to get a better one? The nvidia 8600's are about to come out.

Sleepyz

Last time a video card burnt out on me, the computer would randomly restart, become unresponsive, and crash. He describes his problem as only happening while he plays games. A burnt out video card would cripple the entire PC, during any task. 

have you installed the BETwhA drivers from Nvidia they solved all the problems with my card. adam0926

I downloaded the " 93.81_forceware_winxp2k_international". drivers from the BETA page. Are they the same as the ones you downloaded?

[QUOTE="Sleepyz"]

Just sounds like your card is damage. Never had a card burn out on me but it does happen.

Maybe take this as a sign to get a better one? The nvidia 8600's are about to come out.

dausley

Last time a video card burnt out on me, the computer would randomly restart, become unresponsive, and crash. He describes his problem as only happening while he plays games. A burnt out video card would cripple the entire PC, during any task.

[QUOTE="dausley"][QUOTE="Sleepyz"]

Just sounds like your card is damage. Never had a card burn out on me but it does happen.

Maybe take this as a sign to get a better one? The nvidia 8600's are about to come out.

cobrax25

Last time a video card burnt out on me, the computer would randomly restart, become unresponsive, and crash. He describes his problem as only happening while he plays games. A burnt out video card would cripple the entire PC, during any task.

Did u Oc ? Cause if you did, underclock a little bit and see the effect, if u didnt OC also underclocking may solve the problem sometimes. and u could still do what Beaverman said 2 do.r3351925

Just sounds like your card is damage. Never had a card burn out on me but it does happen.

Maybe take this as a sign to get a better one? The nvidia 8600's are about to come out.

Sleepyz

dont get an 8600 card because you will be getting less performance then what u were getting with your 7900GT

[QUOTE="Sleepyz"]

Just sounds like your card is damage. Never had a card burn out on me but it does happen.

Maybe take this as a sign to get a better one? The nvidia 8600's are about to come out.

Chris_53

dont get an 8600 card because you will be getting less performance then what u were getting with your 7900GT

Check your temperatures for gods sake. It's in the nvidia control panel.. 3d settings.. monitor temperature levels. Leave the window open and play a game for a while, then minimize it and check.Baselerd

I did. Usually the card is at 68 degrees, i ran a KOtoR for 25 minutes and the peak was 78 degrees. I will open up the case after work and dust around. Is there a particularly safe way of doing this without damaging the card? Can I underclock the card in the nvidia control panel? 

EDIT : It 'texture rainbows' on this game quite significantly. It has been patched fully. It does appear to get progressively worse the more I play, so I gather it is heat induced. Also it sometimes crashes and stalls randomly during dialog, but that might just be the game. It stalls and repeats a millisecond of sound in a 'machine gun' effect, and usually means I need to physically turn the computer off as it won't let me Ctrl-Alt-Delete out of it. Interestingly, I have never had the texture rainbow problem with HL2, which I would have thought would rag my GPU more than KOtoR.

Do you underclock in the nvidia control panel as well?