Graphics messing up

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Dec 17 2005, 5:53 pm
Whenever I try to start up most of my games(only a few have worked), the graphics are all messed up. For example, Mount & Blade: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/Artekia/wtf.jpg It's worse in some games, and I can't see where anything is. I tried updating my graphic drivers and installing the latest DirectX. This started happening after I brought my computer to a new monitor.
Dec 17 2005, 7:05 pm (Edited on Dec 17 2005, 7:19 pm)
I went to the DirectX Diagnostic Tool and I tested "Direct 3D 7", 8, and 9, 7 worked, but 8 and 9 were messed up like my games. Any idea on what to do to fix that? >_>


Here's some info on my graphics card:


Driver info:

ForceWare Release 80
Version: 81.95
Release Date: December 9, 2005
WHQL Certified
Dec 17 2005, 7:59 pm
In response to Artekia
get rid of nvida lol goto ATI lol
Dec 17 2005, 8:01 pm
In response to JT66
Not an option.
Dec 17 2005, 9:28 pm
In response to JT66
There is nothing wrong with NVidia, and right now, they have the best card on the market. I have an ATI, and like them, but I don't bash Nvidia, because they are good cards. Do you have a reason for bashing Nvidias, if you do, I would love to hear why. It would certainly be news to me.
Dec 17 2005, 10:11 pm
In response to Scoobert
Scoobert wrote:
There is nothing wrong with NVidia, and right now, they have the best card on the market. I have an ATI, and like them, but I don't bash Nvidia, because they are good cards. Do you have a reason for bashing Nvidias, if you do, I would love to hear why. It would certainly be news to me.


Lets see here everytime i buy a NVidia it never works for my guys it crashs after 30mins of gameplay or the cards are dumb and limiting the fps to 30 and when i get ati cards they work perfect dont have to install drivers nothing i get 150 fps in hl2 with a 80$ ati card
Dec 17 2005, 10:12 pm
In response to JT66
That would be user error.
Dec 18 2005, 12:10 am
In response to JT66
Speak for yourself. I've always had NVidia cards and they've all worked great. (I have no bias against ATI, I'm sure they're great too; it just turned out that way.)
Dec 18 2005, 3:05 am
In response to JT66
JT66 wrote:
Scoobert wrote:
There is nothing wrong with NVidia, and right now, they have the best card on the market. I have an ATI, and like them, but I don't bash Nvidia, because they are good cards. Do you have a reason for bashing Nvidias, if you do, I would love to hear why. It would certainly be news to me.


Lets see here everytime i buy a NVidia it never works for my guys it crashs after 30mins of gameplay or the cards are dumb and limiting the fps to 30 and when i get ati cards they work perfect dont have to install drivers nothing i get 150 fps in hl2 with a 80$ ati card

I have a 6800GT, it does not crash after 30 minutes of gameplays, i have had it running battlefield 2 for over 4 hours without a single hitch. Also why would they limit it to 30 fps, thats the stupidest thing i've ever heard, also as for drivers, if you dont update chances are you are going to get errors with newer games and you may get performance hits as you are probably using the oldest drivers in the world.

Even if you are getting 150fps in HL2 chances are you have the graphics set very low as any $90 graphic card is not going to be able to run HL2 at even medium graphics without lag
Dec 18 2005, 8:03 am
In response to Crispy
I sure have a bias against ATI, every ATI card I've ever had (including the new one in my Linux box) has issues on older systems. NVidia cards on the other hand have always worked fine out of the box, and they seem to last almost twice as long under normal stress.
Dec 18 2005, 3:56 pm
In response to Artekia
I tried a system restore to the 16th, and then the 13th, after nothing fixed my problem. Neither worked. If anyone has any idea what's wrong, please reply. I'm desperate. =(
Dec 18 2005, 5:12 pm
Artekia wrote:
This started happening after I brought my computer to a new monitor.

Maybe the refresh rate that the games try to use is one that your new monitor doesn't support.
Dec 18 2005, 5:13 pm
In response to Jon88
I tried a different monitor as well.
Dec 18 2005, 10:00 pm
In response to Artekia
can you see if it works with the old monitor and did you install the games before or after you changed monitors.
Dec 18 2005, 10:16 pm
In response to Kirboshy
No, and I doubt that the installation of the games really has much to do with it. Direct3D 8 and 9 are messing up for me. So any game that uses those for graphics will mess up.
Dec 18 2005, 10:52 pm
In response to Artekia
Try pulling the graphics card out, give it a clean and put it back in
Dec 18 2005, 10:57 pm
In response to Critical
Need I say... carefully. =) Try not to touch any part of the circuit board or connections with your bare hands; use a clean, dry, lint-free cloth. And no liquid (duh).

Have you tried plugging your old monitor in to see if it starts working again? Have you Googled the names of your video card and monitor together to see if anyone else is having the same issues?
Dec 18 2005, 11:00 pm
In response to Crispy
I've tried two different monitors, but not the original. But it doesn't work on either monitor. So I don't think that's the problem. I tried some googling, didn't find much. I guess I'll try carefully cleaning it. =P
Dec 18 2005, 11:47 pm
In response to Artekia
I would try it on the old monitor if at all possible. It's best to be 100% sure about the cause of the problem.
Dec 19 2005, 12:24 am
In response to Scoobert
Yup, I've used both NVidia and ATI. I prefer NVidia as it goes now.

Oh, right at this moment the 7800 isn't the best card though. Tomshardware had alot of good things to say about the Radon 1k series.

Here's a link if your interested.
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