graphic disturbance during games.

[nitsan87]

Hello.
i got 2 games that when i play them some of the object's on the screen goes black [lets say suddenly a wall is black and the floor is disapear etc].
the games are darksiders and call of duty black ops.

when i play black ops i suddenly notice at the start that some object's are "flashing" with black white black white etc and after a while [2 min] the game just freeze and thats it, i have to hard reset.
in darksider's its abit better since i can still play with all the disturbance...
btw lets say "battle field bad company 2" run smooth on my comp... so its wierd.

please help me fix this :( my graphic driver is up to date btw.

Rig info :

Windows xp sp3
quad core 9400
motherboard : p5q-e
video card : ati radeon 4870 hd toxic 1GB

p.s :

is it possible that my video card is damaged ?

[evildead789]

black ops is just out, wait for patch. Darksiders is a month out, wait for a patch. I seriously doubt your video card is damaged. Sounds like problems are with these games.

If you want to know for sure i would try some other games, download some demo's if you have too. If these are the only games you have problems with it will probabably be these games, check some forums on these games if nobody had the same problem

[nitsan87]

well "BBC2" work fine, Napoleon total war work fine, medal of honor work fine ...
but it just, in call of duty it crash at the first 1-2 min of the game constantly and i can see peoples saying they finish the game allready ...
still havent saw one post about the flickering graphic.

[-WOLF-]

No it does sound like a problem with your GPU.

First tell me the specs of your PSU, if you open up the case you'll see a little box with a sticker, tell us the name, the brand and wattage of it.

[nitsan87]

ok, my power supply maker is : spire

the model is : SP-ATX-550WTN-IR

watts :

AC INPUT : 200-240v 50-60Hz 6A

DC OUTPUT : +12V1 +12V2 +5V +3.3V -5V -12V +5Vsb
------------- +15A + 15A + 25A + 28A + 0.1A + 0.8A + 2A

[dai]

your psu is low quality and underpowered upgrade it

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...corsair%2b750w

[nitsan87]

too bad in israel it cost like 300$ ...hmm and you think thats what make all my probs ?

[dai]

yes

we are used to high costs here as well although they have been coming down in the last few months

in some cases it may be cheaper to buy elsewhere even after the cost of postage is included

[nitsan87]

hmm listen, i got the graphic card box and this is what i found :

"500 Watt or greater power supply with two 75W 6-pin PCI Express* power connector trcommended.

[koala]

Your Spire 550W PSU has two +12V lines that are only providing 15A each. This is too low to safely power the HD4870 under stress.

Here in the UK, the Spire 550W costs about £35. In comparison, good quality 550W units cost over £60 and provide at least 40A on the +12V line.

[nitsan87]

ok, i just dont want to spend alot of money on this and then find out its not the prob :< so i just want to make sure.

[koala]

Before spending any money, take the computer to your local PC repair store and get them to stress test the graphics card with one of their 750W PSUs.

[nitsan87]

hmmm great idea, will do.
tnx :>