Long time GFX problem but definitely not the GFX card.

Xoffer · 04-08-2008, 04:28 PM

Since last summer, I've been having graphical problems with pretty much most games I play, the older ones being less noticeable however I shall try to explain my problem as best I can.

I mostly play Battlefield 2 on XP Home, newest DX9, newest possible Nvidia GeForce 7 drivers (7600 GT) and I always keep my drivers as up to date as I can. Since I bought my computer and BF2, it has run extremely smoothly at top spec (though my 1G RAM is left to be desired). Oblivion, FEAR, etc all used to run well at full or near full graphical capacity.

Ever since I used a compressed air and tried to add a 1G vdata DDR400 (same day), it's never been the same. I have to force vertical sync on from the graphics card, especially for BF2 or the game looks really blocky, rough and jerky. When it IS on, the fps rate drops noticeably and especially around built up areas, the gameplay becomes exceedingly laggy.

I've tried with every other game and there is a definite loss of quality and smoothness in graphics which noone I know has been able to shed some light on.

I even conceded and dropped the comp into a repair shop. After 3 weeks of catching up on their Xmas backlog, they finally got round to rigorously testing my deck and claimed they ran 3DMark when they plugged in their harddrive and it worked fine. Is it possible that it could be a semi-corrupt HD?

Please help because it's really beginning to annoy me now and I don't want to spend anymore money to find that I've hit another deadend.

PS the Nvidia 7600GT is almost brand new, replacing my old one as a precaution and still the same symptoms

groudon185p · 04-10-2008, 12:12 AM

Hmm, well it could be the ram you are using now are at less speed, or maybe the last ones you were using heat spreaders and their nearly overheatings, trying to conserve heat they lower their peformance, but ive had something similar, once i was playing UT3 at 30fps then all of a sudden i was getting 5fps (i had the fps meter up) which was a sudden increase, so then i minimised it, opened asus pc probe II (which measures volts, heat fan rmp of items, say cpu ran rpm, and cpu heat and ram heat) when i checked it, it seemed my ram was overheating, so being quick to think i got the fan near me, plugged it in, put it on full, waited for it to cool down, then closed pc probe, and waddaya know pc peformance increase i wonder how Hmm...
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groudon185p · 04-10-2008, 12:15 AM

oh yeah, are you overclocking anything, while im on the subject of heat...

04-08-2008, 04:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
Xoffer Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1 OS: XP Home Service Pack 2	Long time GFX problem but definitely not the GFX card. Since last summer, I've been having graphical problems with pretty much most games I play, the older ones being less noticeable however I shall try to explain my problem as best I can. I mostly play Battlefield 2 on XP Home, newest DX9, newest possible Nvidia GeForce 7 drivers (7600 GT) and I always keep my drivers as up to date as I can. Since I bought my computer and BF2, it has run extremely smoothly at top spec (though my 1G RAM is left to be desired). Oblivion, FEAR, etc all used to run well at full or near full graphical capacity. Ever since I used a compressed air and tried to add a 1G vdata DDR400 (same day), it's never been the same. I have to force vertical sync on from the graphics card, especially for BF2 or the game looks really blocky, rough and jerky. When it IS on, the fps rate drops noticeably and especially around built up areas, the gameplay becomes exceedingly laggy. I've tried with every other game and there is a definite loss of quality and smoothness in graphics which noone I know has been able to shed some light on. I even conceded and dropped the comp into a repair shop. After 3 weeks of catching up on their Xmas backlog, they finally got round to rigorously testing my deck and claimed they ran 3DMark when they plugged in their harddrive and it worked fine. Is it possible that it could be a semi-corrupt HD? Please help because it's really beginning to annoy me now and I don't want to spend anymore money to find that I've hit another deadend. PS the Nvidia 7600GT is almost brand new, replacing my old one as a precaution and still the same symptoms

04-10-2008, 12:12 AM	#2 (permalink)
groudon185p Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NSW, Australia Posts: 288 OS: Vista Ultimate Sp1 My System	Re: Long time GFX problem but definitely not the GFX card. Hmm, well it could be the ram you are using now are at less speed, or maybe the last ones you were using heat spreaders and their nearly overheatings, trying to conserve heat they lower their peformance, but ive had something similar, once i was playing UT3 at 30fps then all of a sudden i was getting 5fps (i had the fps meter up) which was a sudden increase, so then i minimised it, opened asus pc probe II (which measures volts, heat fan rmp of items, say cpu ran rpm, and cpu heat and ram heat) when i checked it, it seemed my ram was overheating, so being quick to think i got the fan near me, plugged it in, put it on full, waited for it to cool down, then closed pc probe, and waddaya know pc peformance increase i wonder how Hmm... [LINK] Last edited by groudon185p; 04-10-2008 at 12:14 AM.

04-10-2008, 12:15 AM	#3 (permalink)
groudon185p Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NSW, Australia Posts: 288 OS: Vista Ultimate Sp1 My System	Re: Long time GFX problem but definitely not the GFX card. oh yeah, are you overclocking anything, while im on the subject of heat...