Video distorts and artifacts while gaming...

Call-Collin · 09-09-2008, 09:30 AM

Hello TSF!

I just bought a brand new eVGA GeForce 9600 GT 512 RAM and for some reason when I'm playing warcraft 3 the video gets all distorted/artifacts half way through the game or so and I have to minimize the game with Alt+Tab and bring it back up for them to go away. Then a few minutes later the video will become distorted again... I just RMA'd 1 card and bought this card because the last card was doing the same thing, distorting and artifacting. Now my brand new evga geforce 9600 GT is doing the same thing... I don't think it's the memory on the card itself as I just went through another card and RMA'd it because I thought the memory could be bad. I can't seem to figure this out and I don't want to keep RMA'ing cards when they are all doing the same thing.. Could it be my mobo? Could it be my system RAM?

This is a brand new fresh build. Any assistance would be appreciated in this matter.

~Collin

Call-Collin · 09-09-2008, 11:08 AM

I also upgraded the PSU from 400W to 700W and I'm still getting this issue... Maybe it could be the PSU?

Chevy · 02-06-2009, 10:00 PM

How's the airflow? It could be a heat issue.

Call-Collin · 02-10-2009, 12:07 PM

I had 4GB of RAM took 2 sticks out and the artifacting stopped... guess some of the sticks were defective.

09-09-2008, 09:30 AM	#1 (permalink)
Call-Collin Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: SoCal Posts: 57 OS: WinXP SP3 My System	Video distorts and artifacts while gaming... Hello TSF! I just bought a brand new eVGA GeForce 9600 GT 512 RAM and for some reason when I'm playing warcraft 3 the video gets all distorted/artifacts half way through the game or so and I have to minimize the game with Alt+Tab and bring it back up for them to go away. Then a few minutes later the video will become distorted again... I just RMA'd 1 card and bought this card because the last card was doing the same thing, distorting and artifacting. Now my brand new evga geforce 9600 GT is doing the same thing... I don't think it's the memory on the card itself as I just went through another card and RMA'd it because I thought the memory could be bad. I can't seem to figure this out and I don't want to keep RMA'ing cards when they are all doing the same thing.. Could it be my mobo? Could it be my system RAM? This is a brand new fresh build. Any assistance would be appreciated in this matter. ~Collin __________________ *CompTIA A+, MCP, MCDST*

09-09-2008, 11:08 AM	#2 (permalink)
Call-Collin Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: SoCal Posts: 57 OS: WinXP SP3 My System	Re: Video distorts and artifacts while gaming... I also upgraded the PSU from 400W to 700W and I'm still getting this issue... Maybe it could be the PSU? __________________ *CompTIA A+, MCP, MCDST*

02-06-2009, 10:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
Chevy Retired Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Notlob Posts: 5,452 OS: Vista Ultimate My System	Re: Video distorts and artifacts while gaming... How's the airflow? It could be a heat issue.

02-10-2009, 12:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
Call-Collin Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: SoCal Posts: 57 OS: WinXP SP3 My System	Re: Video distorts and artifacts while gaming... I had 4GB of RAM took 2 sticks out and the artifacting stopped... guess some of the sticks were defective. __________________ *CompTIA A+, MCP, MCDST*