7900 GT graphic corruption during some games w/ pic

litch · 01-12-2009, 06:01 PM

About 2 or 3 weeks ago my old drivers for the 7900gt stopped working so I updated windows and got the newest drivers for it. Now when I try and play some games like rise of nations, age of empires 3, and silver fall, I get what some would call graphic corruption. I have to alt tab or press the windows key to fix it. With AoE3 it only happens at the start of the game but with rise of nations it happens all through out the game and it happens in silver fall after loading.

This is also affecting my screen saver.

^--age of empires 3 at the start of a new game

aznmagic2015 · 01-13-2009, 12:48 AM

I had this problem on an old computer I tried to make into a gaming rig for my cousin. I fixed it by using older drivers.

dai · 01-13-2009, 03:56 AM

try a driver reinstall first

in the device manager uninstall the video card
reboot tapping f8 and choose vga mode
when windows finishes rebooting
disable a/virus
install your drivers
reboot the computer

what are you running
video card
cpu
m/board
ram
power supply
brand
wattage

check the listings in the bios for voltages and temperatures and post them

01-12-2009, 06:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
litch Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1 OS: XP	7900 GT graphic corruption during some games w/ pic About 2 or 3 weeks ago my old drivers for the 7900gt stopped working so I updated windows and got the newest drivers for it. Now when I try and play some games like rise of nations, age of empires 3, and silver fall, I get what some would call graphic corruption. I have to alt tab or press the windows key to fix it. With AoE3 it only happens at the start of the game but with rise of nations it happens all through out the game and it happens in silver fall after loading. This is also affecting my screen saver. ^--age of empires 3 at the start of a new game

01-13-2009, 12:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
aznmagic2015 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 63 OS: XP	Re: 7900 GT graphic corruption during some games w/ pic I had this problem on an old computer I tried to make into a gaming rig for my cousin. I fixed it by using older drivers.

01-13-2009, 03:56 AM	#3 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,539 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: 7900 GT graphic corruption during some games w/ pic try a driver reinstall first in the device manager uninstall the video card reboot tapping f8 and choose vga mode when windows finishes rebooting disable a/virus install your drivers reboot the computer what are you running video card cpu m/board ram power supply brand wattage check the listings in the bios for voltages and temperatures and post them __________________