impy

I just recently bought a Verto 6600, upgrading from a Radeon 9200, which was upgraded from an onboard GeForce 4.. because BF2 isn't compatible with that card, even though the box says Radeon 8500+, but thats besides the point.

When I installed the card, and downloaded the most recent drivers, I was unable to watch any movies ( and no it wasn't because I didn't have the codecs ). When I tried to open them, my CPU Usage went to 100%, and my screen lagged like crazy. I tested to see if older drivers would fix this, and they did. I now have the 71.89 nVidia drivers, instead of the most recent 77.72. I was also hoping that it would also fix some graphics problems ingame, like these:




I never had any of these problems with my 9200, or even my geforce 4.

But yeah.. it didn't fix it. Sometimes, parts of the gun are replaced with long, white, rectangles instead of the correct skins. It hasen't happend when i took those screens, but I will post more when it happens again.

And in BF2, if I play on any graphic setting above Low, My screen laggs every 3 seconds. I can play on 1024x768, but on Low graphics :(

System Specs:
AMD 2.08 GHz processor
512mb memory
(not sure about the mobo, im not too good w/ comps)
nvidia nForce 2 mobo
250 watt powersupply, and i saw that the card needs 300. I thought this could be the problem until a friend told me that you will get a message saying that your video card is not getting enough power if that was the case, so now im clueless.


Overall, I am fairly upset with this card, seeing that I spent $200 and it doesn't work the way it should :(

anyone have any ideas?

Koran

It sounds too me like you brought a Top nock Graphics adapter but when i do things like that i upgrade my Processor and my Ram try that then install the new drivers you new power should breez the power of the graphics Adapter and not worry about lagging that is all i can say

UncleMacro

The video problem is a known bug in the 77.72 drivers. The solution which works for most people is:
1) Go to the NVIDIA control panel.
2) Go to the "Color Correction" screen.
3) Set "Color Profile" to "Advanced Mode".
4) Set "Apply color changes" to "All".
5) Click "Apply".
You should probably just go back to the 77.72 drivers so you can be sure that your display problems aren't bugs which have already been fixed.

I don't play BF2 so I'm not sure exactly how the screens look but you need to take into account that they're not exactly the same for all video cards. Your 6600 (I'm assuming it's the non-GT model) uses different display code than your old video cards so it may look different. When it comes to your speed situation, a plain 6600 is a large step up from a 9200 when it comes to internal rendering power but it's only a small step up when it comes to memory bandwidth. So your frame rate may lag seriously if you increase the screen resolution very much. I know it's a bit late for this but if you're going to spend that much money then it would be better to spend $170 and get a 6600GT or spend $200 and get a 6800. Both of those are way faster than a plain 6600. A 6600 is a decent video card and a step up from your previous cards but it tends to be limited by its memory bandwidth which is only slightly faster than your 9200.

Running with a 250 watt power supply isn't such a good idea but if it's a quality supply then it may be able to handle it. You only get that NVIDIA "low voltage" error under certain circumstances so the lack of that message doesn't prove that your power supply is okay. You can check your power supply voltages as explained here. Power supply problems usually cause more serious problems (like crashes) than you're having but there's no way to be 100% sure without swapping in another supply.

impy

Thanks for the help. I went back to the 77.72 drivers, and changed what you said and I am still having the same problems. I have seen other posts with people that are having the same issues with the 77.72 drivers, but when they go back it fixes it.

impy

heres a couple more screens

PurpleSky

not an answer to your question but i noticed that you have pretty low fps. After resolving your problem you should tweak your cs config file. pm me for tweaking cfg. for cs 1.6 if interested. i love that game with a passion

impy

My fps is fine, the reason its showing 59.9 fps is because its overlapping. I would hope to god that a 6600 can get over 100fps in cs, since i get 90-130 in Source aztec.

UncleMacro

Well, looking at the black areas and the goofy lighting in one of the images I'm not sure if that's a hardware or software problem. That doesn't look like "normal" corruption at all. Did you install the latest patch? It looks like it just came out. Does this happen only in BF2 or do other games have problems too? If problems occur in other games then I'd try the video card out in another computer to see if the problems still occur.

impy

Thats Counter-Strike, not BF2. It doesn't happen in BF2 which is odd. My friend had a 300w power supply, so we hooked it up, and I still got the same problems. Im starting to think i need a new motherboard?

UncleMacro

Oops. I'm a little out of date when it comes to that kind of shooter. Show me something with Skaarjs or demons pouring out of a portal to Hell. Those I can identify.

I seriously doubt your problem has anything to do with the motherboard. If a better power supply doesn't fix the problem then it's much more likely to be a software problem with that game or a hardware problem with the video card. But if it only happens in one game engine then I'd think it's some kind of software problem.

There's a list of things you can try to trace down a video card problem here. You could give them a try and see if anything helps you. But if it only happens in one game engine, I'd be inclined to think you have some kind of software problem.

Raggedtoad

Ugh... Get a new power supply. I had a Geforce FX5700 a while back, and It didn't even get enough power. I strongly doubt that 250W is enough to power the 6600. Even if that is unrelated to your graphical error, it is worth doing anyway because your current power supply will probably burn out soon under such a load.

Siker

We have exactly the same problem on a computer here. Same graphics card, the PNY Verto 6600. Video playback almost freezes the machine by using all available processing power. In addition there are graphical bugs in games. As opposed to the original poster, the bugs appear in many different games here, to varying degrees.

Some games seem unaffected such as UT2004, while other games such as FarCry are seriously affected. In FarCry in particular big black blocks appear around vehicles and some textures seem extremely bright. Doom 3 also exhibits problems such as strange streaks of white in different textures. Halo also has random lines in some of its textures. At least once even the HUD has been affected.

The machine is a freshly reinstalled with XP SP2, and we use nVidias 77.77 drivers. We believe the power supply to be adequate. The video card has been exchanged once for another one of the same model and the problem persists, making a hardware defect seem less likely.

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Alexander "Siker" Ljungberg
Lead Programmer of Northwinter Studios

ebackhus

That 250w PSU is the problem. Throw in a quality 400+ and you'll be satisfied.