Recent content by Tikiti

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    PNY GF6800 GT Freezing/Artifacts

    well I suppose that's 2D mode, but 3D mode is even more messed up. If I could upload a screenshot I'd show ya. Polygons are all skewed and running off the edge of the screen, the sound loops over and over again, colors and textures are screwed up, random things are glowing random colors, of...
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    PNY GF6800 GT Freezing/Artifacts

    yeah, it's definately the card, I'm currently on my friend's GeForce FX 5500 OC now, and I don't get any glitches or artifacts. Could it be the BIOS, or should I really do a second RMA? -edit- on a side note, how long does an RMA usually take, and will they let you pay for, say, rush...
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    PNY GF6800 GT Freezing/Artifacts

    Yeah I'm talking about the nForce3 chipset drivers from the nvidia site. -Edit- One question, how do I backup my GPU's current BIOS?
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    PNY GF6800 GT Freezing/Artifacts

    CPU temp about 50-60 C GPU temp the same not sure what mobo temp is like 5 fans in the case, with a huge industrial fan in the room too installed the latest chipset drivers from the nvidia site, tried another chipset driver from guru3d.com -edit- gonna try the bios flashing, wish me luck...
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    PNY GF6800 GT Freezing/Artifacts

    TTT Still can't figure out the issue.
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    PNY GF6800 GT Freezing/Artifacts

    well I did do an RMA, and this is with my second PNY GF 6800 GT the RAM's a 1gb Kingston, 64bit compatible or something like that. -edit- About the first card, it was MUCH worse, during bootup the text was shaking awkwardly, and then once I got into windows, there were two vertical...
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    PNY GF6800 GT Freezing/Artifacts

    Well like the title says, I've recently had my A+ Cert friends put together a wicked machine from BRAND-NEW parts, and it just fails to do anything 3D. Here's a summary of my system. I'm on an AMD 64bit 3200 1st-gen (1Mb cache), on an MSI K8N Neo-FSR motherboard, with 1Gb Kingston RAM, PSU...