put together my new rig a couple days ago. finally after downloading ALL the latest drivers for everything on my system it was time to get my game on.
when i did i noticed several square blocks of pixels of the same color whenever i played any game such as halo, riddick, etc. and when i run 3dmark03 (starting on battle of proxycon). for example, on blood gulch in halo all the pixels blocks would be blue. in the opening level of riddick and the battle of proxycon all the blocks are black.
oddly, this does not occur in half life 2, far cry or ut2004.
odder still, sometimes it doesn't come up in halo or 3dmark03. it always comes up in riddick.
i went into audio settings and turned everything WAY down - still didn't help - pixelated strips were still there. otherwise, everything is fine when i'm not gaming.
do you think my thermaltake 480w psu could be the problem? it only has the 20 pin atx connector, while my asus a8n-sli deluxe motherboard has the 24 pin atx connector. i did purchase the 20 pin - 24 pin adaptor cable but i've heard different opinions on that (even that it may hurt system performance). the specs on my psu are:
Dual +12V: No
Efficiency: > 65%
Fans: 2
Hold-up Time: 16ms min.
Input Current: 8A
Input Frequency Range: 47 - 63Hz
Input Voltage: 100 - 240V
Over Voltage Protection: YES
PFC: No
Power Good Signal: 100-500ms
could the problem be my power supply? could these artifacts be the result of a heavy power load on my system? or do you think my video card is the problem? why else would these pixealated lines appear in my games?
i just bought the video card, so i can rma it. the psu is from a previous build but i'm more than happy to buy a new one if you think it will help. any recommendations are more than welcome.
any and all help is greatly appreciated.
when i did i noticed several square blocks of pixels of the same color whenever i played any game such as halo, riddick, etc. and when i run 3dmark03 (starting on battle of proxycon). for example, on blood gulch in halo all the pixels blocks would be blue. in the opening level of riddick and the battle of proxycon all the blocks are black.
oddly, this does not occur in half life 2, far cry or ut2004.
odder still, sometimes it doesn't come up in halo or 3dmark03. it always comes up in riddick.
i went into audio settings and turned everything WAY down - still didn't help - pixelated strips were still there. otherwise, everything is fine when i'm not gaming.
do you think my thermaltake 480w psu could be the problem? it only has the 20 pin atx connector, while my asus a8n-sli deluxe motherboard has the 24 pin atx connector. i did purchase the 20 pin - 24 pin adaptor cable but i've heard different opinions on that (even that it may hurt system performance). the specs on my psu are:
Dual +12V: No
Efficiency: > 65%
Fans: 2
Hold-up Time: 16ms min.
Input Current: 8A
Input Frequency Range: 47 - 63Hz
Input Voltage: 100 - 240V
Over Voltage Protection: YES
PFC: No
Power Good Signal: 100-500ms
could the problem be my power supply? could these artifacts be the result of a heavy power load on my system? or do you think my video card is the problem? why else would these pixealated lines appear in my games?
i just bought the video card, so i can rma it. the psu is from a previous build but i'm more than happy to buy a new one if you think it will help. any recommendations are more than welcome.
any and all help is greatly appreciated.
