vid card on last legs???

[Cruze8]

Hey all my gf2gts has been having wierd rendering difficulties in the last 4 months, when rendering images it seems like the mip mapping and the filtering is all screwed up... like it's really hard to explain it just seems like the detail has dropped a little since I've had it overclocked, now I have all settings in the games at max also I have all quality settings on high in nvmax... I also occasionally get flashing textures, and these problems remain when I drop her back to default.... so I'm thinking she's just about had her time what do you think?

 

[spanky]

sounds like its time for a ti4200

 

[Cruze8]

I'd love a ti4200 but I don't even have the money to upgrade to a gf3ti200!

 

[Killrose]

You may have issue's due to remnants of previous drivers conflicting with your current set. I would remove all traces of previous drivers. I think there is a program called "Detonator Destroyer" for removing all current and previous drivers. From there you re-load your desired driver version.

And you may want to back-off a bit on your overclocking if you feel quality is being affected.

 

[spanky]

any chance ur card is o/c'ed? well if u really can't afford a ti4200... there is always the gts-v

 

[Grimner]

Just had something similar. Moved to a new case and my Kyro II started making a fuss - flashing tiles/textures, stripes here and there and small lock-ups in games that ran smooth before the move.

Turned the area around the Kyro was not very well ventilated in the new case. One hole and a fan later - back to normal.
In your case I'd clock back to normal, scout for dust or defective fans, and it was a good suggestion to flush the drivers

 

[Cruze8]

well it's not driver related cuz I used det destroyer before installing my new drivers.... and I wouldnt want the gts-v cuz it's a step down from what I have already... and it's not cooling related because I have excellent case ventillation.... 1 80mm fan blowin over the gf2 and a 120mm fan blowin over my cpu then I have a 120mm for the exhaust.... I just think she's showing her signs of age, seeing as it's been overclocked since day 1