video rendering problems with games

[mastermynd27]

The strangest problem just started up recently when i try to play Rise of nations and WC3:FT When i start the game the graphics are messed up, with WC there is a green tint everywhere, and with rise of nations the color scheme is all messed up. This just started happening out of the blue, and I have no idea what caused it. I even tried a format and reinstall of windows, but the problem is still there. I have an ATI radeon 8500 LE and everywhere else the video is just fine, including movies and regular windows surfing.

any comments or ideas would be appreciated

 

[Schadenfroh]

either the monitor or the v/c, my guess since it does not do it at teh desktop that it is the adapter that screws it up when it switches into 3d mode. swap your video card out and see what happens

 

[mastermynd27]

by swap do you mean replace it with another one or just take it out then put it back?

 

[mastermynd27]

bump ...
anyone else with a suggestion?

 

[jtaite]

Sounds like my vid card overheating problem. My cause is the fan on the vid card (ti4200) stopped working. Can you confirm the vid card fan is still spinning?

 

[Questi4110]

Originally posted by: mastermynd27
The strangest problem just started up recently when i try to play Rise of nations and WC3:FT When i start the game the graphics are messed up, with WC there is a green tint everywhere, and with rise of nations the color scheme is all messed up. This just started happening out of the blue, and I have no idea what caused it. I even tried a format and reinstall of windows, but the problem is still there. I have an ATI radeon 8500 LE and everywhere else the video is just fine, including movies and regular windows surfing.

any comments or ideas would be appreciated

Well, if you have a radeon, check out this page, it has some common problems and the fixes to them.

http://www.freewebs.com/squeak/v1_1/fixes.htm

Good Luck

 

[mastermynd27]

thanks to you guys .... it was an overheating problem. opened up the case and turned a fan on it and things are back to normal. now i just have to try to not run it 24/7 for a while