Weird Artifacts - please help

[zeeon2003]

I have an old Creative TNT2 card that had been lying in a box for a few months.

Yesterday I plugged the card in my 2nd PC, and it runs fine in Windows. Tried 3Dmark 2001 and I keep on getting these weird artifacts in the Dragothic test and Hotel Lobby scene. I am attaching pics with the artifacts showing. Other benchies in 3DMark 2001 run fine without any artifacts.

What is the cause of these artifacts and how can I get rid of them? I've changed drivers and done clean installs also. System is fine - tested with other cards (even another TNT2), and no probs. No OC for system or card, and the card isn't very hot either.


http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-12/525524/Dragothic.jpg

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-12/525524/Lobby.jpg

 

[MedicBob]

Dragothic

Lobby

Linked.

Clean all the contacts on the AGP slot and on the card. The card just might be bad, but does it work ok for what you are doing with it?

 

[thunderhorse]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That the same things I found growing under my computer case. So went to the kitchen, got a glass, put 2 shots of Crown Royal, 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream and filled the glass with coke. A coke float royal. Then I grabbed the Windex and deleted the artifacts.

It may take you a little longer. I think the artifacts are more deeply imbeded in you system. But the float makes it worth it.........in your case I'd say several.

But after five Long Island ice teas, you won't give a $h!t.

 

[thunderhorse]

zeeon2003..
I am soo sorry. I thought you were spoofing.

The only time I have seen anything close to this is when a friend of mine discharged static into a board when he pulled it from his computer while it was still on. Angert +pull card with computer on,,,,,,,,, bad idea. It seemed to have something still in memory, but it can't be. Like RAM when the power goes off so does everything that's in the memory. It looked like part of the same thing he was working on when this happened. Never got it fixed, so he got a new card. Again sorry for my lack of good judgment.

Someone KICK me!!!!!!!!

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: thunderhorse
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That the same things I found growing under my computer case. So went to the kitchen, got a glass, put 2 shots of Crown Royal, 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream and filled the glass with coke. A coke float royal. Then I grabbed the Windex and deleted the artifacts.

It may take you a little longer. I think the artifacts are more deeply imbeded in you system. But the float makes it worth it.........in your case I'd say several.

But after five Long Island ice teas, you won't give a $h!t.

Wow... someone had a few too many drinks
(yes I read your second post)

 

[zeeon2003]

Tried cleaning the card; even took off the HS and refixed it with thermal grease (previously it had hard epoxy). Down-clocked both mem and core with Powerstrip - still artifacts show up in those two tests.

It looks like that I'll have to throw this away!

BTW, old hardware seem to develop probems if they've been lying around for too long. Also happened with some old hard drives - they were running in PCs fine, but after 2 weesk rest they developed bad sectors outta no where! :Q

Maybe it's an indicator to give away old hardware instead of clinging on to it.