| Subject: games Rendering everywhere! |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.games |
| Date: 5/7/2008 3:58:01 AM |
| From: =?Utf-8?B?bWlrYWRlZQ==?= [Email Address Protection] |
I just recently updgraded to Vista Home Premium about a week ago, and I have hit a major problem: any game on Vista has problems rendering objects, with misplaced or missing parts of objects all over the place. Everything else on Vista runs fine. here's a few screenshots to better illustrate what I mean: Nvidia 3d test http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b68/mikadee/vista/prob1.jpg Hellgate: London http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b68/mikadee/vista/prob2.jpg Even solitaire! http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b68/mikadee/vista/prob3.jpg As you can see, basically anything that requires 3d rendering has this problem. I've got the latest certified Nvidia drivers, the latest directX update from the download centre, and also the latest sound card drivers. i have tried to update to SP1 to see if that fixes it, but I cannot install SP1 for some reason. My system specs are as follows: Intel celeron D 2.66ghz 2gb DDR400 Kingmaxx RAM Nvidia 7600 GS 512mb video card WD 250gb SATA HDD Onboard AC97 audio (since my SBLive! 5.1 refused to play sound in 5.1) Help would be appreciated, thanks! |
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| Subject: Re: games Rendering everywhere! |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.games |
| Date: 5/7/2008 8:24:26 AM |
| From: "Andy [YaYa]" [Email Address Protection] |
=?Utf-8?B?bWlrYWRlZQ==?= <mikadee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in news:5A07EBD4-7C8B-4EE0-84D5-44079CB4621E@microsoft.com: > I just recently updgraded to Vista Home Premium about a week ago, and > I have hit a major problem: any game on Vista has problems rendering > objects > http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b68/mikadee/vista/prob1.jpg > http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b68/mikadee/vista/prob2.jpg > http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b68/mikadee/vista/prob3.jpg > As you can see, basically anything that requires 3d rendering has this > problem. > My system specs are as follows: > Intel celeron D 2.66ghz > 2gb DDR400 Kingmaxx RAM > Nvidia 7600 GS 512mb video card > WD 250gb SATA HDD > Onboard AC97 audio (since my SBLive! 5.1 refused to play sound in 5.1) Your video card is dieing. I had similar problems with various cards over the years (Worked in hardware testing for gaming for a while), when a card chipset gets damaged it basically has trouble calculating values, when that happens it might misdraw some triangles/polygons/pixels on your screen. This will only get worse. Some things you can try. First, if you have access to another computer, try loading the video card in that computer, and see if the problem appears there. Put a fan on the video card (like a house fan), see if keeping it a little cooler helps. if you upgraded your computer from an older computer you might check around the internet to make sure your Power Supply Unit (PSU) is good enough for your setup. A bad power supply may cause this problem if your video card isn't getting enough, or clean enough juice. If you are trying to overclock anything on your computer, disable it. Check your BIOS to make sure all your CPU/RAM/PCI timings are set to default. You may want to update your Motherboard Firmware. If you don't know how to do that you can ask here, but it's tricky and you really shouldn't try it unless you know what you are doing. There are new drivers for your SB Live, look on creative.com's support site for their Alchemy application. It should help restore EAX features to Games played in Vista. Basically you may need a new video card. Usually age of the card has nothing to do with it. Cards just sometimes fail. Don't bang your head against the wall for too long, you can buy a replacement video card at someplace like Best Buy, and if it doesn't fix the problem Best Buy will give you a refund within 30 days, I think. -- -A. |
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| Subject: Re: games Rendering everywhere! |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.games |
| Date: 5/8/2008 9:03:28 AM |
| From: "Andy [YaYa]" [Email Address Protection] |
=?Utf-8?B?bWlrYWRlZQ==?= <mikadee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in news:D96B33BF-FACE-4A23-A791-B3A910FD3C48@microsoft.com: > I am running at default settings when it comes to CPU/RAM clocks, and > when I upgraded my computer, I put in a 720w PSU, so that's definitely > not a problem...and I tried positioning a desk fan on the card with > the case open, unfortunately to no avail. > > I've ordered an PowerColour HD3850 AGP to replace it, so hopefully > replacing my 7600GS with this card will relieve the problem; > considering it's natively compatible with DX10.1, it should run pretty > well on Vista too. > > Thank you for the information. > Not all PSUs are created equal, I know some brands like "Ultra" sold at our local Fry's come in 1000w flavors, but they provide no more power than an adiquate Antec 450w PSU. Something about the Ampherage of the PSU favoring the 5V rails which was great for your 386, but PCs rely more on the 12v rails now for power. Enermax, Antec, etc. Check your PSU brand/model# online, make sure there's a good review about it somewhere. If a video card supports DirectX 10.1, that's all well and good, but that only applies if the game supports 10.1. Currently there are none that I know of save for a couple tech demos. I would still look into the PSU, make sure the brand is reputable and not a cheap, prone to failure piece that's gonna explode and take your new video card with it. All said, I hope the new card fixes the problem. I think it will. -- -A. |
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