Video Card Problems

beoks

<div class="IPBDescription">video card problems</div> ok so before i upgraded ns to 3.0 everything worked fine, now when i play the new ns or any other steam game i'll play for like 5 min than the game will freeze now sometime it lets me minimize the game and i get a message saying my video card has reset, and than i click on ns and i can keep playing, other times the game freezes and it just crashs my computer. i just got a new computer so i know all my software is up to date and can easly handle this kind of stuff, i'm lost i have no idea what to do help? anyone?

Thansal

reupdate drivers.....

check for mal ware (spybot, adaware, msoft antispyware, avg etc etc etc)

just general ideas.

try some sys specs also, might help us

beoks

ok system specs,
asus p5gd2 delux / pentium 4 CPU 3.00GHz
MSI radeon rx600xt
2 GB of ram

ok i ran norton and ad-adware and came up with nothing and it's still doing it, i did notice that under my properties i have direct 3D as my 3D setting and i run ns under open gl would that have any effect, and all these same settings worked before i upgraded.

Lt_Patch

New drivers for your MSI RX600XT would be best downloaded from <a href='http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?id=18' target='_blank'>Guru3D.com</a>.

The above page has a whole load of drivers for you to choose, I'd recommend 5.3 with Catalyst Control Centre (CCC). Try those, then try NS again.

beoks

ok updated drivers what you suggested, unistalled steam and all of valve and re-loaded it and it still does it, any other suggestions, could it just be my like my video card overheating or something and reseting so cool down or something like that? any other suggestions??

Lt_Patch

Have you got up to date drivers for the rest of your system?
Drivers for your motherboard are located <a href='http://www.asus.it/support/download/item.aspx?ModelName=P5GDC%20Deluxe&Type=All' target='_blank'>here (Link to Asus Download area, Final drivers only)</a>. Download, and install those, then see if it cures itself.

Also, is your PC show the same symptoms in any other game/high drain application?

beoks

ok sorry but what driver to i click on the top one is audio, i don't want lan do i, i know i'm a noob you don't have to tell me. but ya it happens when i play blackhawk down and my brother was on the today he said it happen just when he was on aim chatting and nothing was running... so yea? i dled what you said the lavawear and it works good, i am just not sure what to dl and i don't wana just pick a random one? any suggestions or tips
thanks

spinviper

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Reinstall your drivers again but this time use <a href='http://www.drivercleaner.net/' target='_blank'>DRIVERCLEANER</a> Be sure to read the README.

Lt_Patch

Beoks, you need to download *all* of the drivers, if the versions are newer. Some things, like NIC drivers aren't too important, unless your current driver isn't too stable. Main things to get are the audio drivers, and the chipset/INF install file.

beoks

god i love you guy's soo much for the help ok this is exaclty what is say's, "VPU recover has reset your graphics accelerator as it was no longer reponding to graphics driver commands." hope that helps shed a little light on the situation, still working on the asus driver upgrades too much hw and work.

theclam

It's possible you just have a faulty video card.

beoks

ya thats what i am leaning towards i have updated everything all new drivers, did the drive cleaner, complelty erased all ati softwear and re-loaded it. i really don't know much about this stuff to make a judgement so if there are not any more suggetions than i'll prob just take it somewhere and maybe get a video card i dunno

beoks

it's gotten progressively worse too, now it happens randomly and the screen flickers every now and than, it eventually leads to a crash

Thanatos

Hmmm.

You just got this computer?.
Well, from the last post I´m leaning towards some hardware malfunction. As it is getting progressivly worse it sounds like a bad weld somewhere on the motherboard or perhaps in the powersupply. I got the same symptons after a powersurge fried my motherboard. Seemed ok at first and then it just got worse by the day.

I suggest you return it to the store for service. The warranty is still good is it not?

In case the warranty is not good, do this.
Take your videocard and test it on a friends computer.
If the videocard works then the next step would be to get a new power supply, they don´t cost that much (perhaps your friend could lend you his for testing).
If thats not it then the last step would be a new motherboard.

Good luck.

Thanatos

Almost forgot..

DO NOT take your powersupply and test it on a friends computer.
If thats the problem it might nuke his motherboard too.

Just in case....

Lt_Patch

Something that came up at work might be of help here.

Is the system in an enclosed space, ie a computer desk/table. If so, try it outside of the desk. This solved the problem of one ATi R9800Pro user. If this fixes the problem, then it is due to overheating.

I would be loathe to take your card round a friends house, and try it in their PC. Try getting another card tested in *your* PC, as all that would be changed is the graphics card. When troubleshooting hardware problems, you need to change as little as is humanly possible, as the problem may not be directly down to the graphics. You may have a faulty AGP slot, or a problematic Northbridge. Just because the fault is showing in the graphics, doesn't necessarily mean that it is the direct fault.

Thanatos, most stores will be very reluctant to warrant a fried graphics card/motherboard/system, without sending the part back to a supplier/manufacturer for their final testing. If the supplier/manufacturer will warranty the part, then the store most probably will furnish you with a replacement/credit/refund, depending on the store policy. *DO NOT* push for a refund, especially if you have been explained the returns policy. Accept your replacment, or credit, and be happy that you even got it.