Strange problem,please help

CrackedAxe · Oct 24, 2004, 01:42 AM

I'm having a problem thats got me tearing my hair out. When playing new games, such as Star Wars Battle Front, RomeTotal War, Far Cry, I get black polygons flashing all over the screen.

Strangely, I dont seem to get it with older games, like Medieval Total War. Also, I can play Call Of Duty Maps in multi-player just fine, but when the game cycles to the newer United Offensive expansion pack maps, the problem returns. Quite often the comp will hang altogether.

I've tried new versions of the Nvidia drivers (including the newest beta) I've tried older ones. I've also tried the Omega versions. Nothing seems to make any difference.

Whats going on? System is:

AMD Athlon XP+ 2600
128 Mb Geforce FX 5600
512k DDR Ram
Windows XP

mkk · Oct 24, 2004, 02:27 AM

Could be a heat related problem. Make sure the card fan rotates freely and try improving the cooling even if it seems to be operating well.

Nacht · Oct 24, 2004, 05:18 AM

Are you overclocking at all? if so, back off a little on it. It definitely sounds like a heat problem.

CrackedAxe · Oct 24, 2004, 10:59 AM

Definately not a heat problem, I already considered that it might be so bought a big cooler for the Gfx card and a cooler master for the CPU, temps on both are low even under load. Neither are overclocked also.

I think its a driver problem, but cant seem to fix. Older games seem fine, DirectX 9 ones are'nt, even though its a directX9 card, and I dont think its just me, I've noticed quite a few similair posts on other forums were certain gfx cards are having problems with Nvidia drivers. Anybody shed any light on this?

Nacht · Oct 24, 2004, 04:45 PM

After each driver uninstall, did you completely wipe the system with Driver Cleaner? If not, try uninstalling the drivers again, then restarting in safe mode, cleaning with Driver Cleaner, and reinstalling.

roocoon · Oct 25, 2004, 06:23 PM

That's probably a DirectX problem.
Load up the latest version (9.0c) and if you still have problems, tweak the game's display and effects parameters.

Oct 24, 2004, 01:42 AM	#1
CrackedAxe DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Strange problem,please help I'm having a problem thats got me tearing my hair out. When playing new games, such as Star Wars Battle Front, RomeTotal War, Far Cry, I get black polygons flashing all over the screen. Strangely, I dont seem to get it with older games, like Medieval Total War. Also, I can play Call Of Duty Maps in multi-player just fine, but when the game cycles to the newer United Offensive expansion pack maps, the problem returns. Quite often the comp will hang altogether. I've tried new versions of the Nvidia drivers (including the newest beta) I've tried older ones. I've also tried the Omega versions. Nothing seems to make any difference. Whats going on? System is: AMD Athlon XP+ 2600 128 Mb Geforce FX 5600 512k DDR Ram Windows XP

Oct 24, 2004, 02:27 AM	#2
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,495 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	Could be a heat related problem. Make sure the card fan rotates freely and try improving the cooling even if it seems to be operating well.

Oct 24, 2004, 05:18 AM	#3
Nacht ein Krieger Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Clemson Uni Posts: 3,127 Rep Power: 0	Are you overclocking at all? if so, back off a little on it. It definitely sounds like a heat problem.

Oct 24, 2004, 10:59 AM	Thread Starter #4
CrackedAxe DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Definately not a heat problem, I already considered that it might be so bought a big cooler for the Gfx card and a cooler master for the CPU, temps on both are low even under load. Neither are overclocked also. I think its a driver problem, but cant seem to fix. Older games seem fine, DirectX 9 ones are'nt, even though its a directX9 card, and I dont think its just me, I've noticed quite a few similair posts on other forums were certain gfx cards are having problems with Nvidia drivers. Anybody shed any light on this?

Oct 24, 2004, 04:45 PM	#5
Nacht ein Krieger Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Clemson Uni Posts: 3,127 Rep Power: 0	After each driver uninstall, did you completely wipe the system with Driver Cleaner? If not, try uninstalling the drivers again, then restarting in safe mode, cleaning with Driver Cleaner, and reinstalling.

Oct 25, 2004, 06:23 PM	#6
roocoon DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 25 Rep Power: 0	That's probably a DirectX problem. Load up the latest version (9.0c) and if you still have problems, tweak the game's display and effects parameters.