Hey what is wrong with this??

toon-a-loon

toon-a-loon

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

Belton, Missouri

W/R

My graphics in the game does this after awhile and this has never done this untill now. It was after one of the updates with guild wars, but it does the same thing in another MMO I play but just a little bit nothing like guild wars does.

KamikazeChicken

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

Mo/

This is probably a question for the technician's corner because that appears to be a problem with your computer, not the game.

BladeDVD

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

Hawaii

Clan Of Elders

N/

Does it go back to normal if you change your viewing angle? If so then I think what you're experiencing is "clipping." Especially as it looks like you're right next to a wall in that shot.

That does seem pretty extreme. I took this screen shot when I was doing some mapping in Eredon Terrace yesterday:



But that's an "edge of the world" area too.

<Regis>

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Nov 2006

I had something looking very similar ti this on my machine. It started in GW and after a couple of weaks everything started to look this way, even my desktop. Shortly after that my video card completely imploded and needed to be replaced

lightblade

lightblade

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2005

The Etereal Guard

Me/Mo

^overheated graphic card

Reasons why water cooling is better:
- Better cooling (the obvious)
- No need to clean out the dust inside your heatsink (the not so obvious)

Dex

Dex

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Chicago, IL

Black Belt Jones

R/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by lightblade
^overheated graphic card

Reasons why water cooling is better:
- Better cooling (the obvious)
- No need to clean out the dust inside your heatsink (the not so obvious)
That does look like your GPU is either overheating or just dying. Check the fan (make sure it's working) and make sure the heat sink isn't caked in dust.

BTW - water cooling isn't always better. Why?

- Overpriced
- Most off-the-shelf solutions don't have much better cooling properties than really good air solutions (which are much cheaper)
- Pumps typically have much shorter lifespans than fans
- Leaks = very very bad

I don't think the best solution for this person's problem is water cooling - that would be extreme overkill. Just needs to check the fan. That would be much cheaper and make a lot more sense.

toon-a-loon

toon-a-loon

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

Belton, Missouri

W/R

If i change the graphics in the game it stops, untill i play again or something.

bilateralrope

bilateralrope

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

New Zealand

Xen Of Onslaught (Xen of the Pacific division)

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dex
I don't think the best solution for this person's problem is water cooling - that would be extreme overkill. Just needs to check the fan. That would be much cheaper and make a lot more sense.
Water cooling can't possibly be overkill. Liquid nitrogen cooling is overkill

Tachyon

Tachyon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Stoke, England

The Godless [GOD]

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by lightblade
Reasons why water cooling is better:
- Better cooling (the obvious)
- No need to clean out the dust inside your heatsink (the not so obvious)
Water cooling isn't always better! My rigs air cooling will outstrip any water cooling solution you care to put up against it.

Kuldebar Valiturus

Kuldebar Valiturus

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2006

Garden City, Idaho

The Order of Relumination (TOoR)

R/

Yeah, either the video card is overheating or dying.

Same thing happened to me. My graphics would be working oK then flake out like your posted picture shows. Sometimes changing graphics settings would temporarily "fix" the problem.

Turned out my graphics card was dying and in its death throes.

Tachyon

Tachyon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Stoke, England

The Godless [GOD]

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by bilateralrope
Liquid nitrogen cooling is overkill
Not if you're having your Pentium IV running at 8.0GHz it isn't.

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/01...ocked_to_8ghz/

easyg

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

Hawaii

FPS

Mo/Me

Water cooling isn't always logical, efficient or cost effective. We don't even know what kinda graphics card the OP is running. And how can we be sure it's overheating when he hasn't told us what temps the GPU is running at idle/under load? Kinda assumes a lot....

At the very least, a tech should ask the OP to provide answers to those questions, otherwise his proposed solutions aren't going to be particularly helpful.

Lord Sojar

Lord Sojar

The Fallen One

Join Date: Dec 2005

Oblivion

Irrelevant

Mo/Me

As I stated in another post with the same issue.


Quote:
Originally Posted by Rahja the Thief
Upper cell fracture, probably in the dispatch center, which is corrupting your shaders. Once that shader instruction misses a crossbar passover, its game over for the instruction set. Quite simply, your card either got an over volt, or overheated as your friend said. BFG will cover it. Give them a call or go to their website and request an RMA and get a new card.

For the future, insure that your power supply amperages are stable and that the motherboard is correctly distributing the voltages (you BIOS will have those settings) Also, don't over do overclocks to cards. Newer GPUs are already pushed quite hard at their base of operations. Without sufficient cooling, you are asking for this type of thing (if that was the case). Good luck.
Quote:
Originally Posted by toon-a-loon
If i change the graphics in the game it stops, untill i play again or something.
This is because you reroute the instruction sets when you change the graphics. Those settings are stored. You also use different sectors of the onboard memory when you change graphics options. This is why most games require restarts after applying MAJOR graphic changes.

Quote:
Originally Posted by easyg
Water cooling isn't always logical, efficient or cost effective. We don't even know what kinda graphics card the OP is running. And how can we be sure it's overheating when he hasn't told us what temps the GPU is running at idle/under load? Kinda assumes a lot....

At the very least, a tech should ask the OP to provide answers to those questions, otherwise his proposed solutions aren't going to be particularly helpful.
No need. To a trained eye, the texture errors are a big flag that the GPU is kicking/has kicked the bucket. He mentioned the symptoms appear in another MMO as well. A multi game issue is usually the card.

Before you assume it the card being broken however, reinstall your graphics drivers. However, if that fails, then proceed with next plan. Now, I don't know if you have BFG graphics card, but if it is still under warranty, RMA it to the company you got it from. Good luck.

sasukeUchiha

sasukeUchiha

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2007

New Zealand

Da Nine Missing Nin of Akatsuki [llll]

W/E

This dude wants help with his graphics...not if cooling is better than fan and vice-versa... anyway what graphics card do you have? and if no graphics card whats your graphics controller? if you have intel graphics controller, then this will happen quite alot.

....and i see you are the one that took the l Uzumaki Naruto l out of availabilty, which I tried getting.

Bowman Artemis

Bowman Artemis

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Gold Coast, Australia.

Overclockers Australia [OCAU]

I've had this problem but just in Guild Wars and just in a certain zone (RoT). It's really strange. Dunno about the OP, but I'm running an 8800GTS.

Rakeris

Rakeris

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

Illinois

Feners Reve

I'd reinstall your graphics drivers first off, might want to use a program called driver cleaner as well. (It gets rid of anything left over from old drivers). As I have had problem in the past like that, that only needed a reinstall of the drivers. I have yet to have any overheating issues. But water > air for cooling, water costs you a bit more and can be slightly inconvenient. The cooling is definitely superior though.

Antheus

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

It's overheating problem.

It tends to be more common on Radeons, where the original heatsink isn't applied properly (too much or too little thermal paste).

There's some things you can do:
- Clean the heatsink and fan (dust reduces cooling a lot)
- Underclock you graphics card
- Re-adjust the heatsink
- Get a new graphics card

But no, you don't need water cooling or anything like that.

The reason it happens with certain areas only is due to different loads they put on the card. But cooling the card or cleaning the heat sink consistently fixed the problem.