Le_Hussard
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Hello,
I have been experiencing 3D graphics problems for the past few months, and I cannot figure out what is going on.
Here is the problem: sometimes textures are drawn on random triangles or other simple geometric shapes all over the screen rather than on their proper objects. For example, if I have a character wearing a shirt, sometimes there will be big lines stretching out of this character that are the colour of the shirt. Sometimes proper textures can also get replaced by a mixture of bright colours. This can happen in any game. Also, the graphics card's performance seems to have dropped significantly from what it used to be.
Of course, my first thought was that the graphics card broke and had to be sent out to be repaired/replaced, but then I tested it on my friend's computer, and none of the problems were there even after a few hours of playing games (the games ran much more smoothly on the same resolution, without any graphics distortions). I have tried different versions of drivers as well, and it did not help.
Here are the specs:
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+
Motherboard: Asus A8N-SLI Premium
Graphics: NVidia GeForce 7900 GTX (LeadTek WinFast PX7900 GTX TDH)
Sound: Creative SB X-Fi
Hard drive: WesternDigital Raptor (150 GB)
I would really appreciate any help.
I have been experiencing 3D graphics problems for the past few months, and I cannot figure out what is going on.
Here is the problem: sometimes textures are drawn on random triangles or other simple geometric shapes all over the screen rather than on their proper objects. For example, if I have a character wearing a shirt, sometimes there will be big lines stretching out of this character that are the colour of the shirt. Sometimes proper textures can also get replaced by a mixture of bright colours. This can happen in any game. Also, the graphics card's performance seems to have dropped significantly from what it used to be.
Of course, my first thought was that the graphics card broke and had to be sent out to be repaired/replaced, but then I tested it on my friend's computer, and none of the problems were there even after a few hours of playing games (the games ran much more smoothly on the same resolution, without any graphics distortions). I have tried different versions of drivers as well, and it did not help.
Here are the specs:
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+
Motherboard: Asus A8N-SLI Premium
Graphics: NVidia GeForce 7900 GTX (LeadTek WinFast PX7900 GTX TDH)
Sound: Creative SB X-Fi
Hard drive: WesternDigital Raptor (150 GB)
I would really appreciate any help.