Video problem

Fallen · Post by **Fallen** » 16 Apr 2008, 15:34

I overclocked my ASUS 8800GTS 640MB video card by flashing the bios a while back. I took great care with everything and made sure that the temperatures were acceptable (max temp that it reached was about 68"C). Everything was working fine until recently, when it started displaying all kinds of freaky bahaviour (eg. textures on certain spots on walls/sky go crazy and the screen flashes randomly, during which the textures also seem to go crazy). I flashed the bios back to the original, but still the same thing. It seems to be working fine in games like COD4 and UT3, but the problems occur in games like quake 3, crysis and assasins creed.

Has anyone else had an issue like this? Or does someone know what it could be? Did i fry my card???

PsyCLown · Post by **PsyCLown** » 16 Apr 2008, 15:43

Sounds like your card is wasted to me.

But wait for some other responses first.

Hex_Rated · Post by **Hex_Rated** » 16 Apr 2008, 16:22

Drivers, power or card. 1 of the 3. Does it only happen in 3D mode while your running games?

po10cy · Post by **po10cy** » 16 Apr 2008, 16:28

sounds like the card is damaged bud. artifacts normally mean damage if they still remain there even if you remove the overclock.

Fallen · Post by **Fallen** » 16 Apr 2008, 16:32

Thanks for the input sofar..

Anyone else?

Fallen · Post by **Fallen** » 16 Apr 2008, 18:58

Hex_Rated wrote:Drivers, power or card. 1 of the 3. Does it only happen in 3D mode while your running games?

It only happens in games. Everything else seems fine..

Hex_Rated · Post by **Hex_Rated** » 16 Apr 2008, 20:02

Use DriverCleaner to remove the drivers, you'll have to search for a free copy of an older version, the new version is not free IIRC. Then install fresh drivers. If it still happens, check the PSU if possible. Swap it with a friends and see if the problem persists. What size is your PSU, it should be at least a 400W-450W decent brand supply to run that card with high current ratings. If the problem isn't the PSU swap the card out.

If it's possible to have the place of purchase test it without much hassle (shipping etc), maybe that should be your first course of action.

Fallen · Post by **Fallen** » 16 Apr 2008, 22:31

Thanks Hex, will give it a shot!!

Im running a 550w Zalman PSU. It should be sufficient afaik (ASUS reccomends a 500w minimum)...

MadMike · Post by **MadMike** » 17 Apr 2008, 08:15

Your temps might just be getting a bit high and the card is suffering. I suggest you flash back to original BIOS and see how it acts.

Fallen · Post by **Fallen** » 26 Apr 2008, 00:13

Yeah i already flashed back to the original bios, but still had the same problem.

It seems like it was some sort of driver problem. I downloaded the latest ASUS drivers and it seems to work fine now.

Thanks for everyones input!

DoOb · Post by **DoOb** » 26 Apr 2008, 00:25

Fallen wrote:Yeah i already flashed back to the original bios, but still had the same problem.

It seems like it was some sort of driver problem. I downloaded the latest ASUS drivers and it seems to work fine now.

Thanks for everyones input!

Also get a aftermark cooler just to be sure.

I had this same problem with my Gigabyte 320mb back when i had it, same problems im afraid. But not from flashing the bios, must have been drivers.

Good to hear you sorted

Fallen · Post by **Fallen** » 28 Apr 2008, 23:22

Yeah, dunno if its some issue with the 64 bit drivers. But my performance doesnt seem to be as good as it should be either. Also, speciffically when i run assasins creed, the game jerks when im travelling in the areas inbetween cities. Dunno what the hell is going on..