Graphics Card issue, it's failing or what?

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Diesal

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I seem to be having an issue with my graphics card,

it can be seen in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZSlx_7Sxuc (It was taken from my cellphone and no the lens is not broken)

The problem is not only in CoD 6, but a variety of other games aswell. Eg: CoD 5 Co-oop, BFBC 2 and so fourth.

pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL seems to rectify the issue temporarily.

Occasionaly the system might lock up completely then I have to press the reset button, but this is very seldom.
The card is +/- two years old (not one like in the video)
Driver version: 257.21 (NVidia)

Thank you in advance.
 
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I can't see the video ... can you explain the problem perhaps
 
Few things to consider :

1. Sounds like the graphics card is getting too hot - is it running on an overclocked motherboard? Does your computer case have sufficient air flow to cool the card down?
2. Have you got a sufficient power supply for it?
3. Might be Windows corruption - even a virus messing with Windows.
4. Uninstall the driver completely, reboot and reinstall again.

That's all that I can think of right now.
 
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The_Techie said:
I see some evidence of corruption, what are the temperatures of the card under load?
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kingrob said:
1. Sounds like the graphics card is getting too hot - is it running on an overclocked motherboard? Does your computer case have sufficient air flow to cool the card down?
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I have an ASUS P5N-D, it it currently not being overclocked, nor has it ever been overclocked.
kingrob said:
2. Have you got a sufficient power supply for it?
3. Might be Windows corruption - even a virus messing with Windows.
4. Uninstall the driver completely, reboot and reinstall again.
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Hmm, my power supply is getting old, it’s an old 450 Watt PSU, it’s older than 3 years.
Reinstalled Windows, after rolling back the driver, I reinstalled, unistalled, reinstalled yet again, but to no avail.
 
Download gpu z and see what temp the card climbs to when it happens.

Go www.guru3d.com and find an earlier version than the one you are using. Use driver sweeper to remove all nvidia drivers load an earlier version. Download 3dmark 06 as well and run it.

Test it on another system if possible, reload the game, then windows, then admit defeat and toss it in the bin if it is out of warranty :D
 
I would suggest, if the Graphic Card is still under warranty, take it back and let them test it and sort it out. If they can't find a problem, then you know it's you motherboard.
 
Open the case and run one the games you are experiencing problems with. As soon as graphics start to glitch, touch the card, if its very warm, consider additional cooling. The cheapest way will be to leave the case open and let one of these desktops fans blow directly into the case.
However, I suspect that it might be your power supply. You don't mention your system specs, but try to get at least a 500W PSU.
 
i had the same problem, what series is your graphics card? are you running windows 7? try if you can.. replace the graphics card. that sorted my problem out instantly.
 
Hell no on most of the advice coming out here. Firstly a 500W PSU is by no means better than a 450W PSU, you need to look at all the power outputs before making such a statement. Some brands will rate the same PSU at 500W with a 60% duty cycle where as its actually a 450W at 99% duty cycle.

After looking at the video I doubt its heat related due to the rendering faults your experiencing.

Firstly to get the obvious questions out of the way. We know its not OS related (drivers inc), but did you upgrade your cards firmware at all? Did anybody that is capable of doing a firmware upgrade to your card have access to your machine. (This has happened in my PC Techie days).

If not, I would put it down to memory. You never mentioned your card. You either have bad memory on your card or on your mainboard (some GPUs actually access your onboard RAM).
 
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cbrunsdonza said:
Hell no on most of the advice coming out here. Firstly a 500W PSU is by no means better than a 450W PSU, you need to look at all the power outputs before making such a statement. Some brands will rate the same PSU at 500W with a 60% duty cycle where as its actually a 450W at 99% duty cycle.

After looking at the video I doubt its heat related due to the rendering faults your experiencing.

Firstly to get the obvious questions out of the way. We know its not OS related (drivers inc), but did you upgrade your cards firmware at all? Did anybody that is capable of doing a firmware upgrade to your card have access to your machine. (This has happened in my PC Techie days).

If not, I would put it down to memory. You never mentioned your card. You either have bad memory on your card or on your mainboard (some GPUs actually access your onboard RAM).
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Ok then, System Specs:
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9600 GSO (No SLI)
Asus P5N-D
Intel Q9400
450 W PSU, some cheap brand, it’s quite old.
Ram: 4 GB DDR 2, 800, (2x2 Samsung Sticks, according to CPU-Z)
2 SATA HDD, 500 GB, in Raid 0
Windows 7 Ultimate
Heat is around 39 to 45 degrees Celsius.
My case is open already to provide cooling, as all my system fans are unplugged to stop the system from shutting down at random times, usually in a game, CoD 5 Coop, CoD 6, BFBC 2, to name a few. EDIT: Should have mentioned this earlier I guess
Although, I have some new serious cooling, a desk fan positioned right next to my box blowing air in, and out the other side.
killadoob said:
Download gpu z and see what temp the card climbs to when it happens.

Go www.guru3d.com and find an earlier version than the one you are using. Use driver sweeper to remove all nvidia drivers load an earlier version. Download 3dmark 06 as well and run it.

Test it on another system if possible, reload the game, then windows, then admit defeat and toss it in the bin if it is out of warranty :D
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Driver sweeper didn’t help, and I haven’t given 3d mark a try yet. The warranty is over about 6 months ago I think.
 
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