screen loads in layers?

kaisterkai

kaisterkai

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Good day...

Just recently I got myself a 21.5" monitor.. and I have a 6600GT I don't know if it is the GPU's fault or something else, but everytime when I open a window program or IE, Fire Fox, google chrome, the loading of the screen isn't smooth.. Like it will first show the first 1/3 then the 2/3 and the full screen... (Almost like when a computer has just been formatted and there isn't any drivers on it.. )

But there is drivers.. And it's the May 2010 from nag Nvidia drivers...

So I want to ask, what could be causing this problem?
 
You're using an onion for a screen? It has layers :p

Are you sure you have the correct drivers for the graphics card?
What does dxdiag tell you?
 
I know you got more than one PC at home, so can you maybe test the monitor on a different machine ?

If the it does the same, at least we can pin it down to a monitor setting/problem :confused::whistle::erm:
 
Nod said:
You're using an onion for a screen? It has layers :p

Are you sure you have the correct drivers for the graphics card?
What does dxdiag tell you?
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What should I look for on Dxdiag? Well they just say it's a nvidia 6600GT (And I know it is too, because of the box. )
 
COMPUTEK said:
I know you got more than one PC at home, so can you maybe test the monitor on a different machine ?

If the it does the same, at least we can pin it down to a monitor setting/problem :confused::whistle::erm:
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Tested that, it's not the monitor.. I tried it on my brothers computer, and it's fine..
 
What resolution are you running? what happens when you bring it down?

Also, what cable are you using? DVI or VGA .... i think the 6600GT can do max 1600x1200 on DVI :erm:
 
I'll check about the resolution later, I lent it to my friend next door to check out..

DVI or VGA? Um.. which one is which?

VGA = blue?
DVI = white?

I'm using the VGA (Blue one)
 
I dont' know which driver removing program to use... I heard that if you install new ones, you must remove the old ones? Otherwise it effects in some way?

I think..
 
kaisterkai said:
I dont' know which driver removing program to use... I heard that if you install new ones, you must remove the old ones? Otherwise it effects in some way?

I think..
Click to expand...

well there is software that removes scattered driver files..google it.I think there is a download page on overclockers.com/net for this .
 
I see..

But it's fine, I think I'm going to get a PCI-Express computer, just makes things easier these days..
 
I see,maybe you should reinstall the display card driver.
I have got that problem before.
 
Not enough info to say for sure. Would be helpful if you could post some proper specs. A rather crucial piece of info is also missing: Do games run on the PC and if so @ what res?

Probably a driver issue, but if its a Vista/Win7 box then it could also be a damaged DX stack.

Running out of RAM will also result in the layering thing. e.g. The laptop I'm writing this on has 512mb and does the same thing if it starts paging stuff to the PF. This is a possible cause, but fairly unlikely.

Remove current drivers, reboot (!), install latest. If its still wrong then download latest DX & install that and restart.

I doubt the VGA/DVI issue is relevant...that wouldn't show symptoms like this.

Even a low spec card should be able to render a desktop without too much sweat so something is def wrong.
 
I see..

It's running XP...

Games do run fine, but not like good games, just low graphic requirement games... It run at 800x600... And the current resolution is running at: 1920x1080..

It has 1GB ram... DDR 400.. I'm not sure if that's enough, but yeah..

Should I start the PC without the card, and then start th PC with the card again?

Thanks for the help... If it's solved, I'll get you a shout!
 
That card should work just fine rendering your desktop. I had one in my old PC which worked hundreds with a fraction of the ram you have.
 
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