=?Utf-8?B?bWlrYWRlZQ==?= <mikadee@xxxxxx> wrote in
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> I just recently updgraded to Vista Home Premium about a week ago, and
> I have hit a major problem: any game on Vista has problems rendering
> objects
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> As you can see, basically anything that requires 3d rendering has this
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> My system specs are as follows:
> Intel celeron D 2.66ghz
> 2gb DDR400 Kingmaxx RAM
> Nvidia 7600 GS 512mb video card
> WD 250gb SATA HDD
> Onboard AC97 audio (since my SBLive! 5.1 refused to play sound in 5.1)
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Your video card is dieing. I had similar problems with various cards
over the years (Worked in hardware testing for gaming for a while), when
a card chipset gets damaged it basically has trouble calculating values,
when that happens it might misdraw some triangles/polygons/pixels on
your screen. This will only get worse.
Some things you can try.
First, if you have access to another computer, try loading the video
card in that computer, and see if the problem appears there.
Put a fan on the video card (like a house fan), see if keeping it a
little cooler helps.
if you upgraded your computer from an older computer you might check
around the internet to make sure your Power Supply Unit (PSU) is good
enough for your setup. A bad power supply may cause this problem if your
video card isn't getting enough, or clean enough juice.
If you are trying to overclock anything on your computer, disable it.
Check your BIOS to make sure all your CPU/RAM/PCI timings are set to
default. You may want to update your Motherboard Firmware. If you don't
know how to do that you can ask here, but it's tricky and you really
shouldn't try it unless you know what you are doing.
There are new drivers for your SB Live, look on creative.com's support
site for their Alchemy application. It should help restore EAX features
to Games played in Vista.
Basically you may need a new video card. Usually age of the card has
nothing to do with it. Cards just sometimes fail. Don't bang your head
against the wall for too long, you can buy a replacement video card at
someplace like Best Buy, and if it doesn't fix the problem Best Buy will
give you a refund within 30 days, I think.
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-A.