A little background: was using XP 32bit since it's conception and decided to install 64bit vista home premium, since my current architecture can support it. I'm running a AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+ (2.8GHz), 2 GB of RAM, and an nVidia GeForce 8800 GTS (640MB Video Memory).

nVidia Driver version: 191.07
DirectX version: 10.0



As you can probably discern from the screenshot below, I have a slight graphical glitch that seems to be causing little errors whenever anything is redrawn on my screen... Needless to say, this problems didn't exist when I was using XP. Can anyone give any suggestions on how I might narrow down what the problem is exactly?



update edit: went into performance tab in the advanced system settings and tried best performance options, no change, glitch persists...

Originally Posted by Tobei

nVidia Driver version: 191.07

By all accounts, that is a bad driverset. I'd either try a previous version, or the newer beta version.

Does the corruption occur in Safe Mode as well?

If it does, then it's not drivers and is indicative of another problem.

Originally Posted by Tobei

edit: *sigh* sadly this hasn't resolved the issue...

following smarty's post...... does it happen in ''safe mode''..??

are you monitoring your GPU temps..??

Originally Posted by Tobei

haven't tried safe mode yet, waiting on windows update to finish up a few optionals then i'll try that and post my results. As to the GPU temps, haven't looked into it as I'm not overclocking anything and my chasis is well ventilated & clean.

still.....the thermal contact may be worn out on the card & its giving a bad HSF connection to the core, this happened to the 8800GT i had, it had to be RMAed... the paste just perishes after a while.

its certainly worth keeping an eye on the temps even if your not OCing.

Originally Posted by skunksmash

its certainly worth keeping an eye on the temps even if your not OCing.

+1

Is there any graphical corruption during the BIOS loading screen?

Have you 'patched' any files for custom themes or anything like that?

All indications certainly seem to point to software error, rather than hardware.

After installing the drivers, did the WEI index need to be updated? (long shot)

Was the glitch right there from the start - prior to installing those apps and updates?

The fact that it's fine in Safe Mode which uses the default VGA driver still tends to suggest the video drivers. Have you tried disabling the Stereoscopic 3D option in the nvidia control panel? (another long shot)

Otherwise it may be worth uninstalling the beta driver, running driver sweeper in safe mode to clean any remnants and then installing one of the stable 186.xx series drivers.