Vista - problem (maybe directx or textures) in games

Okay, firstly sorry if this is the wrong place to post my problem but
I've got no idea what causes it so what catagory it would fall into...

I have:
ATI X1600
Core duo 2ghz
vista business

My problem, a little while ago i installed two worlds and to get it to
work messed around a bit, e.g. updated my directX updated the drivers
for my graphics card. Now I have a problem. I'm not sure what exactly
caused it but now in games things like menus (in virtually every game
i've tried) are unreadable they look all scrambled (thats the best i
can explain it). It also applies to ome things like maps and
occasionally parts of the models (in shadowgrounds or second sight). It
even sometimes happens to the background in solitare! I've tried
re-updating both my drivers and directx but that hasn't fixed it and to
be quite frank I have no idea whats going on, it's such a wierd thing
but isn't just for one game or anything, it's mesed with them all. Any
help would be awsome, I don't know if anyone else had had this problem,
I've tried googling it and searching the forums but has no idea what to
search for (menus sorta messed up in games and looks all scrambled,
surprisingly didn't turn up anything). Anyway it's really getting
annoying (makes setting graphics options virtually impossible & started
trying to play GUN, and can't read the insructions at the start).

Anyway, like I said any help would be fantastic (sorry for the
rambling)

Rob


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Might be wrong but to me it sounds like a buggy driver. A lot of the new
drivers out there are betas and work better for the newer directx 10 graphics
cards rather than the Directx9 and below (that yours falls into). Try
updating your graphics card driver to a slightly older one- one that was prob
released in May 2007 or earlier.

I own a Nvidia GeforceGo7600 and when i update to the most recent graphics
drivers, myself and others get random scrambles like you describe in the same
places. I'm using an older (but still working fine) May 2007 graphics driver.

"always_confused" wrote:

>
> Okay, firstly sorry if this is the wrong place to post my problem but
> I've got no idea what causes it so what catagory it would fall into...
>
> I have:
> ATI X1600
> Core duo 2ghz
> vista business
>
> My problem, a little while ago i installed two worlds and to get it to
> work messed around a bit, e.g. updated my directX updated the drivers
> for my graphics card. Now I have a problem. I'm not sure what exactly
> caused it but now in games things like menus (in virtually every game
> i've tried) are unreadable they look all scrambled (thats the best i
> can explain it). It also applies to ome things like maps and
> occasionally parts of the models (in shadowgrounds or second sight). It
> even sometimes happens to the background in solitare! I've tried
> re-updating both my drivers and directx but that hasn't fixed it and to
> be quite frank I have no idea whats going on, it's such a wierd thing
> but isn't just for one game or anything, it's mesed with them all. Any
> help would be awsome, I don't know if anyone else had had this problem,
> I've tried googling it and searching the forums but has no idea what to
> search for (menus sorta messed up in games and looks all scrambled,
> surprisingly didn't turn up anything). Anyway it's really getting
> annoying (makes setting graphics options virtually impossible & started
> trying to play GUN, and can't read the insructions at the start).
>
> Anyway, like I said any help would be fantastic (sorry for the
> rambling)
>
> Rob
>
>
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Righty-ho, thanks for the help (I've been looking for an answer for
ages) ... next problem. Know any good sites with driver archives? I had
kept the old driver I used to have, ran it but it is just ATI's download
thingymbob which checks what you have, whats the latest and updates if
neccessary ... had a bit of a google but can't find any. Pretty
ridiculous that i can't find one myself but anyone know where to get
hold of one?


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"always_confused" <always_confused.2vpsjn@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message
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>
> Righty-ho, thanks for the help (I've been looking for an answer for
> ages) ... next problem. Know any good sites with driver archives? I had
> kept the old driver I used to have, ran it but it is just ATI's download
> thingymbob which checks what you have, whats the latest and updates if
> neccessary ... had a bit of a google but can't find any. Pretty
> ridiculous that i can't find one myself but anyone know where to get
> hold of one?

Try www.guru3d.com
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