02-19-2006, 05:25 AM
Roland,Feb 18 2006, 04:20 PM Wrote:Like Jim said, always UNINSTALL drivers before putting new ones in.
Also, check the cooling. Download a utility that will monitor the temperature of your GPU (nVidia should have this built into their drivers, IIRC), and check it out. What you describe could be overheating, or damage from overheating. It could also be poor drivers, or even just a defective card. Hard to say really.
Unfortunately, just about all tech support is is a process of elimination.
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Thanks for the advice. Uninstalling and reinstalling has helped, although it's still not perfect. It looks like my card is slowly dying, but at the very least I've managed to squeaze a little more time out of the deal. Now I just have to see if that lasts long enough to convince me to upgrade my entire system or just the card. I'll just keep my eyes open and look for a really good deal.
gekko
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