Major video problems

[Drazixa]

I'm running WoW on a Dell XPS 410 with an Nvidia 7900 GS graphics card. I have the latest version of Directx. A couple months ago I started having problems with the video on WoW going crazy whenever I switched over to another program, stayed there for more than a few minutes, and switched back. The problems range from "spears" coming off any pointy item into oblivion to the entire screen being scrambled.

I could live with the rebooting so did that for awhile. Recently I had to wipe my computer and start over, including a new install of WoW. From day 1 I've still have these issues.

I've posted a few images when the spears appear and of tonight when the graphics just disappear in areas.

http://kallsen-internet-consulting.com/videoproblems.pdf

Ideas? Thanks.

[Erinion]

Heat.... make sure the fan on the your GPU is spinning.

[Kalos]

Looks like a faulty set of graphics drivers, or the Geforce itself is damaged.

[Erinion]

I would have thought a wipe and reinstall of windows would solve any driver issues (assuming the OP downloaded the lastest version from Nvidia).

[jschild]

Not if the latest drivers were what was causing the problems. Or he was using old drivers that came on the disk. I'd bet heat or drivers are the problem. Check the Temp first, then try different sets of drivers to see if that takes care of the problem.

[Kalos]

Indeed. I have a large external driver full with lots of software, amongst them you'll find at least a dozen or more Nvidia driver revisions over the years. While most people don't keep such driver libraries on disk, it has proven most useful for troubleshooting many PCs, virtually every driver I come across is stored there (making it a terrible mess to navagate, I really should organise them into sub folders when I can be bothered...) all the way back to Windows 98 drivers (once again, you'd be suprised what I get to come across sometimes, last year it was an actual Window 3.11 machine holding a small company finance records, had to break out the 5" disks to get the data off it). Always pays to keep a driver or five for hardware, especially with the various hardware revisions graphics cards go through.

[Erinion]

I do a similar thing (although only for my own PC). I just went back through it and found a good 3 years worth of ATI drivers - which seems strange as I've been using Nvidia for the past 6 months. And you know what...... I didn't delete them as "they might come in handy one day".

I'm too geek now.

[Kalos]

I do a similar thing (although only for my own PC). I just went back through it and found a good 3 years worth of ATI drivers - which seems strange as I've been using Nvidia for the past 6 months. And you know what...... I didn't delete them as "they might come in handy one day".

I'm too geek now.
Nah, you're only too geek when you find yourself spending £1000+ annually on geeky stuff. I strictly budget my habbits :grin:

Though I must admit, having had my desktop replaced will probably push me over that margin this year...

[surodat]

Kalos, you are by far the coolest person ever. That you had 5.25s to break out makes that the best story ever.

[Xlovk]

yea my CPU fan went out now i need to put a Room fan blowing on my computer =/
it sux lol

[Erinion]

Xlovk - why dont you buy a new CPU cooler? You can pick one up for very little money.

(and we're talking GPU's here btw)

[Kalos]

yea my CPU fan went out now i need to put a Room fan blowing on my computer =/
it sux lol
Just grab a new one, costs less than half an hour on minimum wage typically to get a new CPU fan. Out of the things that can burn out, that is one of the cheapest to get replaced.