Okay so im rockin a GeForce 6600 GT.

Today I was playing GE and everything is maxed out, I was talking to an NPC and all of the sudden I get this wierd screen where I can still see the the picture but cant move and it has green dots and whatnot all over it. I restarted my computer tried playing a different game(cabal) and i get the same crap. Heres a SS

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Idk whats wrong, I have never overclocked it, I tried cleaningthe dust from it, taking it out and putting it back in tightly but still I get the same problem. I think ive been straining my card since just yesterday I was playing Gears of War on high with slight choppyness. But idk, anyone got any Ideas? Could reinstalling the drivers fix my problem?

wow, thats messed up. Checked all ya drivers? Try re-inserting your video card.

Its probably overheated. Blast up your AC and wait half an hour xD. lol. I hope this helps.

Gah i tried re-installing the drivers and i get the same problem. And I turned off my PC for about 10min and tried again when it felt cool enough :/

Perhaps its faulty but lets wait for more replies. Hopefully its not xD But there are quite a few great gphx cards out there rite now xD. Get a good strong Gforce 8 series. That'll be the way to go! Their quite low priced.

Check in DXDiag if your 3D-capability is still functional. (run->dxdiag)
Check if your monitor cable connects good, and if your card sits nicely fitted in its slot (unlikely a problem if your windows works normal).
(Important note: Your cards fan is a very sensitive area! Do avoid to touch it or move it at all costs.)

I do not know how to scan for artifacts in a reliable way with gforce cards, but use n-view to monitor your cards temperature. Check at the nvidia or the cards manufactorers page (if you are not using a nvidia one), for the maximum temperature your card supports.

You can try to use riva-tuner to mod your card down (reduce its clock-rates), which might temporarely fix your card (but that downgrades speed and wont save it, only for an uncertin amount of time).

Your card will most likely soon be completely dead.

I did the Dxdiag thing and did a direct3d and see if i can could see the spinning box and i could but it was like parts of it and it did not look like a box. And i watched the temp as i tried to run a game and it went from 50 to 70 to 79degrees, i touched it and it was like burning hot, my fan is spinning though so idk should i lower the core bus and memory bus?

I did the Dxdiag thing and did a direct3d and see if i can could see the spinning box and i could but it was like parts of it and it did not look like a box. And i watched the temp as i tried to run a game and it went from 50 to 70 to 79degrees, i touched it and it was like burning hot, my fan is spinning though so idk should i lower the core bus and memory bus?

Check if the heat-spreaders are still getting heated up after a little time.
The only real way to check if your card is faulty is to scan for artifacts (which you obviousely have, lol).
You should try to find out, which manufacturer made the card and look up its maximum temperature there. Than compare it to the one in n-view (comes with the nvidia-driver).

Grafic cards can get sicnificantly hotter than CPUs, if what you say is in deggrees Celsius, you should be fine.

If Dxidiag states that your 3D-acerleration is activated, that atleast would be a good sign.

I just read on another forum, that you can use the ATI-try tool to scan for artifacts even it you run a nvidia card. You can try that out if you want to, but I havent dont that myself. You should experiance no artefacts at all in that test, or your configuation is unstable.

About the downwards-modding: I did that in a desperate atempt once, to save my CPU and also with my Grafic card, which I ended up replacing. (Whith the CPU, it turned out to be the mainboards problem).
It realy mostly depends on your own judgement. You can hardly mess up your card withit, but id say, use it with caution and start with small steps, to see if they help.
Howeverm your card will apear maybe functioning again but like crippeled.
It can help to get it running till you decide what you are going to do and also if it saves your problems it makes it very certain, that the problems you have are hardware-realted and not software.

Yes it is in degrees celsius. Idk why it would happen I mean I was just playing a game nothing was happening like no explosions or anything stressful on the card :/

wait, how the hell did you manage to play GoW on high with a 6600?

wait, how the hell did you manage to play GoW on high with a 6600?

I have everything on high except shadows and i run it on a 1024*768 resolution.

But it is choppy at times, such as when the enemies come out of the holes it lags for like a split second recovores another second or two and then its all good in the hood.

wait, how the hell did you manage to play GoW on high with a 6600?

I can as well. LOL


On Topic:

I would try this (in order listed):

-run a scan disk on your hard drive (right click c: -> properties -> tools -> error checking -> select both check boxes, then reboot and let it run)
-run a defragment on your drive

then
-disable your antivirus and re-download the latest vid card drivers (sometimes it can corrupt it)
-uninstall your currently installed vid card drivers
-reboot system
-after reboot, when windows prompts that it found new hardware, cancel it
-disable antivirus again
-install vid card drivers


Doing these steps ensures that your pc's hard drives are not corrupting your downloads, that your antivirus is not corrupting your downloads, and that your video card drivers are installed properly. If these steps do not work, you may have a hardware issue.

I can as well. LOL


On Topic:

I would try this (in order listed):

-run a scan disk on your hard drive (right click c: -> properties -> tools -> error checking -> select both check boxes, then reboot and let it run)
-run a defragment on your drive

then
-disable your antivirus and re-download the latest vid card drivers (sometimes it can corrupt it)
-uninstall your currently installed vid card drivers
-reboot system
-after reboot, when windows prompts that it found new hardware, cancel it
-disable antivirus again
-install vid card drivers


Doing these steps ensures that your pc's hard drives are not corrupting your downloads, that your antivirus is not corrupting your downloads, and that your video card drivers are installed properly. If these steps do not work, you may have a hardware issue.

I did all of that and I still get the same problem, eh I guess Ill just buy a 8500GT 512mb PCI-E for 50 bucks from tigerdirect for the time being.