Video card "skips"

[Codinerx]

I have a geforce 3 ti 200 that has been giving me some problems lately. When I am playing a 3d intensive game, the video "skips"- I'm not sure exactly how to describe it, but if there is sound in the game, the sound will pop or skip, and the video will sort of jolt- it will do this about every two seconds. I thought it could be my sound, so I disabled it, but it did not alleviate the problem. Also, this only happens with 3d games, such as red faction 2 or Raven Shield- with games like Warcraft 3 or Simcity 4 this is not a problem. I had it overclocked, but I reduced it back to stock because I thought this could be the problem. Thanks a lot for any help you can give me, sorry for the length of the post!

(By the way- I have the most recent nvidia drivers and all settings are optimized for performance as opposed to quality- I also have the problem when running 3dmark2001)

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by codinerx on 04/21/03 06:29 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[Nights_L]

hm..Put it in Graphic Cards section, you will get more help there~
I couldn't help right now, sorry~

 

[svol]

I got similair problems when I was overclocking very high.

There are three explanations for this:
1. Your GPU is clocked to high (when overclocked)
2. Your GPU gets to hot
3. Your GPU needs more voltage (can only be solved with voltage mod and only occurs when overclocking).

So if you still have this problem at stock speed then I think it is due to overheating.

My dual-PSU PC is so powerfull that the neighbourhood dims when I turn it on

 

[umheint0]

It could also be inadequate RAM or background programs. Lots of times for me, if the video stutters, it's because the hard drive is running a lot. Make sure you have everything closed down, and defragment your hard drive.

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