I was on these forums a few weeks ago seeking advice on whether or not a new graphics card I had bought (the Leadtek AGP 7600GT) was faulty or not. I contacted the company I had bought it from and they sent me a replacement but exactly the same problem occurred again. This would lead me to believe that the problem lies not with the graphics card but with my system itself (or the graphics card drivers?).
The problem is this: When playing games on my computer, with the graphics card installed, I get varying levels of artifacting going on. They seem to be a bit random, for instance last night I was playing the demo of Mark of Chaos and all seemed well on the first map but then the subsequent map had considerable artifacting going on. I also noticed it when I ran 3D Mark 05:
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/5224/3dmark05samplend1.jpg
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/7738/3dmark05sample2mq0.jpg
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/8585/3dmark05sample3fa1.jpg
It can’t be a heat issue as when monitoring the card, it doesn’t get above about 53 C.
I can only now think of two logical reasons for these errors. The first is that there is a problem with the graphics card drivers. I'm not really sure about this though as I have the manufacturers latest drivers installed (from Leadtek/Winfast). The second is that I have a feeling it could be related to the card being underpowered. I'm running an Enermax EG365AX PSU running at 350W. I thought at first that this should be ok as it is recommended to run the card with a min 300W PSU, but I have quite a few other components running off it. I have a DVD RW, a CD RW, 2 HD's, floppy disk drive, and then the motherboard itself.
Is it possible that the PSU is not powerful enough? Does anyone have any other suggestions of what the problem may be? Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
The problem is this: When playing games on my computer, with the graphics card installed, I get varying levels of artifacting going on. They seem to be a bit random, for instance last night I was playing the demo of Mark of Chaos and all seemed well on the first map but then the subsequent map had considerable artifacting going on. I also noticed it when I ran 3D Mark 05:
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/5224/3dmark05samplend1.jpg
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/7738/3dmark05sample2mq0.jpg
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/8585/3dmark05sample3fa1.jpg
It can’t be a heat issue as when monitoring the card, it doesn’t get above about 53 C.
I can only now think of two logical reasons for these errors. The first is that there is a problem with the graphics card drivers. I'm not really sure about this though as I have the manufacturers latest drivers installed (from Leadtek/Winfast). The second is that I have a feeling it could be related to the card being underpowered. I'm running an Enermax EG365AX PSU running at 350W. I thought at first that this should be ok as it is recommended to run the card with a min 300W PSU, but I have quite a few other components running off it. I have a DVD RW, a CD RW, 2 HD's, floppy disk drive, and then the motherboard itself.
Is it possible that the PSU is not powerful enough? Does anyone have any other suggestions of what the problem may be? Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.