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minibot7   09-12-2009 at 04:08:21 AM

I bought a geforce 8400gs with 512mb ,and my game just crash after some problems. It seems like the words which you can click on(stuff like options, find servers) become really mess up, you can't read it anymore, it's just full of squares and rectangles with different colors, then in a few secs my computer just stuck and I have to restart computer. And whenever I watch a video in full screen the video seems to be really slow, l don't mean the buffering but the image, and sometimes even gets stuck.

This is a image(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iHiMZpT6hDk/SqsCQk0ux9I/AAAAAAAAAAU/a-UGpgLftfE/s1600-h/tf2+problem.bmp)


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katanadude   09-12-2009 at 04:16:48 AM

Did you download the current geforce driver from Nvidia? If not, try installing the drivers again.

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ohiou_grad_06   09-12-2009 at 05:57:03 AM

Update the drivers, but 8400 gs is a VERY weak card.

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minibot7   09-12-2009 at 02:19:46 PM

I did update the driver, and I got the 190.62, and what do you mean by weak?

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Bronze Graphics badge mousemonkey   09-12-2009 at 09:32:56 PM

minibot7 wrote :

I did update the driver, and I got the 190.62, and what do you mean by weak?


Crap, poopie, rubbish, POS, slightly better than an etch a sketch, not good for gaming.

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Shadow703793   09-12-2009 at 10:52:06 PM

^+1. As an owner of an 8400GS it WILL NOT be able to play any curent gen games above 30fps. It will work OK at 1280*1024 for old games like CSS,HL2D,etc.

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ohiou_grad_06   09-12-2009 at 11:25:09 PM

If you are interested in an upgrade, this is a great deal if you are on a tight budget.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814121320

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minibot7   09-12-2009 at 11:25:12 PM

mousemonkey wrote :

Crap, poopie, rubbish, POS, slightly better than an etch a sketch, not good for gaming.


any suggestions for graphic card I should get? I got pci slot and agp, I had an ATI Radeon 9550, but I can't play any games with that, it always overheat.

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scudst0rm   09-12-2009 at 11:26:44 PM

8400 GS should be able to run TF2, not well mind you, you'll have to crank down all the settings, but still playable.

As for the texture/icon problem in the pic you posted, I used to get that every now and then on my old PC with an 8800GT, It couldn't have been an overheating problem cuz I had the zalman cooler version and It would run about 40C.

What are the rest of your system specs? what power supply do you have (wattage, brand, age)?

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Bronze Graphics badge mousemonkey   09-12-2009 at 11:30:16 PM

minibot7 wrote :

any suggestions for graphic card I should get? I got pci slot and agp, I had an ATI Radeon 9550, but I can't play any games with that, it always overheat.



9600GT/GSO as the starter for ten.

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minibot7   09-13-2009 at 12:26:01 AM

scudst0rm wrote :

8400 GS should be able to run TF2, not well mind you, you'll have to crank down all the settings, but still playable.

As for the texture/icon problem in the pic you posted, I used to get that every now and then on my old PC with an 8800GT, It couldn't have been an overheating problem cuz I had the zalman cooler version and It would run about 40C.

What are the rest of your system specs? what power supply do you have (wattage, brand, age)?


my computer is an acer, got it 2-3 years ago, or maybe later than that. AMD Sempron processer 3300+ 2.01 GHz , 1.18 of RAM, and how do I check for my power supply??

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minibot7   09-13-2009 at 12:30:57 AM

mousemonkey wrote :

9600GT/GSO as the starter for ten.


don't have PCIe, I only have PCI and AGP

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Bronze Graphics badge mousemonkey   09-13-2009 at 02:04:13 AM

minibot7 wrote :

don't have PCIe, I only have PCI and AGP


HD4650 then. (I don't believe I just typed that :sweat: )

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paperfox   09-13-2009 at 02:31:50 AM

or even the hd3870 agp or was it 3850?

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