FarCry and Fx6600GT

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Hi folks,

Anybody had any joy with this? On my system it runs fine for a while
than starts pixelating then horrible radiating lines start forming - a
bit like a smashed mirror, then it hangs the whole box.

I'm running FarCry with 1.32 patch and the latest nVidia drivers on
WinXP/Pro SP2 on Athlon XP2500+ on Chaintech 7NIF2 mobo,

I do have a concern over the 300W powersupply although the FX6600GT
specs say this is ok.

Any comments or suggestions?

Cheers,
JohnO

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Yeah, I'm sure you are right, Dave.

I also have a dual tuner Hauppauge PVR card in there and a single tuner
BT878 tuner. I want to add a 2nd HD as well!

Off to the PC store I go...

Cheers,
JohnO

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Quote "The 300 Watt requirement for the 6600 GT is the MINIMUM it will
run with,
assuming you have almost NO other components in your computer. You
undoubtedly need a larger PSU."

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That is not correct. I have a 6600GT running in my Shuttle XPC with a
230watt PSU and I have no problems what so ever. Also have 1 harddrive
and 1 optical drive.

I think the orginal posters problem is driver related or possible
overheating issues.

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Well, I have tried the lated nVidia drivers and the latest Omega
drivers so that shouldn't be the issue. So that really just leaves
heat. How can that be objectively determined?

Cheers,
JohnO

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Thanks Hank - I'll try that.

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Have you checked the temp of your card? Some Nvidia cards will show GPU
temp. I've been having a problem with my FX 5900 lately. The fan doesn't
spin up when it's hot so the screen will get darker,lose resolution and
eventually go black.Checked GPU temp and it starts out at 51C and gets to
around 78-80C in minutes.Then wierd things start happning.


"JohnO" <johno1234@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1122331146.683491.21270@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hi folks,
>
> Anybody had any joy with this? On my system it runs fine for a while
> than starts pixelating then horrible radiating lines start forming - a
> bit like a smashed mirror, then it hangs the whole box.
>
> I'm running FarCry with 1.32 patch and the latest nVidia drivers on
> WinXP/Pro SP2 on Athlon XP2500+ on Chaintech 7NIF2 mobo,
>
> I do have a concern over the 300W powersupply although the FX6600GT
> specs say this is ok.
>
> Any comments or suggestions?
>
> Cheers,
> JohnO
>

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Sorry, I lost the original attribution...

> > Anybody had any joy with this? On my system it runs fine for a while
> > than starts pixelating then horrible radiating lines start forming - a
> > bit like a smashed mirror, then it hangs the whole box.

I had exactly the same problem with my ATI 9800. It didn't happen at
all when I first put the box together, but started showing up when it
was about ten months old.

I've just replaced it with a Gigabyte 6600gt card (got it from
Newegg), coincidentally enough. The new card just went in today, but
everything I've thrown at it runs perfectly. UT2004, Fate, some nVidia
demos...

> > I do have a concern over the 300W powersupply although the FX6600GT
> > specs say this is ok.

The Shuttle case my new 6600gt is in is a Shuttle SFF, I think the PSU
is a mere 240W, and it seems okay so far. Just doing a "hand over the
exhaust vents" test show the system is much cooler with the 6600gt
than it was with the 9800.

> > Any comments or suggestions?

Try other games (Fate for some reason went "bad" faster than any other
game, and you can download it for free), if they also show the
problem, try another video card.

I think some of the RAM on the ATI burned out, so textures and
vertexes that were stored there didn't come back, but that's just
conjecture. I think it could give you the same symptoms even across
chipsets.

Nick

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On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 07:32:26 GMT, "Sleepy"
<bpespleyremovetheobvious@blueyonder.co.uk> misinformed us with:

>you can only check the temp is the graphics card has a sensor and
>very few models have that feature. look on the cd that came with the card
>for a temp monitoring program - if there isnt one then likely your card
>doesnt support that function.

My cheap 6600GT has one, and the temperature monitor information is
available via the NVidia drivers in the control panel, you don't need
a separate program.
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Re: original point..
Have a look at the thread just previouse on this group "frame limiting in
games"...
perhaps turning on the V-Sync /frame limiter video setting would reduce the
work the Video card has to do and stop what sounds like overheating..
luv mouse
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