but I've found a definitive occurance of a glitch. I was playing the Hitman 2 demo for the first time. I put the settings all the way sans the anisotropic filter(went with Trilinear).
When the demo started, as I looked to the right(green hill w/some trees)I started getting ALOT of jagged artifacts start covering the screen. When I looked back to the left they went away a little but not fully.
I noticed when I bring the object and world details down to about 1/2 - 2/3 the artifacts started going away. And when I started the game with these lower level setting, the game looked fine.
Does this mean it's my PSU? But I figured instead of glitches, shouldn't I just be getting slower framerates? This leads me to believe it's a faulty video card. Man I hope not. If I do have a bad PSU, would leaving the video card in "hurt" it?
I've got an empty PCI slot next to the AGP. Should I put a slot fan to help cool the card. Or would that just make the problem worse because it's taking more juice from an already overworked PSU? Maybe leave the brace covering off so more air can circulate? I just though this might contaminate my case.
I have no idea.
Help.
When the demo started, as I looked to the right(green hill w/some trees)I started getting ALOT of jagged artifacts start covering the screen. When I looked back to the left they went away a little but not fully.
I noticed when I bring the object and world details down to about 1/2 - 2/3 the artifacts started going away. And when I started the game with these lower level setting, the game looked fine.
Does this mean it's my PSU? But I figured instead of glitches, shouldn't I just be getting slower framerates? This leads me to believe it's a faulty video card. Man I hope not. If I do have a bad PSU, would leaving the video card in "hurt" it?
I've got an empty PCI slot next to the AGP. Should I put a slot fan to help cool the card. Or would that just make the problem worse because it's taking more juice from an already overworked PSU? Maybe leave the brace covering off so more air can circulate? I just though this might contaminate my case.
I have no idea.
Help.