7600GT Problems

Carcrazy · Post by **Carcrazy** » 07 Jan 2007, 17:22

I'm having problems with my new nVidia 7600GT. whenever I try to play videos and stuff it never works right.On webpages Ill see white boxes expand and restart. When it try to play video in Media Player it flickers between the video and a green screen. And when it dos play it looks like the picture at the bottom. PLus I don't know if this is a problem with the video card but whenever i try to play a DVD it says the sysem is out of ram when I really am only using about 30% of my 1.25 GB RAM. I have th elatest drivers and they are all 100% Vista compatable, since I am running vista.

BrontoX · Post by **BrontoX** » 07 Jan 2007, 17:37

Swich to Win XP see if it does the same thing

xHaZxMaTx · Post by **xHaZxMaTx** » 07 Jan 2007, 17:43

You can't just 'switch' operating systems.

BrontoX · Post by **BrontoX** » 07 Jan 2007, 17:44

I know that, i'm not stupid.
But what i mean is to try on another PC that has Win XP and see if it works

Carcrazy · Post by **Carcrazy** » 07 Jan 2007, 18:03

Mine is the only computer that can run the card.

I also have problems with colors running. (Like showing when they shouldn't after it has recently showed that color as if the cache hasn't cleared.)
(EDIT: you will have to maximize the window to see the errors in the pic)

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 07 Jan 2007, 23:43

Drivers?

korge · Post by **korge** » 07 Jan 2007, 23:50

I dont think Vista is very compatable at the moment.. Especially when it comes to drivers.

Most games, my dad cant even play becuase there are missing dlls and video drivers.. but We all know its only becuase there is no vista support.

xturbo · Post by **xturbo** » 08 Jan 2007, 00:06

vista maybe is the problem....
try to update drivers, if the problem persist, check vista. If the problem is not vista or drivers, get your card to another pc (friend, etc) and test it. You'll see if your card is nor damaged

Post by **Pabl0z** » 08 Jan 2007, 00:32

I don't see a point in using some beta version of Vista...
Wait till it's done.
I'm pretty sure that's the problem.
But what about codecs?
Have any installed?

Carcrazy · Post by **Carcrazy** » 08 Jan 2007, 01:13

Well the drivers are made for Vista and nVidea certified. I got them from the BFG website.

This is a pic that really shows the light trails from the screen saver.

prince1142003 · Post by **prince1142003** » 08 Jan 2007, 01:18

If things are getting worse, then your card may be dying. I suggest you try it on a PC that has Windows XP installed on it to rule out drivers being an issue.

2fast4all · Post by **2fast4all** » 08 Jan 2007, 09:20

maybe a defect in the card or overheating, check the temp in the nvidia contol panal

t3ice · Post by **t3ice** » 08 Jan 2007, 12:55

^ i dont think ur card is dying...cuz if it is then it'll show artifacts and stuff when u load windows..

But i think its prolly some compatibility issue with the version of vista u are using, and the drivers supplied from ur manufacturers site

prince1142003 · Post by **prince1142003** » 08 Jan 2007, 13:07

t3ice wrote:^ i dont think ur card is dying...cuz if it is then it'll show artifacts and stuff when u load windows..

Well, that depends on what's dying. If a pixel pipeline is dying, then yes, you'd get artifacts in regular 2D mode. But if a shader pipeline is dying, then you wouldn't get artifacts till you're in 3D mode. But I agree, there's only a slim chance that your card is dying as cards don't just spontaneously start dying, they usually give some sign beforehand.

Post by **Pabl0z** » 08 Jan 2007, 15:41

Well I just read an article on the biggest pc-magazine in Finland which says that almost all new gfx-cards have problmes running on Vista.
It says that the newest 8800 and 7950 series cards don't work AT ALL on Vista.
Nvidia is not the only one to have problems running on Vista but Ati aswell.
So like I said before, wait until there's a full version of Vista out there and even then I would wait a while before getting it.

Carcrazy · Post by **Carcrazy** » 08 Jan 2007, 22:55

It's a new card so they would most surely replace it but does anyone know what would cause that? The card is made to run Vista and my drivers are specialy made for Vista.

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 08 Jan 2007, 23:48

Software probably hasn't been fully optimized yet, Vista is new after all.

Carcrazy · Post by **Carcrazy** » 09 Jan 2007, 04:40

Well screw Vista, I just got my copy of XP to work. With a little help from me. lol
(Using Win98 Cd's to start your XP install works great!)

So I'll see if it works better. I know it's much faster without the added stress of Vista on it.

Post by **Pabl0z** » 09 Jan 2007, 04:53

Carcrazy wrote:The card is made to run Vista and my drivers are specialy made for Vista.

If you missed my point in the previous post:
The drivers for cards on Vista are not working properly and Vista isn't yet fully developed either.
Just hold your horses and get Vista when it's finished.

2fast4all · Post by **2fast4all** » 09 Jan 2007, 09:47

new drivers just came out today

nvidia.com

Carcrazy · Post by **Carcrazy** » 11 Jan 2007, 06:08

I'm runnin XP now (yay) so I'll see if it does better.