Modern Warfare graphics bug.

[GaibanKnite]

Sometimes when I play CoD4, I get this bug where the screen will produce squares that are strange colors like solid blue. It usually happens to the diagonal left side of my computer. I hear it happens a lot to nvidia 9800 GTX, which is the GPU that I have. Does anyone know a fix?

 

[shadows5631]

Usually that means it's overheating (or if you overclock, you went too far).

Download EVGA precision http://www.evga.com/PRecision/ (it'll work even on a non EVGA card) and when you run a real graphic intense game (Cod4, Crysis, GTA4) turn the fan speed up to at least over 50-60%

 

[GaibanKnite]

Usually that means it's overheating (or if you overclock, you went too far).

Download EVGA precision http://www.evga.com/PRecision/ (it'll work even on a non EVGA card) and when you run a real graphic intense game (Cod4, Crysis, GTA4) turn the fan speed up to at least over 50-60%

Thanks for the help. Sorry for posting in the wrong section though, I was hurried and accidentally pressed the wrong button.

 

[Ph?bus]

when you run a real graphic intense game (Cod4, Crysis, GTA4)

I lol'd

 

[GaibanKnite]

I lol'd

How do you explain what's happening to me in CoD4 then?

 

[shadows5631]

I lol'd

:huh:

When I play COD4 the temps are higher than with Crysis..

Same story for my past 4 video cards.

 

[GaibanKnite]

:huh:

When I play COD4 the temps are higher than with Crysis..

Same story for my past 4 video cards.

Indeed! My readings were around 102 C, with 77 C being idle.

 

[shadows5631]

Whoa, that's really high. Above 70 I start to get uncomfortable.

 

[GaibanKnite]

Whoa, that's really high. Above 70 I start to get uncomfortable.

Take a look for yourself

 

[shadows5631]

Could be caused by dust build up in the card or the case.

 

[FreakingHell]

Whoa, that's really high. Above 70 I start to get uncomfortable.

Most graphics cards are rated to be able to run at temps in excess of 105 C 24/7.

 

[shadows5631]

Most graphics cards are rated to be able to run at temps in excess of 105 C 24/7.

Yeah I know. But I still like everything to run cool.

 

[GaibanKnite]

Could be caused by dust build up in the card or the case.

It's over a year old, so maybe. My dad and I are gonna clean it soon anyways. Can you imagine going one year without being cleaned?

 

[shadows5631]

Depends on how clean and dust free your house can be. When I stayed at my grandpa's, the dust was horrible and it was only for 3 weeks. Gotta do the CPU fan as well

 

[GaibanKnite]

Depends on how clean and dust free your house can be. When I stayed at my grandpa's, the dust was horrible and it was only for 3 weeks. Gotta do the CPU fan as well

Ima take the casing apart and take out all the dust. I shined a flashlight through the vents to look at the fan and MAN was it dirty.

 

[shadows5631]

Well the canned air works really good, especially with the straw. An old toothbrush actually works really good too.

 

[GBear]

Holy crap that's hot! My cards run 50C idle and around 60C under load.

 

[Post-Its]

My 9800 gtx+ never gets over 45C i would kick a puppy if i saw mine that high

 

[Post-Its]

This is mine I like clean desktops

 

[shadows5631]

The 200 series downclocks on idle to save power and run cooler, when it glitches and doesn't downclock it stays around 50, but that doesn't happen much.