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    With the latest nvidia driver you have the option of looking at the temperature of the GPU. IIRC you can leave it running to get a nice graph.

    I had a 6600GT but I seemed to have fried it's memory. If that's the case you would also see artifacts and random screen corruption in 2D too (even in the BIOS screens). Blinking polygones in 3D applications and normal picture in 2D usually indicates an overheated GPU.

    You could have a look around for a replacement fan. I replaced a fan once on an ATI 7600 with a passive heatpipe. Worked like a charm.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SirDice
    With the latest nvidia driver you have the option of looking at the temperature of the GPU. IIRC you can leave it running to get a nice graph.

    I had a 6600GT but I seemed to have fried it's memory. If that's the case you would also see artifacts and random screen corruption in 2D too (even in the BIOS screens). Blinking polygones in 3D applications and normal picture in 2D usually indicates an overheated GPU.

    You could have a look around for a replacement fan. I replaced a fan once on an ATI 7600 with a passive heatpipe. Worked like a charm.
    I added thermal paste, got rid of the dust, reseated the thing and still have the same issue. I am getting the gpu temp thing now.
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    Yes, the 7600 is an nVidia card. ATi would be the 7500 or the 9600 IIRC?

    I didn't ask, but has this happened recently or have you only started using 3D intensive apps recently? Like did it work before?

    You might try:

    1. Set the colours to 16bit, refresh rate to 72Hz and the size to 1024 x 768.
    2. Check the 3D settings and try changing them. These would be something like:

    i] anti aliasing
    ii] anisotropic filtering
    iii] texture preference
    iv] mipmap detail
    v]alpha dithering method
    vi] support DXT texture formats
    vii] alternate pixel centre

    Generally try them with "application default", and the minimum and maximum or alternative settings.

    One thing that has occurred to me........... that card should be getting power directly from the PSU................ is that cable in place?



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    Quote Originally Posted by nihil
    Yes, the 7600 is an nVidia card. ATi would be the 7500 or the 9600 IIRC?
    Yeah, sorry, replaced fan on a ATI 9700 pro. And the fried memory was on an nvidia 6600GT. Friggin type numbers..
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    Quote Originally Posted by nihil
    Yes, the 7600 is an nVidia card. ATi would be the 7500 or the 9600 IIRC?

    I didn't ask, but has this happened recently or have you only started using 3D intensive apps recently? Like did it work before?

    You might try:

    1. Set the colours to 16bit, refresh rate to 72Hz and the size to 1024 x 768.
    2. Check the 3D settings and try changing them. These would be something like:

    i] anti aliasing
    ii] anisotropic filtering
    iii] texture preference
    iv] mipmap detail
    v]alpha dithering method
    vi] support DXT texture formats
    vii] alternate pixel centre

    Generally try them with "application default", and the minimum and maximum or alternative settings.

    One thing that has occurred to me........... that card should be getting power directly from the PSU................ is that cable in place?


    Actually... no. I'll have to buy one, huh?
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    Hi Donkey Punch,

    It is a bit weird, but that stuff happens with relatively powerful cards

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