NERDS - HELP!

Hi crossies.

I need help.. failing that just an idea of what the hell is wrong here...

2 days ago i first experienced this... i opened a program and i got black and red pixels all over the screen.. which crashed my pc and i had to press the reset button to reboot... after a couple of reboots and a little mess around inside the pc, i was back up and running again...

Now i have a perminent pale red squiggly line constellation on my screen. luckily i have another pc 3 feet away which im writing from now..

My honest opinion is that it is my graphics card.. in which i would be moderately pissed as it has expired from its warranty about 2 weeks ago..

I have a BFG 8800GT OC as standard.

Since the first error, the problem has gone, then come back etc etc, regularly crashing when i start ET.

to be totally honest, i played for about 3 hours last night with the side of the case off, with a 12" fan keeping the insides cool..

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obviously this is at defaults.. i have installed the original drivers from the disk i got the card with... however to no avail.

Anyone had this problem with a gfx card before?


Just lookin for ideas really... if it is the card.. i may aswell look for a new rig, in which case some ideas of a relatively cheap but good performing rig wont go without thanks.


Thanks crossies :)

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i think you should consualt different forum than crossfire
i think you should consualt different forum than crossfire
hardware forum :{D
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GTA is waiting for you!
Quoteto be totally honest, i played for about 3 hours last night with the side of the case off, with a 12" fan keeping the insides cool..


hmm... I think you're GPU is gone .. it pretty seems like it does because my friend had nearly the exact problems like you :/

I hope for you it isn't and that I'm totally wrong :D
nice screen 8D
Well, I would say it's the graphics card idd... Mate of mine had the same problem. His card crashed and he had several black parts, with red edges, and his gpu was just fucked up.
I think you have the same shit going on.

Same as reV ofc, I hope that I'm wrong.
Gl in finding another solution than buying another GPU :o
okay, more productive:

is the screen borked at boot already? or only when windows starts? if the latter, reinstall.
as far as i last checked, it was fucked at boot up and bios screens yes.

which indicates that its a hardware fault im aware of..

i have deleted all of my gpu drivers, i will reinstall all of those and reboot. if its still here, think il just accept that its fucked...?
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if the graphic error shows up right when you start, yes. hardware issue. screen or graphics card the most likely cause.
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yeah, its not the monitor so must be graphics card...

will have to see what the trick is... for the price i payed (at the time) for the gfx card.. when it was brand new... i may aswell just get a new pc.
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did you try putting card into another slot?
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think ive only got one PCI-E slot :DDDDD
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definately a prob with ur graphics card m8.
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yeah, accepted that now...

u got any ideas of a nice new shiny pc for me to purchase within the next week or so?

cheap as possible... just good enough to play games and shit..

basically if it can run HoN and ET maxed out, im a happy bunny.
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why not build one urself?
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im not really knowledgable in this field :D

any ideas for parts? just name them and give a link..

i dont wanna spend anything over 300 euros.. as i dont feel thats necessary for what i use the pc for..

ET + porn.
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well depends on the currect pc u having now, if the only urgent part is vid card, around 70 bucks should fit enought to buy good vid card for et, since u dont intend to play any other newest game.

Mind putting specs of ur pc?
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to be honest. my processor isnt up to it anymore its the basic one i got with my Dell Dimension 5150 about 5 years ago... i never could play ET with completely stable fps... my graphics card was too overpowered for the processor to work completely in harmony...

just lookin at getting a new rig tbh.

any ideas? im gonna keep my monitor, speakers etc etc.. so just need the base unit, failing that just the parts as i have tower i can use to build with.

ive had skydeh lookin for me today. best he could come up with was a £300 build, just a little over my plans.

i would have more money to spend on it, however this couldnt have happened at a worse time. im saving for my holiday which i have in 9 weeks! and my car has just hit me with a £200 repair :<
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hmm, do u have any online sites ur gonna buy stuffs from? So me and my friend can check there and tell u which parts re the best to buy.
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i probably wont order online... i will go to someone i know who runs a computer parts store and hand him a list. tell him to match the price :D

id like a core 2 duo processor. but skydeh has the idea of an i5 in my head now... an i5 would be preferrable... however the motherboard would need to be better to run the i5 than the core 2 duo right?

i already have a cooler master 650w power supply that works great.
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well u need motherboard that will support this type of intel processors, so u just need to check, that support i5 model and u will be fine, other thing u need to be carefull is which graph ur going to buy, since motherboards depends on it, so u need to check that it will support both intel + ati/nvidia cards.

I will prob pm u later with some lists of specs, when my friends come and we pick some good stuffs.


e: whats ur budget limits?
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thanks for all the help btw...

My absolute limit for budget is 300-350 euros... as i have other parts that a full new desktop pc would cost more for (like monitor etc)

if it means im forced to settle for the core 2 duo, im more than happy. as thats more than enough to run ET at max and cod4 etc at a reasonable level.

Ive noticed there is a intel i3 processor.. they up to much good? never really heard about them.

I would prefer to pay around 250 euros for the parts. i can get someone to build it here for free no probs.

Thanks again bud!
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Yeh its np, glad to help. Anyway i gave my friend this infos, would have made it tonight allready, but due to some stuffs tomorow, i need to go sleep early so it will take till tomorow i come home and then im prob posting u the specs stuffs. I told him to find the best and the cheapest stuffs from the pc, so he will give u names and u can search for it, as u said u would.

he said also that i5 isnt that good and that the price is quite high, so we would both recommend more to go on AMD quad core processors.

from him:

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-kk. He will have to go with AMD though unless he wants a more outdated processor

-and it isn't that good lol (its the cheapest one too lol)

-so ya for low budget gaming PC's AMD is the way to go. But if you got more money, get intel i5 and i7


Since hes from usa time zone he will check it out, while we will sleep so expect tomorow answer from me about the specs.
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cool cool.. had any response from him yet buddy?
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yap right now, the moment u send this msg, im talking with him, will send u pm with file of the specs. He said he found it cheap at usa, but hes unsure if its gonna be same here at Europe.
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ah ok brilliant. thank him for the efforts too..

just need something that will indefinately run ET 125 stable at all times and play a few new easy to run games.. :D il be a happy bunny then!
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make format before going to buy new graph, worth of try.
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