TankHunter Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 The computer froze up for around 20 seconds and then this is what I saw. Graphics Card GeForce8800 gt super clocked edition. Temperature at the time was 69C CPU AMD 64 X2 Duel Core 6000+ OS Windows XP Service Pack 2 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Sean Posted July 18, 2008 Administrators Share Posted July 18, 2008 What driver version do you have? I'm running a 8800GT with forceware 169.02. Don't have any problems but others have run into similar artifacts like you are seeing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GH_Lieste Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 FWIW, the AAR for the mission was messed up a bit too.The units were marked with incorrect symbols for the unit type, and were displayed before and after kill as the incorrect type in the 3d world, only being correctly presented at the time of hit.I also fired at two vehicles which caught fire, yet was credited with 0 out of 11 hits. From the AAR it does seem they had already been hit by fire from another direction, but that normally doesn't prevent subsequent hits registering. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Sean Posted July 18, 2008 Administrators Share Posted July 18, 2008 Was TH the host? If he locked up for 20 seconds, its safe to assume that the network clocks could have got out of sync and messed everything up. What TH is posting about is a seperate problem from what you are describing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TankHunter Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 I think that Tarball was the host. About the drivers how would I go and find them? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 GeForce8800 gt super clocked edition. Temperature at the time was 69CThis sounds like your problem. Those pics (artifacts and weird crap) are most likely caused by high temperatures and memory clock issues. The temp may have been higher since the freeze up was most likely a safety feature where the GPU was throttled down to keep itself from melting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TankHunter Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 I am wondering, do you know at what temperature that these things would go batshit like that at? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Sean Posted July 18, 2008 Administrators Share Posted July 18, 2008 No, that temp is in normal range for the 8800 series. I found the driver version under the nvidia control panel... Display properties-> advanced, and then theres a tab or button to launch the nvidia panel. YMMV depending on who made the card..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TankHunter Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 Ok, I think this is itDriver is from NVIDIADate: 12-05-2007Version: 6.14.11.6921Digital Signer: Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fidelthefallguy Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 I have an EVGA 8800 GT and it often runs @ 70c, it should be safe up to 80c (as per the manufactures notes). I ran in to heat issues with it when I first got it but I replaced the stock fan with a zelman vf1000 heat sink and fan, now it runs real nice, maxing out @ 70 on a full load. GPU's have a higher heat tolerance than CPU's, I would be more worried if your cpu was running @ 69c, Try updating the drivers and if it happens again return it for a new one or replace the heat sink with one with bigger balls. Some times the thermal pad/paste seal can be broken if its not installed correctly leading to heat problems even with a small load. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TankHunter Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 How would I check to see if the CPU is running hot? Anyway, this is the first time I had anything like this happen to me with any game besides ArmA. But with ArmA that was solved with a new version of the program for the most part. I had some weird shit a week ago in that, but it went away with a restart of the computer. After that things went dandy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GH_Lieste Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Of course the heat-faulting component could also be something like a memory module of controller. I can only use 2 of the 3 memory slots since the failure of an old Ti4200 card which lost it's fan altogether. The memory module, and the slot it was mounted it that was nearest the graphics card both were rendered U/S 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fidelthefallguy Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 How would I check to see if the CPU is running hot? Anyway, this is the first time I had anything like this happen to me with any game besides ArmA. But with ArmA that was solved with a new version of the program for the most part. I had some weird shit a week ago in that, but it went away with a restart of the computer. After that things went dandy.Nvidia drivers have tools with them for this, if not look for "NVIDIA Monitor" it displays the temp of the gpu in a nice graph 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GH_Lieste Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Cpu != gpu 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singleshot Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 I had some problems with the graphics about one year ago. It was a hardware problem. I had to change the graphics Card.this is what I saw: bad graphicsanother member of 911 hab some problems like that. I think he had to change his mainboard... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TankHunter Posted July 19, 2008 Author Share Posted July 19, 2008 Well, this computer has been going fairly well for over half a year now. If it was a faulty motherboard or graphics card shouldn't that stuff pop up immediately?If not, I would hate to have to replace the motherboard or graphics card... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singleshot Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 the errors were not generated immediatly. And often the errors were gone after "ALT+TAB" for more or less time.But maybe your errors have another source.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TankHunter Posted July 20, 2008 Author Share Posted July 20, 2008 The alt tab didn't do much for me. It is probably a software issue (I hope). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Volcano Posted July 20, 2008 Moderators Share Posted July 20, 2008 Hmm, sounds like a similar issue to what Roguesnake was having. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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