june gloom on 31/1/2014 at 03:58
Quote Posted by Lolwutman
Isn't there a song or/and excuse called "If I had money..."?
That is so utterly besides the point.
YOUR VIDEO CARD IS DYING. You can either buy a new one, or you can take up knitting.
bikerdude on 31/1/2014 at 17:12
Quote Posted by dethtoll
That is so utterly besides the point. You can either buy a new one, or you can take up knitting.
At no point has it been proven that his card is in fact dying, so less of the belligerent narcissism...
Quote Posted by gnartsch
Do not use the latests NVidia drivers
While I somewhat agree with this, depending on what OS he is using he might not have a choice but to get a newer driver.
Quote Posted by Lolwutman
* I watched the temperature and it was less than 85C on intensive games.
* I once opened my GTX 285, it had a lot of dust on it, so I removed it.
* That's not unknown on some cards, but it does seem a bit high.
* That would have been a contributory cause in the temps above.
What's the exact make and model of that GTX285? And do you have the colours-on-screen issue in any other games..?
Queue on 31/1/2014 at 19:57
Lolwutman, truly, it's either the video card or the driver. I'm leaning slightly more toward the driver first, but only because it's a simple (and completely free) thing to test: try downgrading the driver, as gnartsch suggested, and if that fixes the issue then problem solved. If not, then the video card is -- as dethtoll is probably right in saying -- toast.
june gloom on 31/1/2014 at 20:58
Quote Posted by bikerdude
At no point has it been proven that his card is in fact dying, so less of the belligerent narcissism...
I don't think you know what that term means.
bikerdude on 1/2/2014 at 00:08
Quote Posted by dethtoll
I don't think you know what that term means.
And this just proves my point.
Quote Posted by Queue
Lolwutman, truly, it's either the video card or the driver. if not, then the video card is toast.
Hopefully it is just a driver issue, but he would be throwing away a perfect usable card if it isnt. He hasn't yet stated wither its just happing in one game or all games though?
june gloom on 1/2/2014 at 01:29
Quote Posted by bikerdude
And this just proves my point.
That'd be true if you had one.
bikerdude on 1/2/2014 at 20:19
@Lolwutman, how goes it?
Necrohowl on 3/2/2014 at 16:35
Quote Posted by bikerdude
* That's not unknown on some cards, but it does seem a bit high.
* That would have been a contributory cause in the temps above.
What's the exact make and model of that GTX285? And do you have the colours-on-screen issue in any other games..?
My OS is Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate Edition.
My GTX285, all I know about is that I bought it from some place, not online, and this one seems to be made by ASUS. It uses the default clocks unlike one of EVGA's that I've seen.
Yes, I actually have "colours-on-screen" on some other games. It seems to have happened three times on The Witcher, a lot in Warcraft 3 (and its expansion), some on Saints Row 2, perhaps Borderlands 2 but I don't remember and even Source games, mostly CSS.
But all of these, I can say they're fixed. How I fixed these? Just by downclocking my GPU. It had a Memory and Core clock of 1242 and 648 respectively, I downed it to 1220 and 624. With that setting, I didn't experience any of that annoying crash. But it still happens on TDS.
Quote Posted by Queue
Lolwutman, truly, it's either the video card or the driver. I'm leaning slightly more toward the driver first, but only because it's a simple (and completely free) thing to test: try downgrading the driver, as gnartsch suggested, and if that fixes the issue then problem solved. If not, then the video card is -- as dethtoll is probably right in saying -- toast.
I tried that driver version he gave me, didn't work. Besides, I once tested this by using the default driver Windows installs, and yep, it still crashes.
Thing is, when I got a rather new PC, with a new motherboard, CPU and RAM, I noticed my VideoCard crash with that colour.
My CPU has TurboBoost, I heard the GTX285 is very sensitive to overclocking. Not gonna guess those are the culprits, huh? It's just the videocard dying.
Quote Posted by bikerdude
Hopefully it is just a driver issue, but he would be throwing away a perfect usable card if it isnt. He hasn't yet stated wither its just happing in one game or all games though?
My GTX285 is still useful, but not perfect :(
june gloom on 3/2/2014 at 16:51
The fact that you had to downclock the GPU now and not earlier when you bought it says your GPU is reaching the end of its useful life. I would not expect it to last another six months.
Don't get so fucking indignant because someone had the temerity to give you advice that you don't like.
Al_B on 3/2/2014 at 18:22
Quote Posted by Lolwutman
My CPU has TurboBoost, I heard the GTX285 is very sensitive to overclocking. Not gonna guess those are the culprits, huh? It's just the videocard dying.
TurboBoost affects the CPU and shouldn't affect the graphics card. Although your graphics card temperatures don't sound dreadful it may be worth getting a new cooler and renewing the thermal paste on the GPU. An aftermarket cooler may also come with RAM heatsinks which although I'm not completely convinced are necessary (particularly for non-overclocked cards) won't do any harm.
It's still possible your card is dying as others have said and eventually you'll want to upgrade anyway.
