OK... Backstory: I finally decided to get back in the crazy world of desktops after being gone to laptop-land for a while. I did all my reading and found (IMHO) what offered the best bang/buck.
Specs:
MSI P67-GD65 (1.B bios)
EVGA GTX570 (270.61 drivers)
4GB CORSAIR Vengeance 1600 memory
XFX 750W Black Edition PSU
Intel i7 2600k
Corsair H50 Cooler
Win7 Home Premium (x64)
Not bad. Mostly. Here's the rub... games like Starcraft 2 sometimes have flaky textures, where lines will come shooting out of them (to some vanishing point/light source), ARMA 2 flat out won't run, and Borderlands occasionally drops textures, and every day (usually with Flash) the driver will need to be recovered by Windows. I'm running no overclocks, even XMP.
So what gives? WTF is up with this? Is my choice of games poor or do I have some jacked up component someplace? MSI sucks? I sent the first video card back (this 570 is my second), because the first wouldn't even load the drivers... .from a stock install!
C'mon [H]'ers... you're my only hope.
-P
Specs:
MSI P67-GD65 (1.B bios)
EVGA GTX570 (270.61 drivers)
4GB CORSAIR Vengeance 1600 memory
XFX 750W Black Edition PSU
Intel i7 2600k
Corsair H50 Cooler
Win7 Home Premium (x64)
Not bad. Mostly. Here's the rub... games like Starcraft 2 sometimes have flaky textures, where lines will come shooting out of them (to some vanishing point/light source), ARMA 2 flat out won't run, and Borderlands occasionally drops textures, and every day (usually with Flash) the driver will need to be recovered by Windows. I'm running no overclocks, even XMP.
So what gives? WTF is up with this? Is my choice of games poor or do I have some jacked up component someplace? MSI sucks? I sent the first video card back (this 570 is my second), because the first wouldn't even load the drivers... .from a stock install!
C'mon [H]'ers... you're my only hope.
-P