video card problem with WOW

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diogo

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I've just started having some issues while playing wow in my old video card (6600gt) and I was wondering if anyone has experienced something similar. All in all, I just want to make sure it is indeed a video card issue before i buy a new one.

Here is what is happening: a while after logging on, distant textures start turning into little red squares, and then the entire computer just freezes. WOW is the only game i play, and is the only application im having trouble with. Any ideas? Should I just go ahead and upgrade that crappy vc?
 
The problem is most likely the video card overheating. Check to make sure that the fan on the card is spinning well, and that you are getting enough fresh air in your case. For that matter it might be a good idea to check all your temperatures. If nothing else, you should be able to check the video cards temperature in the nvidia preferences and your CPU temperature in your BIOS.
 
I think the video card wants you to quit WoW.. :p

The video card is most likely overheating, as the above poster said. Which interface is it on, AGP or PCI-E? I saw a 6800 PCI-E for $25 in the FS/FT thread. You can use nTune to check your video card's temperatures, or if your Nvidia Forceware has the classic interface, check out the temperature there and play the game for 15 minutes or so and quickly ALT+TAB to see what the temperature it was loading at.
 
Can't really say. WoW has been giving me some odd artifacts as well under my 7900GT. The thing is it is not the only game I play but it is the only game that artifacts are occurring in. My system has excellent airflow & the temps under full load are 58C at the most that I've seen. Starting to sense it may have something to do with the newer patch that was released. Since it started occurring when I downloaded that. Check some other games, it might be WoW related.
 
i used the only other game I had available, pro evolution soccer 5, without problems for a while. im downloading ntune and i will stress test it before i rule out WOW problems
 
yeah, definitely over heating: ntune is reporting the gpu at 104 C...
thanks for the help, guess its time to trade it in...
 
Just so you know.. Artifacts aren't a sign of overheating, its a sign of core and/or memory damage (which is of course caused by overheating). You may have to get a new card.

Its like when a car engine ceases up. Your car isn't stopping because you are low on oil.. its because your engine just fried.
 
lloose said:
Just so you know.. Artifacts aren't a sign of overheating, its a sign of core and/or memory damage (which is of course caused by overheating). You may have to get a new card.

Its like when a car engine ceases up. Your car isn't stopping because you are low on oil.. its because your engine just fried.
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Not really, your car doesn't throttle its performance the same as a GPU core would when it overheats.
 
Riddlinkidstoner said:
Not really, your car doesn't throttle its performance the same as a GPU core would when it overheats.
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But still.. my point is that the core and/or memory have been damaged in some way. Sometimes its not critical, but most of the time its a slippery slope.
 
I had the same problem...your card is fine here is a post from the tech forums on worldofwarcraft.com this fix works.

6. Video – Flickering/Distortion after 2.1

If you are experiencing graphical distortions such as flickering of the video please temporarily turn off the “Level of Detail” under the Video Options. In order to disable this feature please follow the steps below.

1. While in game, open the Options menu.
2. Open the Video Options menu.
3. Locate the check box for "Level of Detail"
4. Uncheck the "Level of Detail".
5. Click "OK"

Disabling this feature may reduce the frame rate slightly; however, this is scheduled to be fixed in a future patch.
 
globe283 said:
I had the same problem...your card is fine here is a post from the tech forums on worldofwarcraft.com this fix works.

6. Video – Flickering/Distortion after 2.1

If you are experiencing graphical distortions such as flickering of the video please temporarily turn off the “Level of Detail” under the Video Options. In order to disable this feature please follow the steps below.

1. While in game, open the Options menu.
2. Open the Video Options menu.
3. Locate the check box for "Level of Detail"
4. Uncheck the "Level of Detail".
5. Click "OK"

Disabling this feature may reduce the frame rate slightly; however, this is scheduled to be fixed in a future patch.
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Oh, I did that before. the new thing was the freezing. Apparently the GPU fan gave out and wasnt running, hence the overheating.
thank you all for the replies
 
montypythizzle said:
Or the card is filled with dust, or caked with cigarette tar.
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LOL.. I have seen both. Back when I worked for a pc repair shop, we used to get in some NASTY EFFIN computers. This one was pretty much completely caked in dust/tar.. DIS-GUSTING.

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Anybody guess what the customer brought his computer in for? Yup.. his computer would randomly shut off. Overheating cpu..... gee.. wonder why.





yet another reason why I will never smoke.
 
found the problem:
the compound between the heatsink and chip broke, hence it is overheating. Being the cheap POS that it is, the heatsink is attached to the card with plastic pins that cannot be removed except by breaking them... hence, new card on the way
 
The compound between the sink and card? You mean it dried or something?
 
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