Recent content by tnblank77

In case anyone has this problem and you know its not driver related, then I've found the problem. Ran some diagnostics and it made the problem clear - my video memory is bad. Had 26 error messages like this: VESA SVGA Video - Video Memory Test : Fail Result Code...

1 - I have the latest BIOS (A11) 2 - I did this and it runs better, but still has problems. But I think this is because it changes the video depth to 16-bit, changing the resolution often changes how the artifacts appear (which leads me to think it might be a problem with the video memory)...

When in doubt on which one to buy - see how they peform: http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/12/02/vga_charts_viii/index.html I just recently purchased a Geforce 7800GT and am very impressed by it. Of course, I've moved up from a mobility radeon 9000 so I'd be impressed by quite a few new...

Just when I got my new computer built my old notebook goes on the fritz... its an Inspiron 8200 w/ a Mobility Radeon 9000 (#4U284) I'm currently having trouble with video artifacts appearing on icons, or any 3-d rendered image (and a few other things). These artifacts are usually a bunch of...