8800 Problem in Oblivion

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altcon

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Hello all.
I got an 8800Gts about a month ago, and I started having artifacts in Oblivion after installing some mods.
I formatted my PC (it was time anyway) and reinstalled it (with the latest patch), and they still happen. They happen whenver I cast a spell and sometimes in Battle, if I have AA on through the CP they get much worse and become dots all over the characters.
I tried with the latest WHQL and the BioShock Beta's - same result.
What do you think? RMA time?
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altcon said:
Hello all.
I got an 8800Gts about a month ago, and I started having artifacts in Oblivion after installing some mods.
I formatted my PC (it was time anyway) and reinstalled it (with the latest patch), and they still happen. They happen whenver I cast a spell and sometimes in Battle, if I have AA on through the CP they get much worse and become dots all over the characters.
I tried with the latest WHQL and the BioShock Beta's - same result.
What do you think? RMA time?
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Maybe, but first a few questions.

Does this happen only in Oblivion ? If so, remove all the mods and/or re-install Oblivion without adding mods and see what happens.
If it happens in other games, do you have your GTS overclocked ? If so, downclock it to stock clocks and check your card's temperature. It may be overheating, which usually causes artifacts.
If everything related to these questions, is ok, then yes, I would say you should RMA the card.
 
Does this only happen with Oblivion? If you have mods installed, try Oblivion Mod Manager. Oblivion handles replacement textures badly sometimes.
 
Yes, it only happens in oblivion.
I have many other games installed that run fine at high settings with AA + AF (BioShock, NFS Most Wanted, CSS, Dark Messiah, HL2 Episode 1, Civ III).
As I posted I formatted my PC, I then reinstalled oblivion with no mods at all.
The pic is from last night when it happened again.
The card temps vary between 58 and 70 (no load to full). The card is factory overclocked- and I haven't tried to push it further.
Here's another pic.
 
When you reinstalled your PC 'Oblivion', did copy from a backup the folder 'My Documents\My Games\Oblivion'? 'Oblivion' chooses to save bizarre things in the .ini file, and, yes, save games, too.

If you really want to test a 'clean start', you'll need to wipe those folders out, too.

Also, for kicks, try the various 3dMark programs (03, 05, 06) - see if any or none of these artifact anywhere.
 
Some games push cards to get just a little hotter than others.. it's likely that your hardware is defective.
 
I don't see any graphic abnormally. Just missing textures.

Reinstall the game.
 
I have formatted my PC, deleted all saves and started over.
I reinstalled twice.
As I said I can also achieve artifacts by enabling AA through the CP.
So, judging from the replies I got and my own experience it's RMA time.
 
I tried it on my vista install and everything was fine....
So I checked and double checked..and apparently my NODVD Patch screwed me over. :mad:
So I promptly made a DVD Image and restored the original EXE File and there you go - All Better!
Thanx for the input everyone (the reinstall guy got me thinking).
 
do you have all the official patches and the unoffical patch? takes care of many problems....

if its only oblivian doing it I for sure wouldnt rma the card
 
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