Purple HDR?

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LaChupacabra

Limp Gawd
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Has anyone else ever seen this? Sometimes the HDR in my videogames is purple. I used to think that it was a symptom of a driver issue in my 7600gt, but since the card wasn't powerfull enough to run with HDR (at resolutions I like) it wasn't a big deal. However.

I just upgraded to an XFX 8800gs. Sweet card that I got at a good price. I uninstalled the old drivers, took the old card out, put the new one in. Installed the 169.32's. Loaded up some Counter-Strike and BAM! Purple HDR. Did the same thing in Oblivion. Haven't checked WoW yet, but has anyone ever seen this?

Specs:

Biostar T-Force4 mATX
AMD X2 3600+ @ 2.2
2x1GB Corsair XMS
XFX 8800GS 384MB @ stock (169.32)
Windows XP SP2


Thanks
 
Let me try. I just got an 8800GS a few days ago.

edit: I just played some CS:S and played through HL:LC. No purple. I'm on Vista.
 
just restart the game, I think it is related to a memory issue on vid cards.

it happens to me from time to time, never been a big deal, just restarted the game and it went away

if it does it every time then something else is the problem

I get purple and I get purple checkerboard patterns from time to time. I am almost positive it is a temperature thing at this point.
 
HotGore said:
What PSU do you have? What temps are you getting?
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I've got a Logisys 550 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817170010&Tpk=PS550A_BK). Probably closer to 450. It's been working like a champ and I'm increadibly pleased with it. Max that I've seen on the new card is 61C according to ATITool (stress tested). This isn't the only time that things appear purple. I just played back a movie. Sometimes divx files will have the same purple glow. Never happens with wmv. Only noticed with .avi and .mpeg.
 
This happens to me occasionally as well. Really only have seen it happen in Counter Strike Source. Restarting the game, or even just alt-tabbing fixed it for me. Actually, come to think of it, theres this HL2 video test that always shows up purple no matter what I do, so if restarting doesnt fix it for you, im not sure what could help.
 
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