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    gfx problem??

    ive recently installed a new 6600GT card to my rig and have been experiencing problems during gameplay with the picture going blurry or fuzzy and so unplayable - i managed to snap a shot when playing sensible soccer



    any ideas whats the prob

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    My 6600GT always had a heat problem with the stock heatsink/fan and I replaced with a zalman vf700 probelm gone.

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    the card runs at 45 degrees stock and was at 56 when i was playing Sensible soccer
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    thats weird, temps seem ok. Wot drivers are u using at the moment? have u tried the Xtreme G drivers from tweaksr us?
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    Temps always showed OK never more than 60 but a change of cooler really worked and let me overclock core to 595 from 500.

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    Try the latest drivers - if that doesn't work, it might be RMA time. Hard to tell exactly what's going on as the picture you posted is quite small.

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    cheers for the posts guys, i'll install the latest Xtreme G drivers, i installed the latest nvidia driver last week but i'll give that a go as well
    Contrary to the odd name and translucent-grey color, Pocari Sweat does not taste like sweat
    Hardware:

    Main PC
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    Server - Athlon XP 1700+, 1GB, 500GB HD
    Laptop - Compaq AMD Turion 64 X2, 60GB HD, 1GB
    Media Centre Shuttle - P4 3.0 Skt 775 Shuttle, 1GB, 120GB HD
    NAS - 400GB
    Home Entertainment - Xbox 360 with 37" HD LCD TV, Acoustic Energy Aegis EVO A speakers (5,1), Yamaha RXV359 AV reciever
    Media Centre II - X2 4000+, 1GB, 400Gb Vista Ultimate


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