Curse

Andariel Trueshot · Dec 06, 2005, 08:52 AM // 08:52

This sucks, I buyd a new video card, GeForce 5200 fx, its working great, but..
after 30 minutes, all the objects are turning yellow, white and its like a huge crashing, i DONT like it!!! can someone help me out what do do?

dargon · Dec 06, 2005, 01:10 PM // 13:10

Sounds like a heat issue due to it taking about 30 minutes.

When I was having graphics issues back shortly after GW release, they suggested I check for heat issues with my card and recommended Everest Home Edition to check for it

http://www.lavalys.com/index.php?pag...173;&subpage=5

Play the game, wait for it to crash and then go check the card temperature, assuming your card can monitor it's temperature.

Peewee · Dec 06, 2005, 01:52 PM // 13:52

i am having probs with my graphics card. i have geforce 4000MX, and i know it sucks, but alot of the textures in the game mess up, i can se thro the floor, i can see texture maps on my shield, my whole computor lags when i go into the bags or belt pouches. it also lags whenever i complete a mission and the shield and swords pop up, or at the beggining of a gvg match when the capes and guild name/ranking appears. any1 got a soluion, other than upgrade (i am broke).

ps reflections dont work either. i dobt get the glow around bosses, and i dont get the silver effect on capes or weapons. basically GW looks like a pile of poo. my question eally is, is this normal for my GPU, or is it becoause my GPU is working below its optimum

Mako · Dec 06, 2005, 02:30 PM // 14:30

I have a Radeon X300 and so far the only problems I have had is every once in a while a characters will turn into a white box and its easily solved by restarting GW... although I have been wondering on how to check the temperature of the card (other than touching it) if theres an app I can run to test it or something of that sort that anyone knows about let me know because I noticed when Im playing GW the card is like a frying pan.

Andariel Trueshot · Dec 07, 2005, 04:22 PM // 16:22

see? im not the only one :P hey peewee, i have that problem to!! i know it sounds like a overhead problem, but, what can u do about it? i have to vens in my comp :P

and i only have it with this video card though

ow yeah, its NOT a proscessor problem!

m2aguiar · Dec 07, 2005, 04:33 PM // 16:33

I have the same graphics card shich i got a couple years ago. I came across an article that talked specifically about the FX series having these types of problem. The site said that the newest Forceware should fix the problem. I tried it out and it seems to have worked. I hope this will help.

Loviatar · Dec 07, 2005, 04:37 PM // 16:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andariel Trueshot

ow yeah, its NOT a proscessor problem!

please use the edit instead of double posting.

what you are seeing are visual *artifacts* due to excessive stress on the card, excess heat or it is simply going poof.

check to see if it is still under warranty .

if so describe the effects you are seeing and ger an RMA for replacement.

HEAT

fastest way to check is to open the side of the case and use a mirror (or remove the card) and look for dust bunnies on the fan/heatsink) and place a table fan pointed into the case at the video card and see if that cures the problem or if it takes longer to develop

Andariel Trueshot · Dec 07, 2005, 08:34 PM // 20:34

will try to use edit next time

hey thx everyone, and loviatar

, but m2aguiar, what do you mean with forceware, harware? (like new video cards) or new drivers? thx a lot though... will try to find dust...

Josh · Dec 07, 2005, 08:38 PM // 20:38

5200 FX? Yes?

Taken from the Official Guild Wars website:

Quote:

There is a known issue with NVidia GeForce FX video cards (GPUs) and driver version 61.77 when the user has changed "Image Settings" to "High performance". Some of the problems include missing terrain. The solution is to change your video settings to "High quality". To do this, follow these instructions: On Windows XP:

* Open Display Properties control panel
* Click Settings tab
* Click Advanced button
* Click GeForce "Version" tab
* Select Performance and Quality Settings in left window
* In the Global Driver Settings window select Image Settings
* Move the slider to the right to "High quality"

The video cards/GPUs that are affected by this problem are:

* GeForce FX 5200 ******<--------
* GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
* GeForce FX 5500
* GeForce FX 5700
* GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
* GeForce FX 5700LE
* GeForce FX 5900
* GeForce FX 5900 Ultra
* GeForce FX 5900 XT
* GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
* GeForce PCX 5300
* GeForce PCX 5750
* GeForce PCX 5900

Do what it says ^^

Andariel Trueshot · Dec 07, 2005, 08:59 PM // 20:59

THANKYOu!!!!!!! thankyou thanktou thankyou,

i cant thankyou you enough!

woah!!! yay! whoopie! .... (i look realy stupid now dont i?)

Josh · Dec 07, 2005, 09:11 PM // 21:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andariel Trueshot

THANKYOu!!!!!!! thankyou thanktou thankyou,

i cant thankyou you enough!

woah!!! yay! whoopie! .... (i look realy stupid now dont i?)

Not really, not everyone would think to look under "Game Info" in another menu on the GW Website, they'd look under Support, so not your fault.

Mako · Dec 08, 2005, 05:45 AM // 05:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loviatar

HEAT

fastest way to check is to open the side of the case and use a mirror (or remove the card) and look for dust bunnies on the fan/heatsink) and place a table fan pointed into the case at the video card and see if that cures the problem or if it takes longer to develop

I cleaned out the dust from the fan and its spiffy clean now.. also a good program to make sure youre fan and graphics card and such isnt overheating is Motherboard monitor you can also set up a warning alarm to go off if it is getting to hot.. really a neat program.

Detis Zan · Dec 08, 2005, 06:17 AM // 06:17

Peewee I get the EXACT same graphic problems..

But I know it's not overheating, at all it just sucks =P

But also my processor is shit. A little sempron from compaq (bought a new comp waiting for it to get here) I have sucks.

I HAVE to play on the lowest graphics on this crap card and on the crap comp so.. for some it's the card but for me it's actually the whole computer.

Andariel Trueshot · Dec 08, 2005, 01:08 PM // 13:08

though, its funny that gw is working at al at a low proscessor and bad video card

, now i have to reconfigure my settings in windows for the videocard.. eh.. one prob, im dutch, from holland. so it wont be an easy job to translate josh

Andariel Trueshot · Dec 08, 2005, 01:35 PM // 13:35

hmmmm didnt work, lol, shouted my gratz to early

i did exactly what the gw form told me to do, but, it didnt work...
some pieces of objects are turning gray,or brown, depends on what kind of theme your playing in (kryta, gray.. ascalon, brown) and some terrain blocks to
very odd... heres a pic in ascalon even my own body has turnd light brown, its realy frustrating and unrealistic..

Josh · Dec 08, 2005, 04:21 PM // 16:21

Try going to nVidia's website and downloading the latest drivers for your card?

Or, if you have the money, maybe buy a Sapphire Radeon 9600 AGP X8 256MB DDR for £40 of www.ebuyer.com ...

I'm no expert in Computers, I just remember reading that on the GW Website and noticed you had that model card, so I thought it'd be worth a try. :S

The 9600 above is what I have at the minute and it works great.

Andariel Trueshot · Dec 08, 2005, 07:34 PM // 19:34

yeah.. buy a new one...
i buyd this one brand new.. lol , i always get in trouble :P
and i have not the money right at the moment, but i will think on it.. thx josh

midnyte13 · Dec 08, 2005, 09:07 PM // 21:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andariel Trueshot

This sucks, I buyd a new video card, GeForce 5200 fx, its working great, but..
after 30 minutes, all the objects are turning yellow, white and its like a huge crashing, i DONT like it!!! can someone help me out what do do?

nothing is working for me.

I have a AMD 2200 /512 ram/ Geforce fx 5200 (chaintech) 80+200 GB HD's....GW ran fine til one my pc crashed.....not while playing...just crashed...i had to format and reinstall everything.....everything works except guildwars....updated...to latest everything....no good.......i cant even get past the login screen.....i wnet back to old drivers i lowered all my settings....i decreased the 8X apg to 4X apg.....nothing.....im out of options unless any of you can think of something...

HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Old Dood · Dec 10, 2005, 02:47 PM // 14:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by midnyte13

nothing is working for me.

I have a AMD 2200 /512 ram/ Geforce fx 5200 (chaintech) 80+200 GB HD's....GW ran fine til one my pc crashed.....not while playing...just crashed...i had to format and reinstall everything.....everything works except guildwars....updated...to latest everything....no good.......i cant even get past the login screen.....i wnet back to old drivers i lowered all my settings....i decreased the 8X apg to 4X apg.....nothing.....im out of options unless any of you can think of something...

HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is a puzzeler....

So you are saying you updated all your chipset,video,BIOs, etc,etc?

This is a stretch...but...I have heard of a virus that gets into the BIOs and is a real bear to remove. Even after a reformat. That is a pure guess. I wish I could be there and look at your system....things like this bug me.

Have you tried another graphic/memory/CPU demanding game or program? This is to see if you can crash it again. Like CoD2?

Or maybe your GW disk got messed up somehow? That is another stretch.

You said you have 512Mb of Ram....have you tried it with one stick of 256Mb? (assuming you have 2x256)

Lets us know down the road....now you have me wondering.

Peewee · Dec 10, 2005, 11:14 PM // 23:14

i have a sempron 2800+, which is infact 2ghz, that does not seem to be the prob, overheating shouldnt be a prob either, got plenty of fans around. dl the latest drivers, its still looking rubbish. i have seen the game running on a inferior computor, apart from the fact that he has a geforce 5500 FX (or 5200, Cant remmeber the bloody numbers) all the reflections work, the game runs more smoothly, and it just generally looks more crisp.

perhaps game makers should set up a page for ppl to show screenies of their game in action with various settings, set up a search type thing to find a pc that is similar to urs, and then check out the graphics b4 hand, rather than being wowed by the graphics, told that ur GPU is well above recommended, and yet i still am not seeing the game as intended. that way ppl could help ppl out, the developers would certainly have to answer less complaints at support, and the consumer benefits. of course it might mean that more ppl would buy the game, but i would have anyway had, dont knowabout any1 else.

thanks for the help, but it looks like a new GPU is on my christmas list. Hope to be seeing all of u reflecting come the 26th