Simviation Forum - Is this a graphic card issue?

Jun 22^nd, 2011 at 7:47am

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Every once in a while, lets say if I change an aircraft or make a change while the sim is running, when the sim reloads it looks like this. It is flashing and as you can see, the graphics are all wierd. If I toggle through views the sound changes but the image still is the same... kind of like a strobing effect, especially if I use Light Bloom. The only way to fix it is to exit out of the sim. My eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 is about 3 years old now and a few said that it is probaby the culprit. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!
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Reply #1 - Jun 22^nd, 2011 at 9:01am

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Completely remove all graphics drivers and try re-installing the latest set from nVidia. That normally cures this one Dave Wink

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Reply #2 - Jun 22^nd, 2011 at 9:05am

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Tried that already Mark Roll Eyes

Nvidia seems to think it is their card...
And I admitted running this rig pretty hot, probably more than the card I have can handle they said.

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Reply #3 - Jun 22^nd, 2011 at 9:13am

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Have you got a backup card you could try just to prove the fault? Also have you been over-clocking the card?

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Reply #4 - Jun 22^nd, 2011 at 10:24am

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Probably will just get a new card.
Nvidia said this is the best card my rig can handle without changing out the PSU. I think the card in there now has been somewhat of a bottleneck since the beginning.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/product-geforce-gtx-570-us.html

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Reply #5 - Jun 22^nd, 2011 at 10:27am

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Fairy snuff Dave, just seems odd tis all. I've never managed to break a graphics card.... just about everything else I've succeeded in trashing however Grin

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Reply #6 - Jun 22^nd, 2011 at 5:09pm

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Dave,

When is the last time you took that card out of the machine and fully CLEANED all of the passages for the airflow for the card mounted cooling fan? I'll BET that it is plugged up all to heck....... which equals heat....... which does just that kind of stuff.

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Reply #7 - Jun 22^nd, 2011 at 5:13pm

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JBaymore wrote on Jun 22^nd, 2011 at 5:09pm:

Dave,

When is the last time you took that card out of the machine and fully CLEANED all of the passages for the airflow for the card mounted cooling fan? I'll BET that it is plugged up all to heck....... which equals heat....... which does just that kind of stuff.

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That happened to me a while ago......took it out cleaned it real good......presto!
Worked good as new.

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Reply #8 - Jun 22^nd, 2011 at 6:55pm

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I should have just posted this in the Admin forum! LOL! Grin

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Reply #9 - Jun 22^nd, 2011 at 7:55pm

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Fly2e wrote on Jun 22^nd, 2011 at 6:55pm:

I should have just posted this in the Admin forum! LOL! Grin

Really? Why? Roll Eyes

Seriously though Dave, they are right about the heat buildup from a dusty card. But I have found a lot of weird things

can happen that can be very difficult to track down. I still can't find out why my driver crashes under certain conditions,

including trying to run Google Earth. And I have had similar issues when changing aircraft mid stream. I think it is a card memory issue,

which I don't understand, because it is a two gig card.

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Reply #10 - Jun 23^rd, 2011 at 12:22am

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A few ideas came to my head:

1. It could possibly be dust causing it to overheat.. however given that FSX isn't really that intensive on the graphics processor I doubt this is the case. In any case first thing you should do it make sure it's not clogged with dust... you don't have to be too fussy about dust, as long as it is not clogged up with it.

2. Try under-clocking the card (core and memory) by 5%-10% (with i.e. rivatuner or msi afterburner) which sometimes fixes problems with artifacts.

3. If all that fails then try running a spare videocard if you have one.

4. Try returning the card with eVGA. As far as I know they offer 3 year warranties with there graphics cards so there is a possibility that you can get them to replace it. Since the GTX 285 has been out of production a while it's possible they'll ship you a shiny new graphics card for free. eVGA has really good support I hear.

5. Grab a GTX 570. It really is a great card and should run on a computer that can run a GTX 285 fine.

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Reply #11 - Jun 23^rd, 2011 at 7:51am

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Thanks fellow mods.... and NNNG Wink

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