I can see my gun, but everything else is garbled

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Help needed please!

Just done a fresh install of XP home and installed my Ti 4200 card, which
was working great until now, on a new Jetway motherboard, P4 2.2.

When I start up UT 2004, the menus are all garbled, even the Nvidia spinning
logo thing at the start of the game is garbled, and flickering and flashing.
Quake 3 is exactly the same. Haven't installed anything else yet.

The weird thing is, if I proceed to the actual game, and run it, my gun is
in perfect view, whilst the surrounding areas are garbled and flashing.

I have tried the 56.72 drivers, and went back to 53.something and it's the
same.

So, has this happened to anyone else, and is there an easy fix, as I really
want to get going again.

Thanks in advance



Chris

 

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Try the 45.23 drivers, or 44.03. Not sure if nVidia's site will have them,
but guru3d.com probably does. I'm still using the 45.23 drivers with my
ti4600 because they work perfectly.

"Evil Uncle Chris" <chris.macnamara@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:JSBcc.109$6f1.98@newsfe3-win.server.ntli.net...
> Help needed please!
>
> Just done a fresh install of XP home and installed my Ti 4200 card, which
> was working great until now, on a new Jetway motherboard, P4 2.2.
>
> When I start up UT 2004, the menus are all garbled, even the Nvidia
spinning
> logo thing at the start of the game is garbled, and flickering and
flashing.
> Quake 3 is exactly the same. Haven't installed anything else yet.
>
> The weird thing is, if I proceed to the actual game, and run it, my gun is
> in perfect view, whilst the surrounding areas are garbled and flashing.
>
> I have tried the 56.72 drivers, and went back to 53.something and it's the
> same.
>
> So, has this happened to anyone else, and is there an easy fix, as I
really
> want to get going again.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
>
> Chris
>
>

 

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"Evil Uncle Chris" <chris.macnamara@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:<JSBcc.109$6f1.98@newsfe3-win.server.ntli.net>...
> Help needed please!
>
> Just done a fresh install of XP home and installed my Ti 4200 card, which
> was working great until now, on a new Jetway motherboard, P4 2.2.
>
> When I start up UT 2004, the menus are all garbled, even the Nvidia spinning
> logo thing at the start of the game is garbled, and flickering and flashing.
> Quake 3 is exactly the same. Haven't installed anything else yet.
>
> The weird thing is, if I proceed to the actual game, and run it, my gun is
> in perfect view, whilst the surrounding areas are garbled and flashing.
>
> I have tried the 56.72 drivers, and went back to 53.something and it's the
> same.
>
> So, has this happened to anyone else, and is there an easy fix, as I really
> want to get going again.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
>
> Chris

Try 4x.x series...

The 5x series have proven themself INCOMPATIBLE with the GF4 series!

 

[Guest]

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Try using the 45.23 driver with that non-FX card.

--
DaveW



"Evil Uncle Chris" <chris.macnamara@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:JSBcc.109$6f1.98@newsfe3-win.server.ntli.net...
> Help needed please!
>
> Just done a fresh install of XP home and installed my Ti 4200 card, which
> was working great until now, on a new Jetway motherboard, P4 2.2.
>
> When I start up UT 2004, the menus are all garbled, even the Nvidia
spinning
> logo thing at the start of the game is garbled, and flickering and
flashing.
> Quake 3 is exactly the same. Haven't installed anything else yet.
>
> The weird thing is, if I proceed to the actual game, and run it, my gun is
> in perfect view, whilst the surrounding areas are garbled and flashing.
>
> I have tried the 56.72 drivers, and went back to 53.something and it's the
> same.
>
> So, has this happened to anyone else, and is there an easy fix, as I
really
> want to get going again.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
>
> Chris
>
>

 

[NaDa]

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"Evil Uncle Chris" <chris.macnamara@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> Help needed please!
>
> Just done a fresh install of XP home and installed my Ti 4200 card, which
> was working great until now, on a new Jetway motherboard, P4 2.2.
>
> When I start up UT 2004, the menus are all garbled, even the Nvidia spinning
> logo thing at the start of the game is garbled, and flickering and flashing.
> Quake 3 is exactly the same. Haven't installed anything else yet.
>
> The weird thing is, if I proceed to the actual game, and run it, my gun is
> in perfect view, whilst the surrounding areas are garbled and flashing.

Your header wins "the most porn-related graphics card header of the year award".

 

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On 6 Apr 2004 17:20:35 -0700, superxml@yahoo.com (Dark Avenger) wrote:

>"Evil Uncle Chris" <chris.macnamara@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:<JSBcc.109$6f1.98@newsfe3-win.server.ntli.net>...
>> Help needed please!
>>
>> Just done a fresh install of XP home and installed my Ti 4200 card, which
>> was working great until now, on a new Jetway motherboard, P4 2.2.
>>
>> When I start up UT 2004, the menus are all garbled, even the Nvidia spinning
>> logo thing at the start of the game is garbled, and flickering and flashing.
>> Quake 3 is exactly the same. Haven't installed anything else yet.
>>
>> The weird thing is, if I proceed to the actual game, and run it, my gun is
>> in perfect view, whilst the surrounding areas are garbled and flashing.
>>
>> I have tried the 56.72 drivers, and went back to 53.something and it's the
>> same.
>>
>> So, has this happened to anyone else, and is there an easy fix, as I really
>> want to get going again.
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>>
>>
>> Chris
>
>Try 4x.x series...
>
>The 5x series have proven themself INCOMPATIBLE with the GF4 series!

Untrue. Although reports on graphics performance indicate that the new

drivers give minimal performance boost to GF4 series. The extra bells
and whistles are rather nice however.

Any problems experienced with the upgrade from 4x.xx to 5x.xx are
usually due to junk left over from the old drivers.

Use Driver Cleaner to remove the junk and re-install your
choice of driver.

Next time go to VGA mode (XP) or Safe Mode (XP or win9x)
and uninstall the old driver, then reboot BEFORE installing the
new driver. Create a System Restore point before the operation
in case of any 'accidents'.

John Lewis

 

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Dark Avenger <superxml@yahoo.com> wrote:

> The 5x series have proven themself INCOMPATIBLE with the GF4 series!

Read the Release Notes PDF at
http://download.nvidia.com/Windows/56.72/ForceWare_Release_55_Graphics_Drivers_Release_Notes_v56.72.pdf -
there are a number fixes for GF4MX and GF4Ti series cards (and even the
GF2Ti series!). And the 56.72 drivers are running great on my Ti4200 (AGP 4x
model). All the games I'm playing are running great. I also don't overclock
my cards. The drivers are not proven incompatible - they just appear to be
incompatible for some people, possibly because they are clocking their cards
to the limits or beyond, or they have other drivers/hardware that is causing
stability issues. Ever since I got rid of my Creative sound card I've not
had a single BSoD, and looking at a lot of posts from people with problems a
large proportion seem to have Audigy or other CL cards.

Dan

 

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"Dark Avenger" <superxml@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:8c060a4f.0404061620.6c1d562@posting.google.com...
> "Evil Uncle Chris" <chris.macnamara@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:<JSBcc.109$6f1.98@newsfe3-win.server.ntli.net>...
> > Help needed please!
> >
> > Just done a fresh install of XP home and installed my Ti 4200 card,
which
> > was working great until now, on a new Jetway motherboard, P4 2.2.
> >
> > When I start up UT 2004, the menus are all garbled, even the Nvidia
spinning
> > logo thing at the start of the game is garbled, and flickering and
flashing.
> > Quake 3 is exactly the same. Haven't installed anything else yet.
> >
> > The weird thing is, if I proceed to the actual game, and run it, my gun
is
> > in perfect view, whilst the surrounding areas are garbled and flashing.
> >
> > I have tried the 56.72 drivers, and went back to 53.something and it's
the
> > same.
> >
> > So, has this happened to anyone else, and is there an easy fix, as I
really
> > want to get going again.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> >
> >
> > Chris
>
> Try 4x.x series...
>
> The 5x series have proven themself INCOMPATIBLE with the GF4 series!

This just isn't true, i've kept up to date with all the driver upgrades on
my LeakTek Ti4200 and with the current 56.72 drivers, things continue to run
just fine.

 

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> >
> > The weird thing is, if I proceed to the actual game, and run it, my gun
is
> > in perfect view, whilst the surrounding areas are garbled and flashing.
>
> Your header wins "the most porn-related graphics card header of the year
award".

Thanks for the award. Gotta be best at something I suppose. Tried all of the
above suggestions, and still the same.

I know nothing about motherboards, and how to change drivers, but it has a
VIA chipset, whatever that does, so could that be anything to do with it?

Or is the graphics card just buggered?

Hope not, as it's less than six months old, but I suppose, still under
warranty.


Thanks for all of the suggestions so far



Chris

 

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On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 16:08:50 +0100, "Evil Uncle Chris"
<chris.macnamara@ntlworld.com> wrote:

>> >
>> > The weird thing is, if I proceed to the actual game, and run it, my gun
>is
>> > in perfect view, whilst the surrounding areas are garbled and flashing.
>>
>> Your header wins "the most porn-related graphics card header of the year
>award".
>
>Thanks for the award. Gotta be best at something I suppose. Tried all of the
>above suggestions, and still the same.
>
>I know nothing about motherboards, and how to change drivers, but it has a
>VIA chipset, whatever that does, so could that be anything to do with it?
>

The Via MB chipset is a well-known source of AGP problems.

Have you downloaded and installed the latest MB driver from your
motherboard website ?

And if your MB is no longer supported, think hard about dumping it
and going with a nForce2.

John Lewis

>Or is the graphics card just buggered?
>
>Hope not, as it's less than six months old, but I suppose, still under
>warranty.
>
>
>Thanks for all of the suggestions so far
>
>
>
>Chris
>
>

 

[Torr]

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> Try 4x.x series...
>
> The 5x series have proven themself INCOMPATIBLE with the GF4 series!

I have no problems here with drivers 53.03 or 56.64 on gf4mx440 , gf3ti200
or gf4ti200 in 3 different comps. all benchmarks and games perform equally
as well as the 4x.x version drivers .

Blainer, what version of direct x r u running ?

torr

 

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"torr" <torr7@iprimus.com> wrote in message
news:4073f9a4_1@news.iprimus.com.au...
> > Try 4x.x series...
> >
> > The 5x series have proven themself INCOMPATIBLE with the GF4 series!
>
> I have no problems here with drivers 53.03 or 56.64 on gf4mx440 , gf3ti200
> or gf4ti200 in 3 different comps. all benchmarks and games perform equally
> as well as the 4x.x version drivers .
>
> Blainer, what version of direct x r u running ?
>
> torr

I'm running 9b, but I wasn't the one with the problem. I just haven't
updated drivers to the 5x series, because I've had no problems at all with
the ones I'm running now.