Technology Graphics card problem or something...

[Jokerman]

Installed a new graphics card cause the old one was failing. Now letters in bolded black have a greenish look. Like "This," even in white I see some green in there. What to do?

 

[Cown]

What GFX did you install? and what drivers are you using with it? Either you are using drivers that dont work properly with your GFX or you got a faulty card...

 

[bigmack]

when u first turn on the computer,u know the screen u first see where it tells you your memory and shit,well does that have green in it? or does it look perfect?

and tell us what card and model it is

 

[Jokerman]

I'm using the drivers that came with the new card. No, the startup screen doesn't have green in it, so I know it's the card and not the monitor. I'm not going to be playing games on here, so I just wanted something that does an adequate job at everything else. It's a basic card: GeForce FX 5500 AGP 8X.

I didn't, however, uninstall my old drivers. But if that was interfering in some way, I would think it would be a major thing, and this is not. Now, I don't know where to look for the old drivers to uninstall them, just in case that's causing the problem. When I go to Add/Remove I just see the new drivers. Any idea where to find the old ones? Have Windows XP Professional (bootleg, of course.)

 

[Kryogenikz]

that sounds like the problem 2 me.........definetely have to uninstall the old drivers from the old gfx card

 

[bigmack]

that sounds like the problem 2 me.........definetely have to uninstall the old drivers from the old gfx card

not really. the old ones are disabled. they will no interfere

joker dude, the GeForce FX 5500 is the chip on the card,but whats the brand of the card? 3d fuzion? BFG???

 

[Jokerman]

whats the brand of the card? 3d fuzion? BFG???

PNY Technologies

 

[bigmack]

First,download the latest version of DirectX and install it.You might have to restart the computer

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...FA-0E3C-4837-AFC0-6C67DCAA54BF&displaylang=en

then,go here,download the latest drivers.The drivers that come on the CD are usually very old and poor.You also have to restart after you install them

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_81.95.html


If this doesnt work,then it might be a refresh rate problem which I can help you with.

 

[Jokerman]

First,download the latest version of DirectX and install it.You might have to restart the computer

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...FA-0E3C-4837-AFC0-6C67DCAA54BF&displaylang=en

then,go here,download the latest drivers.The drivers that come on the CD are usually very old and poor.You also have to restart after you install them

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_81.95.html

Couldn't download the updated drivers because it's a slow download and it keeps resetting on me. But I uninstalled the drivers, then deleted the files for the old drivers, downloaded the latest version of DirectX, installed it, then installed the new drivers from the disc again. Nothing changed. So the next thing I'll have to try is to download the new drivers somehow and try that.

I don't think it's the refresh rate. 60 hertz.

 

[bigmack]

i upped the drivers for you to yoursendit,should be a fast download

http://s12.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=17YC9UZ5A27BQ3N112Y8HR0LXC

 

[tennis_dog]

i was gonna update my drivers too for my video card, but for some reason, there's been no update since last year...


i think the company i have is SiS or something??? never heard of them, but i think that's what i got.....i went to their site, and the last update was a while ago, which i remember updating back then....tell me if im doing something wrong or something

 

[bigmack]

^you're not doing anything wrong, SiS sucks ass,i think all their vga adapters are built in the motherboards

the card jokerman has, has updated drivers december 9th 05

 

[tennis_dog]

so what does being in the motherboard mean?? i cant change it?

 

[bigmack]

^its fused into the motherboard,you cant take it out. BUT, you can disable it from the bios and buy a new card,that will work.So you can get a new card

 

[tennis_dog]

ah ok, thought i was fucked on that one....


oh, and if i were to buy one, im really looking fora 256 one...i just want one that'll last me a long time, and it doesnt look like there's anything better than a 256


but im looking on bestbuy.com and there's one for about 300 and another for just over 100....what's the difference and which should i get?

 

[bigmack]

^tell me what they each are

 

[tennis_dog]

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...t&productCategoryId=cat01151&id=1082519264724

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...t&productCategoryId=cat01151&id=1093468042165

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...t&productCategoryId=cat01151&id=1093468042109
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...t&productCategoryId=cat01151&id=1093468058401