I has video problem :/Follow

When playing certain games (FFXI using windower, Oblivion, NWN, probably more) my screen freaks out and produces rectangles of some colors on my screen. The games are still playable, but not enjoyable, unfortunately. The problem started about a week ago, after I installed Oblivion. I was creating my character and my computer decided to restart itself, since them I've had the troubles. I'm fairly certain my computer isn't overheating, it's been shut down pretty often these days and my room is far from toasty normally. I tried re-installing both my drivers and direct x and so far, nothing.

My stats are:
Nvidia GeForce 6600GT (93.71 drivers)
DirectX 9.0c
AMD 64 3200+ (2.4g)
1GB RAM

Pictures:
Neverwinter Nights
FFXI

As always, my thanks in advance.


Edit: Just looked into normal FFXI. It looks screwy in both window and normal mode, difference is that in normal FFXI the UI is fine.

Edited, May 17th 2007 10:36am by RhondaTheSly

Yeah, mostly built. All parts came together minus the graphic and sound cards(audigy 2). Of course, I had to upgrade the power supply after I got those, so now I'm using an Antec truepower 430w. The computer came running with Windows Media Center edition, I've been updated to SP2 for a while now.


The exact date is May 6, 2007. A little over a week ago. Cutting it close to two weeks ago, actually.

As far as how it happened, I can't really go into more detail as there are no more real details. I had just finished installing Oblivion and was playing my freshly installed software when my PC just flicked over to the boot up screen. Yup, suddenly my computer was restarting. I started up normally and everything is running smoothly but my graphic card.

Don't say that... You sure know how to make someone's wallet cry! :/


I jest, I jest. Thanks, nLOD. I'll go pick up something soon, I probably have warrantee on this though. Gotta love warrantee. Even just the word sounds kinda cool.

Odd rectangles amy be a hardware issue. an nvidia 6600 should not display those under normal circumastances. Try running the directx rd tests and see if they work.