Problems with new graphics card

heatherw_01

Just got a second hand graphics card from eBay. Gigabyte Nvidia 6600GT

I loaded 3DMark and played the demo and tests. The demo started playing and then all the graphics started breaking up.

Could this be the card?

I uninstalled old drivers and reinstalled and still have this problem.

On the Sims 2 it was worse than with my old card. It goes into a neighbourhood and then locks up or kind of loops.

I never had this with my old card, I upgraded for faster gaming.

I would love to know if I should put these problems down to the card or not.

T4i

oh dear.

Do you still have your old graphics card you could try again? When the graphics lockup do you get a sound-loop? Meaning the sound that is playing at that time gets stuck in a never ending loop until you turn off.

mr_fishbulb

Does the graphics card have a fan on it? Is it working?

Do you know the wattage rating of your PSU inside your machine?

GreenNotM

has the card been over clocked have a look with riva riva tuner http://www.guru3d.com/rivatuner/

heatherw_01

It is passivley cooled so no fan.

I can't use the same cdmark software to test it as it doesn't support my old card.

I have a shuttle SN41G2 with silent X 250w power supply.

The demo that plays plays all the way through but everything breaks up now and again. With the Sims 2, it loads the neighbourhood and goes really slow or just flashes the screen. I altered all settings to low in the game and still too slow.

heatherw_01

GreenNotM wrote:

has the card been over clocked have a look with riva riva tuner http://www.guru3d.com/rivatuner/

I have never overclocked it just installed new drivers.

T4i

Your PSU is weak. Really weak.

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p.s - I didnt know they did a 6600GT passive cooled

heatherw_01

But that is all I can have for this shuttle? I don't want to alter that.

heatherw_01

I saw people on Sudihan forum with a similar setup though.

Specifications of card:

# Powered by NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT VPU
# Supports AGP 8X and 8 pipelines
# Microsoft DirectX 9.0C and OpenGL 1.5 support
# Integrated with 128MB GDDR3 memory and 128-bit memory interface
# Features DVI-I / D-sub / TV-OUT
# Supports HDTV function and HDTV cable enclosed
# Unique Silent-Pipe design


Technical: Chipset NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT+HSI
Core Clock 500 MHz
Mem Clock 1120 MHz
Memory 128 MB
Memory Bus 128 bit
Memory Type DDRIII 8Mx32
PCB Form ATX
BUS AGP 8X
D-SUB Y
TV-OUT Y
DVI Port Y (DVI-I)
VIVO Yes
MultiView Y

T4i

Saying that, other people with 250w shuttle PSU's are saying they run 6800GT's and above....

heatherw_01

That's what I thought. The max psu I could possibly get would be a 300w anyway.

I just don't know why it all breaks up and the Sims 2 is super slow.