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aku
Apr 10th, 2005, 07:19 PM
Hi,
Firstly, I've never played around with my video's cards settings or even came close to overclocking it. It's a 9800 pro 128mb. While playing World of Warcraft, my screen begins to flicker and then gradually my monitor turns on and off and then it just locks. Then I get this error or the game comes back for a moment or two and locks up.

http://www.neowin.net/forum/uploads/post-39909-1112336383.jpg

Is my video card gonna fry or has it fried? What is this?
Thanks.

nsd
Apr 10th, 2005, 07:47 PM
You definitely need to put up more details. Like what you got in the system - cpu mobo ram, what OS you're running, what other problems you're experiencing, etc.

bluetroll
Apr 10th, 2005, 10:18 PM
i think it's time for a new vid card....

nsd
Apr 10th, 2005, 10:29 PM
It could also be RAM. Or PSU. Or or or ...

Carnage
Apr 10th, 2005, 10:38 PM
i think it's time for a new vid card....

That's not probably the case.

It could very well be a driver issue. Or more likely could just be a case of overheating.

How's your temps while playing the game?

Majinvegeta
Apr 10th, 2005, 10:49 PM
I agree wit Carnage, cuz he does mention that it happens during hes playing that game.

Try playing different games or something, and i do too think that maybe it is because of overheat, so check your temps using a program like MBM5 :D.

aku
Apr 11th, 2005, 08:27 AM
I searched and people said to use AGP 4x and disable fast write, its been working.