Hi… I’m a gamer… and as a gamer, i need openGL to play most games, but, when i try to run any games, the requires OpenGL.
It works fine for a few minuttes, if it’s not a very big game,
I have NVIDIA geForce FX 5600 gfx card. and it worked fine the first couple of months, nothing wrong ever happend, but then 1 time when i was playing… my hole Screen froze, but the music kept playing for a while, then it started to “studder” or repeat it self too… then, silence, and the screen unfroze again, so did the music…
but now the screen/game that requires OpenGL, is filled up with small squers (dont know how to explain it better) like in CS i can see trough walls at some places because of the squers…
And the only way i can reset the openGL thingy to be normal, is by restarting my comp…
I’m just wondering if any of you could help me with that, It’s very annoying, cause i can’t play any of the new games that’s coming out…
download the latest drivers for the card at nvidia.com, this could help to clear up a few problems.
the problem is probably caused by overheating so if you can, increase the airflow in your computer somehow, perhaps by adding a extra fan or checking if there are any dust or whatever in there obstructing the airflow.
Perhaps open a window if the ambient temerature inside is to high.
The little squares are memory coruption artifacts, if that happens there are no alternatives to rebooting.
Perhaps open a window if the ambient temerature inside is to high.
I’m just laughing my a** off. Never expected to read something like this at opengl.org…
But by the way: I “enjoyed” those problems when I overclocked my ol’ GeForce3. Are you sure your card is working like it should?
This happened to me a few days ago. Get a benchmark program and check your processor and graphics card performance. Clean out your computer with compressed air (or a straw if you’re cheap) and run it again. My games run smooth now and there are no problems.
thx for all the tips… I didn’t know, well i had a feeling, but i didn’t know this wasn’t a openGL problem, cause, it only happens to openGL games, But I’m glad for you r taking the time, helping me anyways …