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    Video Card Issues

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by boeingguy1, May 30, 2009.

  1. boeingguy1

    boeingguy1 Notebook Guru

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    Hi All,

    I've been having several games (BF2, L4D) stutter and even freeze up, sometimes for a few seconds, others minutes and some I need to completely close out. Can this be a video card issue? Sometimes after it fixes itself, a popup says the driver failed and it had to restart itself.

    I'm using 185.20 from LV2GO, and my stats are in my signature. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
     
    boeingguy1, May 30, 2009
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  2. Ghold

    Ghold Notebook Evangelist

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    Try some different drivers?
     
    Ghold, May 30, 2009
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  3. MrDJ

    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    ^^as said,try Nvidia drivers HERE
     
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  4. -L1GHTGAM3R-

    -L1GHTGAM3R- Notebook Deity

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    well your video card is known to have heating issues and failure problems it might be that your card is overheating and down clocking itself......when is the last time you cleaned the vents........you may need to re apply thermal paste.....do u have a notebook cooler? Experiment with different Graphic drivers first....or it can be a video card issue and it may start to fail soon do u still have warranty on it..... :eek:
     
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