Severe graphics issue

[Rhys Gardiner]

I have much the same problem in rFactor. When I drive around, there's huge black "curtains" all over the track which I can just drive through, and there are skewed textures all over the place. Is there a way to solve this?

 

[Rhys Gardiner]

Bump... can anyone help? It's a bit urgent...

 

[Michael Herrmann]

hmm without wanting to worry you but could be your GFX board be broken can you post a pic of what it looks ??

 

[Jamie R]

Is it the same with all games? Because that could be a broken graphics card there, sorry to say. :S

 

[Rhys Gardiner]

hmm without wanting to worry you but could be your GFX board be broken can you post a pic of what it looks ??

You can find pictures of what it looks like in rFactor here:

 

[Jamie R]

That looks like a graphics card on it's way out to me...

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Yes indeed, the last time I had such an issue my GFX caught so much dust it was almost unrecognizable

 

[Michael Herrmann]

yes that looks like the GPU or the gfxRams on the board are giving up sorry to have no better to say
and i highly think that is not what you wanted to hear :/

Bram why you talking about dust.. that remembers me to do the monthly clean up on my hardware

 

[Rhys Gardiner]

yes that looks like the GPU or the gfxRams on the board are giving up sorry to have no better to say
and i highly think that is not what you wanted to hear :/

You're right, it isn't... :rose-dead:

So does this mean that it's truly stuffed? Or judging from what Bram said, should I just open up the PC and give it a good clean?

 

[James Johnson]

You're right, it isn't... :rose-dead:

So does this mean that it's truly stuffed? Or judging from what Bram said, should I just open up the PC and give it a good clean?

Clean the dust out and give it another go. If it doesnt work after that you might wanna think of getting a new GPU.

 

[Rhys Gardiner]

It works fine in rF now... thanks James.

Just in time to be too late for an event though... ah well.

 

[Rhys Gardiner]

Okay... mayday, mayday...

The problem is gone in rF, but it's still there in RACE On. I gave the PC a blow to get the dust out, so there shouldn't be a problem... any ideas? I have an event tomorrow that I can't miss.

 

[Rhys Gardiner]

Whoah, hallelujah - it's righted itself. I just restarted Steam... someone must be watching over me...

 

[Michael Herrmann]

you are lucky mate keep it cleaned on a regular basis every 1 or 2 month cuz who knows if the card will survive a 2nd heat strike