Posts by Mattguy

just got my laptop back, actually a week ago but i was out of town for thanksgiving. they ended up replacing the motherboard (this is m/b number 3 for me now) and installing the newest bios, hope i don't go through this one in a matter...

more or less, yeah... make sure your fans aren't cloged with dust (not usually a problem unless you reside in a farming area like me :-P) beyond that its fairly normal, mins does, my roomates does and so did my 8890 i had before

you shouldn't accept that... most people get away with overclocking about 100 mhz, i used to without any problems whatsoever for hours on end and never saw a single artifact or glitch

read my post, right below or above yours... from your screenshots and description i can tell it that same exact thing i went through, reformating and all that jazz will do nothing, i tried. Its purely hardware, i dunno how it happens...

after installing a fresh copy of windows and only enough drivers to try out running something 3d it was the same result, shiped the laptop out yesterday

got both the old and new bios today... and no success. wander what fried it, i never overclocked this one or anything, might try reinstalling windows just in case it might be software, but i have an rma # and looks like this is getting...

a little update... loosened skrews underneath keyboard (another post on board) didn't help. playing with directX diag when i do the direct 3d test the directx cube is spinning at about 100 miles per hour, i don't remember that being...

no... its not ruined, i have not overclocked for months and have ran many 3d games, i only ever over clocked for far cry... blah blah blah... and actually i have had the gpu replaced once already... and i don't believe this one has...

yes, by default clocking i mean 405/270... and i have tried sagers drivers and omega's, no difference whatsoever... i can't seem to be able to role back to bios either using a .o8 bios adam posted a long time ago... so frustrating,...

i have run far cry on this notebook for hours with the graphics card overclocked to hell and back (around 500/310) with no artifacting whatsoever. i now can't run ANY 3d game without artifacting at default clocking... something clearly...