7600GS Artifacts

[Yellowhello]

I agree with Justin, I new PSU will probably solve your problems. I have a Silverstone PSU, and I love it, so I second the Silverstone recommendation. Also, this is a good choice as well: PC Power and Cooling make some GREAT PSU's and I bet you'll be fully satisfied with it.

[Pandora]

Originally Posted by fps justin

that would be your problem. I bet the moment you get a new PSU, your problems will be over. Having a poor quality PSU is not a very wise decision. You can get something cheap, like the fortron sparkle 350watt or the ANTEC earthwatts 380watt psu. Or the silverstone elements/strider 500watt etc. There are many good choices. They all cost $40+ though.

Thanks right I will have a look for a new psu

[fps justin]

Antec earthwatts EA430 ATX12V v2.0 430W Power Supply
430watt antec earthwatts. $70 but comes with a $30 MIR to bring the final price down to 40 bucks.

[Pandora]

hello, right folks I needs some your recommendations for a uk based website that is reliable for I need a new psu 350w

with the dimentions of

Width 12.5cm
Height 7.7cm

since I am having trouble finding one and I do not want to spend an arm and a leg getting either so I await your suggestions

thanks pandora

[Pandora]

Hi people

I just thought I would let you know that I have replaced my psu with a new atx micro psu 300w. However I am sad to say that I am still having this problem with texturing tearing in games like medal of honor pacific assault and gta san andreas. I have tried installing the latest drivers including those that came on the cd and they don't work, at the moment I have 163.71_forceware_winxp_32bit_international_whql installed and I have tried, 91.33_forceware_winxp2k_english and 95.97_forceware_winxp2k_quadroplex_english. Surfices to say I am completely fustrated I welcome your solutions also I have via_hyperionpro_v513a installed as well and that also did not fix the problem. I do not get this graphical problems with doom3 or rome total war both games obviously needing highly detailed graphics and textures. I look forward to hearing from you.

[screwballl]

I would try uninstalling then reinstalling the games to see if that helps. If it still continues, I would check into a program called memtest86 and let that run overnight while you sleep.
If that checks out then you likely need a new video card.
If it fails then the problem is caused by bad memory.
If it continues even after the memory replacement then you definitely have a bad video card.
One option is to step into a GT or GTS video card as the GS is the low end budget card.
I am not sure what reliable online sales stores there are in the UK but I found these, not sure what your budget would be:

Amazon.co.uk: XFX GeForce 7900GS 256MB AGP DDR3...
Amazon.co.uk: XFX GeForce 7900GS 256MB AGP DDR3...

Amazon.co.uk: XFX 7600GT, 560M AGP, 256MB DDR3...
Amazon.co.uk: XFX 7600GT, 560M AGP, 256MB DDR3...

Amazon.co.uk: Xpertvision 256MB GeForce 7600GT...
Amazon.co.uk: Xpertvision 256MB GeForce 7600GT...

Another suggestion to go to ATI based card, this is the US based newegg but it is the same card as I suggest which is very reasonably priced for a great performing card
Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE 100209L Radeon X1950GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 AGP 8X HDCP Ready Video Card - Retail