screen ripple?

plmbob · September 24th, 2007

I just upgraded my graphics card from a XFX8500 to a sweet EVGA superclocked 8800 GTS and it kicks some serious butt. I am however experiencing a I guess I would call it a ripple on screen occassionally when the desktop or simple windows are open. It doesn't happen when I'm playing (Oblivion for now) that I can tell. My thoughts turn to power, but not sure.

screwballl · September 24th, 2007

do you have a CRT? are there any speakers or desk fans near it?
If it is LCD then it is liekly that over the card... check over the settings like Vertical Sync and such.

plmbob · September 24th, 2007

It's LCD

**simple_inhibition** · September 24th, 2007

whats your refresh rate set to?

Nikolai · September 25th, 2007

You know whats weird ... when im eating something like a sandwich .. and am standing about 25 feet away from a CRT, then the screen ripples when im chewing on my food ... much be something with my eyes ....
im sure this wont help solve your problem but it might be cool for you to give it a try.... dont look down on me !

Quakindude · September 25th, 2007

I've never really liked Rosewill PSU's and AFAIK, their reputation as a budget PSU maker that uses budget parts still stands. If you continue to have issues after checking things like current drivers and the other things pointed out here, a PSU issue may be present. Can you give us the exact model number for that PSU?

plmbob · September 25th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quakindude

I've never really liked Rosewill PSU's and AFAIK, their reputation as a budget PSU maker that uses budget parts still stands. If you continue to have issues after checking things like current drivers and the other things pointed out here, a PSU issue may be present. Can you give us the exact model number for that PSU?

Rosewill RP500-2. I had planned to upgrade the power and graphics at the same time in the future, but the 512MB 8500 graphics card I bought at the initial build just wasn't doing it for me. As far as drivers go I got the one for 64 bit vista from EVGA's website this weekend when I installed the 8800 card.

**Capper** · September 25th, 2007

I would definitely consider upgrading that PSU

Quakindude · September 25th, 2007

Here's one hell of a nice deal.

Antec NeoHE 550W for $59 after MIR.

Hmmm, I just got through reading the customer reviews. Typically, I try not to judge most components from these relies as half the folks are so lost, they have no idea what they're talking about. But this has a lot of negative feedback.

I have a Neo2 HE 550W here that went through a tornado, traveled three yards over for crying out loud, and it still works great. I have a 450W draw on it right now and no issues or low voltage.

halutzparilla · September 25th, 2007

i'll have to oppose to you Quak, i have two build that resulted from that specific Antec NeoHE 550W, it cost me a lot of money with the RMA proccess, it fryed those two build of mine, it have some sort of fluctuation in supplying power to components which i suspect the loose molex modular connections in two of my build, i just stopped with RMA process after a couple of exchange, this happened precisely after 3-4 months of use... although, the newer Neo2 i havnt have experience with, i've been using Antec Trio Power 500W for the past 9-10 months without a hitch, with the other build we are using SmartPower 2.0 450Watts that came with Sonata II....

September 24th, 2007	#1
plmbob please be gentle, I'm new Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 45	screen ripple? I just upgraded my graphics card from a XFX8500 to a sweet EVGA superclocked 8800 GTS and it kicks some serious butt. I am however experiencing a I guess I would call it a ripple on screen occassionally when the desktop or simple windows are open. It doesn't happen when I'm playing (Oblivion for now) that I can tell. My thoughts turn to power, but not sure. New rig: Antec900 case Rosewill 500W PSU MSI P6N platinum 650i sli mobo Q6600 processor 6GB Corsair xms DDR2 800 RAM EVGA 8800GTS superclocked 320 MB GPU 160GB Maxtor hdd 250GB Maxtor hdd 750GB Seagate hdd Lite-on DVD burner windows vista home premium 64bit Samsung 20" widescreen LCD

September 24th, 2007	#2
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,279 Blog Entries: 6	Re: screen ripple? do you have a CRT? are there any speakers or desk fans near it? If it is LCD then it is liekly that over the card... check over the settings like Vertical Sync and such. Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.

September 24th, 2007	#3
plmbob please be gentle, I'm new Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 45	Re: screen ripple? It's LCD New rig: Antec900 case Rosewill 500W PSU MSI P6N platinum 650i sli mobo Q6600 processor 6GB Corsair xms DDR2 800 RAM EVGA 8800GTS superclocked 320 MB GPU 160GB Maxtor hdd 250GB Maxtor hdd 750GB Seagate hdd Lite-on DVD burner windows vista home premium 64bit Samsung 20" widescreen LCD

September 24th, 2007	#4
simple_inhibition socket 939 junkie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In front of my pc in Ft Bragg XD Posts: 1,437 Blog Entries: 1	Re: screen ripple? whats your refresh rate set to? Q6600 @ 3.6ghz (400x9 @ 1.408v) Gigabyte X38-DQ6 2x2GB G-Skill DDR2 1000 @ DDR2 1066 5-5-5-15 2T 2.1v Visiontek HD4870 Seagate 7200.11 500GB 32MB Cache HDD Razer Barracuda AC1 Silverstone DA750 Samsung Dual Layer DVD Burner Lian Li G70WB Thermochill PA120.3\|Swiftech Storm Rev.2\|Swiftech MCP 655

September 25th, 2007	#5
Nikolai I hate my dell pc Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 44	Re: screen ripple? You know whats weird ... when im eating something like a sandwich .. and am standing about 25 feet away from a CRT, then the screen ripples when im chewing on my food ... much be something with my eyes .... im sure this wont help solve your problem but it might be cool for you to give it a try.... dont look down on me ! Planning to Build the following for my web design / photoshop work Core 2 Quad Q6600 Gigabyte P35-DS3R 4gb (4x1gb) Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2-1066 3 X 500gb Seagate 7200.10 SATA NCQ Samsung 18x Dual Layer DVD w/Lightscribe Gigabyte HD2400XT Graphics Card Zalman CNPS9700 Logitech DiNovo Laser Desktop Harman Kardon SoundSticks II 2.1 Corsair HX620W Power Supply Antec 1200 Case Primary Monitor:Samsung XL30 Secondary Monitor: Samsung Syncmaster 940N

September 25th, 2007	#6
Quakindude I'm Diggin it! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Fort Rucker, AL. Posts: 2,737 Blog Entries: 7	Re: screen ripple? I've never really liked Rosewill PSU's and AFAIK, their reputation as a budget PSU maker that uses budget parts still stands. If you continue to have issues after checking things like current drivers and the other things pointed out here, a PSU issue may be present. Can you give us the exact model number for that PSU? Q6600@ 3.2GHz w/ CNPS9700 \| EVGA 780i \| 2Gb Corsair DDR2-800 \| EVGA GTX 280 1Gb Video \| 1x WD 640Gb HDD, 2x Seagate 400Gb HDD, 1x250Gb WD \| 2x Samsung SH-203B Opticals \| Antec 900 \| ABS/Tagan BZ700 700W PSU

September 25th, 2007	#8
Capper I'm Evil Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 5,675 Blog Entries: 6	Re: screen ripple? I would definitely consider upgrading that PSU INTEL QX9650 ASUS P5E3 Premium 4GB DDR3-1600 Sapphire HD 3870X2 Danger Den Tower-26 (Custom W/C) 5 x Seagate 250GB HDD in RAID5 BFG ES 800W PSU

September 25th, 2007	#9
Quakindude I'm Diggin it! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Fort Rucker, AL. Posts: 2,737 Blog Entries: 7	Re: screen ripple? Here's one hell of a nice deal. Antec NeoHE 550W for $59 after MIR. Hmmm, I just got through reading the customer reviews. Typically, I try not to judge most components from these relies as half the folks are so lost, they have no idea what they're talking about. But this has a lot of negative feedback. I have a Neo2 HE 550W here that went through a tornado, traveled three yards over for crying out loud, and it still works great. I have a 450W draw on it right now and no issues or low voltage. Q6600@ 3.2GHz w/ CNPS9700 \| EVGA 780i \| 2Gb Corsair DDR2-800 \| EVGA GTX 280 1Gb Video \| 1x WD 640Gb HDD, 2x Seagate 400Gb HDD, 1x250Gb WD \| 2x Samsung SH-203B Opticals \| Antec 900 \| ABS/Tagan BZ700 700W PSU Last edited by Quakindude; September 25th, 2007 at 18:28.

September 25th, 2007	#10
halutzparilla ako the pinoy Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: by the beach Posts: 1,694	Re: screen ripple? i'll have to oppose to you Quak, i have two build that resulted from that specific Antec NeoHE 550W, it cost me a lot of money with the RMA proccess, it fryed those two build of mine, it have some sort of fluctuation in supplying power to components which i suspect the loose molex modular connections in two of my build, i just stopped with RMA process after a couple of exchange, this happened precisely after 3-4 months of use... although, the newer Neo2 i havnt have experience with, i've been using Antec Trio Power 500W for the past 9-10 months without a hitch, with the other build we are using SmartPower 2.0 450Watts that came with Sonata II.... Abit IP35-E C2D E6750 G0 @ 2.66ghz [TR Ultra120EX] EVAG 8800GTS [TR HR03] Corsair [2gbDual@800] 820GB HDD[120/200/500] Antec TP 550W Silverstone Temjin 09 Saitek Eclipse1 & Razer DeathAdder Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit

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