Graphic Card Blues
My graphic card is getting pretty annoying these days. It’s an NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS, so it’s supposed to be quite decent… Take a look at these screenshots:
I look like I got stabbed right through!
The Hurricane Tour board has funny texture.
Um, my car doesn’t really look that aerodynamic…
Suddenly some weird-looking boards appear right in front of me. Bad…
According to my investigation, the cause of the distortion is overheating of the graphic card… The funny thing is that it overheats at just over 60 degrees Celsius. And each of the screenshots were taken before I’ve played for even an hour! I think at the worst (i.e. hot days), it was down to just 5 minutes before the distortion appears. Second Life seems to be the one most affected, as the distortion can appear at as soon as 30 seconds after I started it.
Time to draft an email to complain and claim the warranty…