SP2 Messing up Geforce fx 5700 ultra

[JSKILL]

I was just forced to download sp2 due to windows intelligence...and now my graphics card is going crazy...i get random lines in games but they run its jus messing up. I do have latest drivers. Any ideas

[Tex]

Double check it didnt upgrade your drivers to another version or reinstall the drivers again yourself.

Tex

[JSKILL]

Uninstalled drivers....used detonator reinstalled newest nvidia ones....still had problem.....uninstalled and detonated again, installed omega drivers....still had problems.

[lemonlime]

That is an odd problem. I would do a google for an application called 'driver cleaner'. It is designed to completely remove all traces of nvidia/ati display drivers. Once completely removed, you can give the latest nvidia drivers a try again.

You may also want to reinstall Directx9.

The timing in which this occured leads me to believe it is not a hardware issue, but it is still possible. A full windows may be a worst case scenario, but that is never fun.

[JSKILL]

Ok i ran the Driver Cleaner program and i followed all the steps of removing nvidia drivers and completely got rid of them then reinstalled the newest nvidia drivers. Still had a problem. Ran the Direct X 9 program and it jus searches for updates and says nothing needed. Any new ideas, lol.

[lemonlime]

Do these odd lines etc occur in all games or just in some games? If you have a second PC, you may wish to throw your vidcard in there to ensure it's not a hardware issue (although the timing of the issue indicated a software issue).

Also, what are your system specs? If you have an nForce based mainboard, you may also want to try to install the latest chipset/platform drivers.

Worst case scenario, I would format and reinstall windows. But definatly try your card out in another PC to determine if it is a hardware issue before you start reinstalling windows.

[JSKILL]

Well this has happened the past three times i have upgraded to sp2...each time before i would just restore to before i put on sp2, and then i would continue and i would try this again when nvidia had new drivers. I just could never get sp2 and my vid card to like each other....sp1 was workin fine until windows decided for me that i needed their amazing sp2. I had been told something about flashing bios on my card for some update...any ideas on that one. My board is a soyo kt880 i have a amd 3000+ 512 crucial ram,

This problem ONLY occurs in games. Every other instance i have no problem with vid card