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PiratSS
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OK, now I am really pissed. I finally got my GeForce 4(late 1 month!) and guess what? ARTIFACTS!!!

Can you say ARTIFACTS? A-R-TIIIIFACCTSS!! I can't blv this and the guy who I bought it from(ebay) doesn't want to refund!

Jesus christ, first it's the 512 ram which wasn't supported by my mobo (had to divide it in 2 sticks with a chainsaw)

Buy why! Artifacts, anyone know how to fix this?

Did I mention that it's always me who gets leftovers?

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Mattman
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Posted: 7th Jan 2004 03:46
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huh? what 'artifacts'?

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Ian T
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Posted: 7th Jan 2004 03:49
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Uh, new drivers? Properly remove your old ones with Detonator Destroyer first.

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PiratSS
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Posted: 7th Jan 2004 03:51 Edited at: 7th Jan 2004 03:53
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Seriously are you kidding me? HAHAHA

I get artifacts at my boot up screen!

P.S: artifacts is junk on your screen which you can't wipe with anything.

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indi
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Posted: 7th Jan 2004 04:10
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did you try different drivers.
No can help you when you dont supply information so Its kinda the story of your life huh.
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PiratSS
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Posted: 7th Jan 2004 04:33
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yea, I tried the latest drivers off their website, same problem woohoo!

Btw, speaking to the guy right now, what should I tell him?

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Pincho Paxton
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You tell him it's knackered! Artifacts is not such a good word, try garbage!

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John H
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Posted: 7th Jan 2004 04:52
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Tell him you want your money back or you will

A) Give him negative feedback
B) Contact eBay on FRAUD for selling you something that doesnt work and refusing to refund or negotiate.



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Ian T
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Posted: 7th Jan 2004 05:07
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Umm, it's not fraud if hardly anything has been looked into. Chances are it's just some incompatibility with his motherboard!

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UnderLord
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Posted: 7th Jan 2004 06:57
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is it PCI or AGP? if its AGP make sure you have AGP 2.0 slots if not go track down upgrades for your motherboards AGP slots if its PCI then that says it all....

MX46 motherboard 1.7ghz 785mb's DDR ram gforce 4 mx440 se 64mb ddr dual vga gfx card with onboard lan/sound/graphics works great...sometimes
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Dave J
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Posted: 7th Jan 2004 08:45
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Are there even PCI-slot GeForce 4's? I'm not sure that they exist.


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OSX Using Happy Dude
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Posted: 7th Jan 2004 13:50
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Try remove the anti-aliasing settings as well; use the latest nVidia drivers; and make sure DX is up to date.


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Ronaldaveo
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Posted: 7th Jan 2004 18:08 Edited at: 7th Jan 2004 18:09
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Sometimes aftifacts occur from broken or overheated video memory, could be a possibility.

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the_winch
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Posted: 7th Jan 2004 18:21 Edited at: 7th Jan 2004 18:22
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Make sure the card is clean, if there is anything slightly conductive on the card it can cause those sort of problems. If it's covered in greasy finger prints clean them off. It also might be worth taking the headsink off if it comes off easily and check the compound hasn't been overapplied and remove any excess that is on the pcb.
Use some sort of solvent to clean it.

Also there could be crap in the socket causing problems, use a hover or clean compressed air to clean that.

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UnderLord
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Posted: 7th Jan 2004 18:59
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There are such a thing a geforce 4 PCI cards my Gefroce 4 mx 440SE is backwards compatibil on PCI/AGP and 4x/2x

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