Why are my textures doing this?

This texture problem keeps happening in Unreal Tournament 3, Oblivion, and Fallout 3 so far, but it's extremely annoying. The games will briefly freeze and then when the game unfreezes these texture issues will occur. Anybody know why this might be happening? I've already updated both my audio and video drivers to the latest ones. I've also checked both my gpu temperatures and my cpu temperatures and they are fine. Finally I tried changing the games to run on only a single processor, and that did nothing either. I post this basically out of desperation for an answer to this problem. Anyone had this issue before? The thing is, it's not happening with any of my other games including Dragon Age, Dirt, and Crysis (which were all on max). Here's my dxdiag info:

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System Information
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Time of this report: 9/5/2010, 19:30:24
Machine name: ADAM-DB78CC17B0
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.100427-1636)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: MSI
System Model: MS-7578
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 550 Processor, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~3.1GHz
Memory: 3328MB RAM
Page File: 540MB used, 4670MB available
Windows Dir: H:WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit Unicode

What video card and power supply do you have?

Download the driver for your video card? Maybe its could fix ur problem.

It's a 500 Watt power supply

My graphics card is a Geforce GTX 275 (drivers fully updated)

Like i said, what's really odd is it's not doing it with Crysis, Pure, Dragon Age, Dirt, or WoW.

It's a 500 Watt power supply

My graphics card is a Geforce GTX 275 (drivers fully updated)

Like i said, what's really odd is it's not doing it with Crysis, Pure, Dragon Age, Dirt, or WoW.

StSk8ter29

My 12v readings under the load of Dragon Age said Value 11.70V, Minimum 11.35V, Maximum 11.88V.

Aside from potential overheating and power problems, the final possibility is that your card is permanently damaged, specifically the VRAM. In fact, it's very likely that your problem is not caused by heat or power, since you were able to play fine in Crysis.

Try to use your GPU in another computer if possible, or put another GPU into your current computer. If the problem disappears then you may at least isolate the problem to your GPU, and if the other solutions suggested do not work out, RAM your card. Bad VRAM tends to affect the textures in only in some games at first(in my personal experience, Mass Effect at first), then as the problem advances it starts to affect more games(e.g. Dirt 2), while all the time Crysis remained interestingly unaffected.

I've seen all too many people with similar problems who ended up having to RMA their GPU after upgrading the PSU in vain these past few months on this forum.

ADD: For reference, I solved my problem(with a HD5870) by RMAing it, then adding a second HD5870 without upgrading the power supply. My setup has been working fine since then, and I'm staying much more cautious with the cards' memory clock.

Thanks, I'll try that. I actually just got an error saying Nv4_disp display driver has stopped working normally after crashing from UT3. Which doesn't make sense to me since everything's updated.

Thanks, I'll try that. I actually just got an error saying Nv4_disp display driver has stopped working normally after crashing from UT3. Which doesn't make sense to me since everything's updated.

StSk8ter29

alright, i'll check the graphics card first then try the other stuff and post my results here

Just got finished sending out an RMA for my graphics card. After I tested the VRAM it was discovered that there were many consistency errors that existed on the card (permanent damage). My card is under a three year warranty so hopefully when I get it back my system will be fine again.

Just got finished sending out an RMA for my graphics card. After I tested the VRAM it was discovered that there were many consistency errors that existed on the card (permanent damage). My card is under a three year warranty so hopefully when I get it back my system will be fine again.

StSk8ter29

was it a bfg? if so you need to rma it to pny.. even then all you will be getting is a 25% off voucher for a new pny brand card.

No it was a Sparkle Computer graphics card. They said they will send me a graphics card of equal or better performance based on availability of an exact replacement.

No it was a Sparkle Computer graphics card. They said they will send me a graphics card of equal or better performance based on availability of an exact replacement.

StSk8ter29