Computer Update
January 14, 2008
I’ve tried everything possible from: updating drivers, uninstalling drivers, putting in 2 new video cards, different makes and models, checked the power, fans, uninstalled my wireless card which I no longer use, uninstalled and reinstalled Warcraft, and took it in to the computer store who did a full diagnostic of the machine.
Nothing.
What is occurring on the computer is what my friend called a rendering issue. I remember this happening sometimes when I played DAOC. Though when I changed out the video card everything was well. This time, nothing seemed to change the glitching in game.
My friend said that it’s probably an issue that’s deeper than I thought and it just may be time for a new computer. Though the idea of a new computer is awesome I really wasn’t expecting to get one now.
I’ve toyed with getting a mac or PC for a while and though I love my G4 laptop, PC is the winner. Why a PC over a mac?
- For what I want, PC is a little more affordable
- I get a discount through work
- I have my Windows XP CDs still (Vista scares me)
I spent time yesterday and today looking at Dell gaming machines. I found one that I really, really like. I’m waiting to hear back from my co-worker about the kind of discount I can get on it because I would like to order it before the end of the week.
As for now, I can still play WoW on my G4, but barely. I can’t raid more than a 5 man instance or do any kind of PvP without horrible lag. Capital cities also kills me too. At least it’s enough to get my “fix.”
Hey there, when did this start happening to you? Do you have any other screenshots? I’ve been having this same trouble (I think) since the last patch. Streaks, lag, graphics not loading (e.g., all the text is whited out). The visuals are fixed if I Alt-Tab away and back again, but nothing helps the lag. It happens no matter which server I’ve logged onto. I’ve also tried the driver thing, the disk cleanup, etc. It can’t be that ALL of our graphics cards have gone bad at the same time. I have 2MB of RAM and 2MB of video RAM (I have a Dell XPS) so I can’t possibly see how I could be running out of memory. I’m going to post some screenshots on my own blog to see if there are others having the same issue.
I’ll have to hook my old video card back up but I will try to post some screen shots. Everything else I do on my computer is fine, just WoW acts up.
It sounds like what you are describing is what is happening to me too. My problem started happening at the beginning of December probably. That’s when my friend told me to update my drivers. When I did everything was fine.
It wasn’t until about 2 weeks ago everything started happening again but worse. My PC is maybe 2-3 years old. 1GB of RAM and my video card is a NVIDA 6600+ GT. plus plenty of Memory as well. Which is why it surprises me that this issue is still occurring after I took it into the computer shop and they said everything they tested passed just fine.
Something is wrong I just can’t figure out what. T_T