NX6600GT screen dots, poor video performance

Hi everyone,
I just purchased a new computer from AVAdirect.com, a customized version of one of their high performance gaming systems. It is an SLI system with 2 NX6600GT-TD128E cards.
I'm having some major problems with it. I get random pixels appearing on forms, dialogues, the desktop, etc and all over any videos I try to play. I even had on video lock up and made the entire screen a garbled mess until I closed the video. I haven't tried any games on it yet.
I've tried installing the latest forceware drivers, and many of the older ones, with no success.
Right now I do not have SLI enabled, so I'm only using one of the cards.
This is what happens if I drag a window:
Notice the dots on the left side of the popup:
Other computer information:
MICROSTAR, 2 x NX6600GT-TD128E, GeForce™ 6600 GT, PCI x16 SLI, 128MB GDDR3, DVI, TV-out, Retail
AMD, Athlon™ 64 3500+ Processor 2.2GHz, 512KB L2 cache, 90nm, Socket 939, Retail
ASUS, A8N-SLI, nForce4, DDR400 2ch/4GB, PCIe x16 SLI, SATA RAID 10, Audio, Gb LAN, FW, Retail
DDR400, 2GB (4 x 512MB) DDR PC3200 400MHz SDRAM 184-pin DIMM, Non-ECC
WESTERN DIGITAL, 250GB, SATA HDD, 7200-RPM, 8MB cache
CREATIVE, Sound Blaster Audigy 2
Any ideas?
Thanks very much in advance.
Adam

Quote from: zerodot02 on 06-September-05, 08:22:34
I extended the desktop into the other video card, then made it my primary desktop. So far I haven't seen any problems with this one - though at the moment I can't see the computer booting up since it defaults to the first card
So at this point I guess it is likely a bad card. I'll have to call avadirect and get a replacement..
Thanks for the help.
Adam
I would have switched them around, but I guess doing what you tried works somewhat also. That way you could have been more sure that the other card was truly bad before sending it back. I hope the card your sending back is bad and everything works out...your welcome....let us know.....and good luck!

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I bought 2 iPhone 4S models on the first day. One for my wife and one for me. The strange thing was that mine would kill the battery in 4-6 hours and ran VERY WARM to the touch. My wife's phone worked great. It was cold to the touch. She would forget to charge it at night... and the battery performance was great... even better than our prior 3GS models.
What was the difference? I have my phone connected to Exchange for my corporate email. But exchange is not exactly the problem. The issue is in Notification Center. For some reason, I had hundreds of calendar reminders that kept refreshing on notification center. Furthermore, the reminders would flicker between the time remaining and the start time for the event at such a fast rate that it could not be read... (clearly a bug)
What is the solution? Go to Settings>Notifications>Calendar and disable Notification Center. You can still have the "alert style" set to Banners, or Alerts and you will still receive notices about your events, but it will not BUILD a summary in the Notification Center drop down screen. This is where the BUG exists. [Oddly, this does not affect my iPad 2, but is an issue for iOS 5 on the iPhone (different builds, maybe?)]
So, it appears that Notification Center has an endless loop in collecting the calendar events from Exchange and this is burning up our 4S batteries. Once you stop the madness from Notification Center, your iPhone 4S will perform as advertised.
Enjoy!
Tim

TimothyW wrote:
iPhone 4S Poor Battery Performance SOLVED!!
I found the issue with the iPhone 4S battery performance.
I bought 2 iPhone 4S models on the first day. One for my wife and one for me. The strange thing was that mine would kill the battery in 4-6 hours and ran VERY WARM to the touch. My wife's phone worked great. It was cold to the touch. She would forget to charge it at night... and the battery performance was great... even better than our prior 3GS models.
What was the difference? I have my phone connected to Exchange for my corporate email. But exchange is not exactly the problem. The issue is in Notification Center. For some reason, I had hundreds of calendar reminders that kept refreshing on notification center. Furthermore, the reminders would flicker between the time remaining and the start time for the event at such a fast rate that it could not be read... (clearly a bug)
What is the solution? Go to Settings>Notifications>Calendar and disable Notification Center. You can still have the "alert style" set to Banners, or Alerts and you will still receive notices about your events, but it will not BUILD a summary in the Notification Center drop down screen. This is where the BUG exists. [Oddly, this does not affect my iPad 2, but is an issue for iOS 5 on the iPhone (different builds, maybe?)]
So, it appears that Notification Center has an endless loop in collecting the calendar events from Exchange and this is burning up our 4S batteries. Once you stop the madness from Notification Center, your iPhone 4S will perform as advertised.
Enjoy!
Tim
Check this out. They are stumpped:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/oct/28/iphone-4s-battery-apple-enginee rs

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Dear all,
We have been provided with a number of .mpg files from a
client and we have streamed then into Flash, using the usual
settings. When streamed however, the resulting video is of a poorer
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Just wondering if anyone had any ideas - we are probably
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First, check that your Easy Setup / Timeline / Camera or Deck Settings are all exactly the same, then making sure your camera or deck is in VTR mode, try to capture again.
FCP uses a different form of QT than iMovie for capturing, so if the camera works in iMovie (or if it's listed in System Profiler) but not FCP, it obviously means your Mac can see the VTR but FCP can't, so you need to do this QuickTime fix.
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Still not working? Try a different Firewire cable.
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Don't use iMovie for capturing - it doesn't give you a timecode and that's very important.
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Hi,
My video streaming on apps like FoxNow and SyFy keeps freezing and often quits to the home section.
The WiFi signal is strong and yet it can only play a few minutes before it freezes again.
Streaming is just fine on my MacBook Air from individual TV sites - Hulu, Fox, etc.
The apps for Fox, The CW and SyFy are the worst while NBC and HBO playback just fine.
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Hello mikeswitzer. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
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I suggest downloading a copy of iStumbler. Use iStumbler's Inspector feature (select Edit > Inspector from iStumbler's menu) to determine the Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) at different points around your house, by performing a simple RF site survey. Within the Inspector, note the values for "signal" & "noise" at these locations. Start with your MacBook near the Time Capsule (TC), note the readings, and then, go to the location where you currently have the Mac Mini.
SNR is the signal level (in dBm) minus the noise level (in dBm). For example, a signal level of -53dBm measured near an access point and typical noise level of -90dBm yields a SNR of 37dB, a healthy value for wireless LANs.
The SNR, as measured from the MacBook, decreases as the range to the base station increases because of applicable free space loss. Also an increase in RF interference from microwave ovens and cordless phones, which increases the noise level, also decreases SNR.
SNR Guideline
o 40dB+ SNR = Excellent signal
o 25dB to 40dB SNR = Very good signal
o 15dB to 25dB SNR = Low signal
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o 5dB to 10dB SNR = No signal
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