Hello, i just bought a new gfx card (Verto geforce fx 5700le Optima). With hopes it would be better than my old one. Upon installation, i find that when running games on stock drivers, i get distortion. Blocks and colors, shapes and lines, stuff that should not be there. You cant make out the game. I have updated drivers, chipset. I have used new drivers, old drivers, beta drivers, I still get the same thing. I have called PNY about this they say to try it on another PC and see if the ram is bad. I do not have this luxury. Please help me. PC stats as follows.
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OS Information:
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OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional|C:\WINDOWS|\Device\Harddisk0\Partition1
Service Pack 0.0
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS


Processor:
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Current Clock Speed 1833
Description x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 1
Manufacturer AuthenticAMD
Name AMD Sempron(TM) 2600+


Memory (RAM):
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Bank Label
Capacity 536870912

Total Memory Deteced in Hardware: ~512 MB
Memory Reported to Operating System: 512MB

Disk Drives:
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Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model Maxtor 4D040H2
Media Type Fixed hard disk media
Size 40978344960 (~38 GB)
Number of Partitions 1

Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model WDC AC33100H
Media Type Fixed hard disk media
Size 3166765056 (~3 GB)
Number of Partitions 1


Installed Printers:
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Motherboard:
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Manufacturer ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Model
Name Base Board
Part Number
Product A7V8X-X
Serial Number xxxxxxxxxxx
Version REV 1.xx


BIOS:
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Manufacturer Award Software, Inc.
Name Award Modular BIOS v6.0
Release Date 20040722******.******+***
Version ASUS - 42302e31


Monitor:
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Description Plug and Play Monitor
Name Plug and Play Monitor
Screen Height 600
Screen Width 800


Keyboard:
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Description USB Human Interface Device


Pointing Device:
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Manufacturer Microsoft
Name Microsoft PS/2 Mouse


Sound Card:
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Manufacturer Analog Devices, Inc.
Description SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio
Device ID PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3059&SUBSYS_80A11043&REV_50\3&61AAA01&0&8D


Video Card:
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Adapter Compatibility NVIDIA
Adapter RAM 134217728
Description NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700LE
Installed Display Drivers nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.5664
Driver Date 3/3/2004 3:29:00 PM
Video Mode Description 800 x 600 x 4294967296 colors


DirectX Installation:
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Version 6.03.01.0146


Modem:
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Network Adapters:
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Description VIA Compatable Fast Ethernet Adapter - Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description RAS Async Adapter
Description Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description WAN Miniport (L2TP)
Description WAN Miniport (PPTP)
Description WAN Miniport (PPPOE)
Description Direct Parallel
Description WAN Miniport (IP)
Description Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description Linksys Wireless-B USB Network Adapter v2.8 - Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description Packet Scheduler Miniport

External Ports:
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External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator USB1
External Reference Designator USB2
External Reference Designator USB3
External Reference Designator USB4
External Reference Designator USB5
External Reference Designator USB6
External Reference Designator PS/2 Keyboard
External Reference Designator PS/2 Mouse
External Reference Designator Parallel Port
External Reference Designator Serial Port 1
External Reference Designator Serial Port 2
External Reference Designator Joystick Port
External Reference Designator MIDI Port
External Reference Designator Line In Jack
External Reference Designator LAN-00112F2BAE992

Expansion Slots:
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Slot Designation PCI 1
Slot Designation PCI 2
Slot Designation PCI 3
Slot Designation PCI 4
Slot Designation PCI 5
Slot Designation PCI 6
Slot Designation AGP
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GeForce FX 5700le?? Return it to the store and use the refund to buy a 9800Pro. The 5700le is a butchered version of the 5700, which still doesn't compare to the 9800Pro.

No offense, but you bought a crappy card. Did you read the Graphics card buyers guide BEFORE you bought it??



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I appreciate the post, but that does not help my problem. I DID read the buyers guide first, and I DID know this card was crappy. However what i did miss when going over the buyers guide WAS that this card doesnt work at all. Although i do recall buyers guide saying nothing good about n e card besides the 9600pro, 9800pro, and most of the $400+ cards. All i use my gfx for is FFXI, It runs fine in crap resolution, and slight lag in max res/textures. i just wanted a cheap fix for this around $100-$150. However, this will not happen, so I WILL take it back and suffer ugly resolution for the rest of my miserable life!

for your price range get a radeon 9600 pro or xt. the 9800pro isn't much more, but it runs hotter and uses more power, gives you twice the performance too though

georgebee has a good point...you should be able to get the 9600XT 128MB version for around the same price you paid for the 5700LE, and the 9600XT is a really nice card.

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