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Riggswolfe
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on: October 25, 2006, 02:00:30 PM
I get a checkerboard pattern every 5-10 minutes while playing. I have to hard reboot my computer. Sometimes it even turns off the monitor and I can still hear the game going. I have a 6800gt NVidia card and have noticed others around the net also seem to have this issue. Have any of you experienced this and successfully fixed it?
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Reply #1 on: October 25, 2006, 03:21:06 PM
I know CiV IV was a monster resource hog. Do you have a way to monitor heat? That was my first thought. Also, do the driver update thing (in case you haven't yet) just to be sure.
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ahoythematey
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Reply #2 on: October 25, 2006, 03:37:36 PM
Same.  Fucking.  Problem.

Apparently Civ4 and the 6800gt do not mix.  At all.  Sucks for us, I guess.

It is beyond upsetting because the game is awesome for the five minutes it lets me play.

I've yet to actually find an actual fix on the web, though last time I looked was about two months ago.
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Reply #3 on: October 25, 2006, 07:54:39 PM
Riggswolfe
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Reply #4 on: October 26, 2006, 06:21:56 AM
I haven't tried underclocking but I am seriously considering it. I'm a little nervous to do so to be honest. I've done the rest of that to some extent. I even upgraded my motherboard chipset drivers. The best I got was about 15 minutes of play once.

This is why I play more console games than PC games these days.
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Riggswolfe
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Reply #5 on: October 26, 2006, 05:30:03 PM
Underclocking seems to have worked. I played a short game from start to finish and my biggest issue was hitches during the Wonder movies towards the end of the game.
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