i think i broke my graphics card..

[mr_anderson]

so yesterday i was playing runescape(lol) and watching vids at the same time and my computer shut itself down saying error.. or something anyway when it restarted the screen was like.. zoomed in and when i scroll up and down web pages its really choppy, then i tried to play runescape and this came up "Error_game_caps_vesa - Graphics card does not have minimum required features or driver needs updating. RuneScape was unable to start because your graphics driver reported as the default Microsoft driver." can anyone help :|

 

[scooter]

so yesterday i was playing runescape(lol) and watching vids at the same time and my computer shut itself down saying error.. or something anyway when it restarted the screen was like.. zoomed in and when i scroll up and down web pages its really choppy, then i tried to play runescape and this came up "Error_game_caps_vesa - Graphics card does not have minimum required features or driver needs updating. RuneScape was unable to start because your graphics driver reported as the default Microsoft driver." can anyone help :|

Driver update..

try that first but it may be card is crappin out.

 

[Jerrick]

Id go and first reinstall the latest drivers for your card.

 

[jdbennet]

yeah reinstall your video drivers
and turn the resoultion up

 

[mr_anderson]

im a complete noob when it comes to these sort of things.. could someone walk me through it please?

 

[Jerrick]

Can you tell us what card you have in there now?

 

[mr_anderson]

nVidia 8500GT 512MB Graphic Card, SLi Support, DVI/VGA/S-Video output i think

 

[m0nk3ys1ms]

http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

 

[StrangleHold]

http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

Just pick your card and OS. Download it and install and see if it fixes your problem.

 

[mr_anderson]

what do i put in product type and product series?

 

[m0nk3ys1ms]

Geforce.
Geforce 8 Series.

 

[mr_anderson]

ok as i was installing it this popped up

 

[m0nk3ys1ms]

Click continue anyway.

 

[scooter]

Agreed!

It's microsoft's internal nanny disagreeing with you..

Click ok...install the driver.

 

[mr_anderson]

YES! ITS FIXED! thanks everyone

 

[m0nk3ys1ms]

Glad to help.

 

[scooter]

Glad to help.

I didnt do much but offer support but a problem solved is a problem solved...