Re: jagged edges!!!

From: <> (837_at_online.net)
Date: 03/29/04 

Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 17:28:23 -0500

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"killerwills" <killer.wills@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:AA974EC4-C73F-43C5-8758-57201A41FF9A@microsoft.com...
>I system crashed while I was playing a game, and I was left with a 'black
>screen'. I had to turn the power off to get my computer on again, as I was
>unable to return to my desktop. When my computer restarted it ran a
>file/folder check to make sure my computer wasn't poorly. As it was 2
>o'clock in the morning and I was slightly under the influence of alcohol I
>wasn't able to read the message that came up when it had finished its
>check. It told me there was a problem with one of my folders, told me
>something about it being 'truncated', and also gave me a Y/N option. I
>can't remember which file was damaged, but it was definatly from
>'Prefetch'.
> The only adverse effect I have noticed since this occured is a problem
> with the graphics in my games. I've noticed jagged lines where there
> werent any before. All my textures and everything seem ok, i'm not
> struggling in the frame rate department, but where, for example, light
> and dark objects are next to each other, the edges where they meet have
> jagged, horrible edges where previously they blended seamlessly.
>
> MY machine specs:-Windows xp
> -athalon xp2400+ (2.01 Ghz)
> -512mb RAM
> -NVDIA GeForce FX5200 (128mb)
>
> I've reinstalled the (NVIDIA) driver that was installed when the crash
> occured, and also tried the latest driver available.
> If anyone out there can help me it would me much appreciated. I havn't got
> a restore disc from my machines manufaturer and I've tried everything I
> can think of to try to resolve this issue.

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