Weird Graphics Card Behaviour

binatonekiller · 27-04-2006, 12:55 PM

Hi there,

anybody got any ideas??

i disabled my integrated graphics and installed a Radeon Sapphire X550 256MB graphics card.

At the highest resolution, photos, text, etc look great.....but when i play any windows media player or real player videos off websites......all i can see is colour???.....i can see a person's outline but its as if the saturation setting was turned right up....its just a mish mash of bright colours.

Messing about in control panel i found out that i can watch these videos perfectly BUT only if i set my screen resolution to 256 colours.
It can be set to anything....800x600....or the highest setting ....but i can only watch stuff in media player if display is set at 256 colours.

This of course makes everything else look like crap.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
George

Big B · 27-04-2006, 04:54 PM

Have you installed the latest drivers for your video card and uninstalled the ones that were for the on-board stuff?

Karanislove · 27-04-2006, 10:50 PM

look at the specifications of your graphics card~!

27-04-2006, 12:55 PM	#1 (permalink) Top
binatonekiller Geek Trainee Join Date: Apr 2006 Gender: Posts: 5 Status: Offline	Weird Graphics Card Behaviour Hi there, anybody got any ideas?? i disabled my integrated graphics and installed a Radeon Sapphire X550 256MB graphics card. At the highest resolution, photos, text, etc look great.....but when i play any windows media player or real player videos off websites......all i can see is colour???.....i can see a person's outline but its as if the saturation setting was turned right up....its just a mish mash of bright colours. Messing about in control panel i found out that i can watch these videos perfectly BUT only if i set my screen resolution to 256 colours. It can be set to anything....800x600....or the highest setting ....but i can only watch stuff in media player if display is set at 256 colours. This of course makes everything else look like crap. Any ideas? Thanks, George

27-04-2006, 04:54 PM	#2 (permalink) Top
Big B HWF Godfather Join Date: Dec 2001 Age: 28 Male Posts: 9,636 Times Helpful: 585 My Mood: Devilish Status: Offline My Computer	Have you installed the latest drivers for your video card and uninstalled the ones that were for the on-board stuff? __________________ Hardware Forums\|HWF Rules\|My DVD's\|PSU FAQ\|HWF Folding Team\|2CPU

27-04-2006, 10:50 PM	#3 (permalink) Top
Karanislove It's D Grav80 Of Luv Join Date: Jan 2006 Age: 23 Male Posts: 3,460 Times Helpful: 160 My Mood: Cool Status: Offline My Computer	look at the specifications of your graphics card~! __________________ __________________________________________________ ___ Troubleshoot a Dead/Unbootable PC / Microsoft Events Viewer Troubleshoot Printer / Most Common Home Audio Problems_

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