Video Display Problems

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murphykieran
Hmm. Can anyone offer advice for the following problem:

Video on my computer keeps skipping. DVDs are watchable but every second or so there's a tiny skip and the picture kind of stalls and jumps a fraction of a second. The sound is fine and stays in sync with the video. It happens with any of the DVD player software I use (Windows Media Player, PowerDVD, InterActual)

However, it's not just with DVDs. It happens with some downloaded video or stuff captured off camcorder. Sometimes it's okay, sometimes the video is jumpy.

I've downloaded and installed the latest nVidia drivers and reinstalled DirectX and got the latest video codec package from Microsoft.

Could it be a video card problem? I upgraded to a new video card a month ago but only noticed the problem a week or two ago. It's a GeForce FX 5600XT. I would have thought that getting the latest drivers would solve any potential problems.

My system is a 1.3Ghz P4 w/ 512Mb and I'm running Windows XP.


KM.
 
It might be a monitor problem. Sometimes the inputs on monitors start to fail after they age a while, but I don't know what kind of monitor you got, nor what year it was created.
 
toyomatt84
It might be a monitor problem. Sometimes the inputs on monitors start to fail after they age a while, but I don't know what kind of monitor you got, nor what year it was created.
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It's a Gateway EV700. It came with the PC so it's about 3.5 yrs old. The display is knackered in the sense that it's gone kind blurry.

It doesn't seem to be just a video playback problem. I've tried a few games and I have the same problems with them while playing.


KM.
 
Can you borrow someone else's monitor to test and see if that's the problem? Because if it is, CRT's can be bought fairly cheap at certain online shops.
 
toyomatt84
Can you borrow someone else's monitor to test and see if that's the problem? Because if it is, CRT's can be bought fairly cheap at certain online shops.
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Never thought of that. I've an ancient old PC here in the house. I can hook up its monitor to the newer and try it.


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