Graphics Messed In COD2

Hey, ive been playing cod2 for quite some time now and today i started playing once more a couple minutes ago. Everything loaded up fine but once i got to the game there was squares missing and all these weird lines. After i closed cod2 is was on my desktop as well....i then ran quake 4 and it was perfect and fixed my dekstop, so im guessing the problem has to do with cod2.

Artifacts my friend, your videocard is overheating, also try updating your drivers

overheating ? because im playing on everything max graphics?

Also this is after 2 hours of not playing, i changed the one setting in cod2 and it ran perfectly from there..

O i just discovered it only does this when my settings are all on EXTRA...it happens before i even get into the game, so it cannot be a overheating issue.



Edit: Now i just played BF2 and i got artifacts as well....i touched my video card, seemed hot but i could keep my hand on it forever without getting burnt. Im guessing it could possible be the new BIOS i installed..its a BETA 1.08 or somthing. Is there anyway to dowgrade my BIOS?

bump

Download ATI Tool and tell us what your Temp(s) are.

It was around 60-65 degrees when it did this.

a beta bios version? not the best version to use, could u downgrade to the nearest?


Edit: whoops, didn't read the whole post, sorry

when you were justing posting? or playing? if it is when you are just on the internet then that seems a bit hot..

i think your card is overheating too. ( well, the Ram on the card )

have you overclocked it?