Hello I am not sure if I should replace my graphic card?

Question

I was playing Skyrim for a while ago and it just friezed, the screen went pitch black and the only thing to do was to unplug the computer with was really bad, now I can't play any game without the screen going pitch black and the sound repeats it self over and over, The games I have tried is WOW, Lotro and SWTOR, plus Bioshock 2, Crysis 2 and Skyrim. I am not sure if the graphic Card got severly damaged (it's a gee force 220 Nvidia) or if it something else, when I check problem reports it says something wrong with my graphic machine, plus it says windows driver foundation host process has stopped working. Anyone that has/had the same issue? Sorry for the bad english

Answer 1

sorry to break it to you, yet that may not precisely a extreme end laptop. The processor is stable, yet each little thing else particularly isn't. The photos card is previous, and that i will enable you recognize appropriate now won't play la Noire. I certainly have a GTX 560 Ti, i could no longer enable you recognize for particular, even however that's have been given a lot greater capacity than a Radeon HD4250, and that i ought to overclock that card to play the pastime on finished settings. the component approximately that pastime, is which you fairly p.c. it on finished settings. that's a type of video games the place you do no longer p.c. to lack in high quality. i'd propose getting, possibly a clean GTX 660, or 670. Or once you're a Radeon guy, i'd circulate with some thing interior the extreme 7,000's. i can't enable you recognize what card you may get, till i understand your capacity furnish wattage.

Answer 2

Boot into VGA mode,and reload the latest drivers.

Answer 3

I would first go to the manufacturer of your graphics card, find the one you have and download the latest driver, load it reboot and try again.