GFX problems, hardware related?

[Cirandi]

the last few days i've been getting really weird GFX errors, and it's only getting worse.

Anyone know what it is?


I've got a fairly good comp, P¤ 2,8 GHz, radeon 9700, 1 GB ram which i've had for a while, but never seen anything like this before.

At first i thought the card was running hot, so i took it out, and sure, it was a bit dusty so i used compressed air to blow away the dirt. This didn't help at all unfortunately

I'd be thankful if anyone could help out, or at least help me understand what the problem might be.

Tried reinstalling GFX drivers too ofc but that didn't do anything either.

 

[Cirandi]

And this is what daoc looks like atm:

So you can clearly see it's an emergency

 

[Roteca]

sure you havent overclocked the card and it migth have gotten damaged by overheating ? sure looks like that atleast..

 

[Cirandi]

No i haven't overclocked it, but i think it's fried anyway, yeah... About time to get a new card anyway Geforce 7800 ftw meights!!1!

Seriously, i'm gonna buy a new card tomorrow, i'm convinced it's hardware-related so i don't have much choice

 

[Boni]

sure you havent overclocked the card and it migth have gotten damaged by overheating ? sure looks like that atleast..

if it isnt that then its def video card divers, not much else can cause visual artifacts like that.

95+% of visual artifacts are caused by video card drivers...

 

[Coolan]

bit of a waste of money buying a 7800 isnt it, considering there all pci-e and your bored would be a agp one.

 

[Ballard]

Check the power inputs to your card and the AGP voltage in your bios settings (should be about 1.7v for a 9700 not the common mobo default of 1.5v). Lack of power can cause graphics cards to play up alot. Also are you using the latest ATI drivers? Personally I would switch to the omega drivers before scuttling the card. If neither of these work it is like your graphics card has a fault.

 

[Kari]

Had very similar corruption with a faulty ram stick - try taking one out at a time & see if it clears up?

Worth a go to be sure.

 

[yurithegreat]

the last few days i've been getting really weird GFX errors, and it's only getting worse.

Anyone know what it is?


I've got a fairly good comp, P¤ 2,8 GHz, radeon 9700, 1 GB ram which i've had for a while, but never seen anything like this before.

At first i thought the card was running hot, so i took it out, and sure, it was a bit dusty so i used compressed air to blow away the dirt. This didn't help at all unfortunately

I'd be thankful if anyone could help out, or at least help me understand what the problem might be.

Tried reinstalling GFX drivers too ofc but that didn't do anything either.

you got an onboard graphics card running aswell by any chance??
my m8 had a similar problem and found one to be conflicting the other
it would run perfectly fine on the net etc until he ran a game then tried browsing the web at which point the graphics went all over his screen
running games was ok aslong as u rebooted the system
running 2 games 1 after the other in the 2nd game the graphics looked horrid
getting 2-3 images of the characters and scenary