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Old 13-December-06, 11:34 PM   #1 (permalink)
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dunno WTF is going on with my friggin display. I cant play games.

Someone help! LoL
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Old 13-December-06, 11:36 PM   #2 (permalink)
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yes, it could be overheating. try cleaning the heastink.
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Old 14-December-06, 02:38 AM   #3 (permalink)
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I agree with coweater58, you'll probably need a can of compressed air and a rag.

You might want to replace the thermal interface material (gunk between the heatsink and the GPU) with some Arctic Silver after cleaning the GPU and heatsink with some rubbing alcohol.
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Old 14-December-06, 04:44 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Does that happen right after you turn on the pc,or after an extended time ?

Hibiki offered good advice .
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Old 14-December-06, 01:07 PM   #5 (permalink)
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This is a brand new video card.

I had trouble with my old graphics card so I bought a new one, same problem.

Do you think something happened to my mobo?
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Old 14-December-06, 01:46 PM   #6 (permalink)
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it could posibly be your mobo, asin if you have clocked your cpu but have not kept the pci-e at 100mhz, ect. or it could just be that your system is lacking in power, try running your machine @ stock speeds and see if it persists
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Old 14-December-06, 03:32 PM   #7 (permalink)
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It might also be the lack of airflow getting to it. Try cleaning out your case and making sure you've got air flowing through.

Also what components do you have in your system? It could be that you're power supply can't handle the load comfortably.
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Old 14-December-06, 03:34 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Looks like:

Fualty card.

Or.

Not enough power.

Doesnt look like it's overheating.
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Old 14-December-06, 11:14 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Ive had my PSU for years! How can I test to see if its a power failure?

The CPU is at default speeds.
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Old 23-December-06, 02:26 PM   #10 (permalink)
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what rating is your PSU , as capacitor ageing is apromimatly 10% per 12 months
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Old 26-December-06, 10:57 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Could you specify the card brand and model and what version of video drivers you are using?

What happens when you try playing with lower resolution settings?

That does not look like overheating (at least not on a nVidia card).
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