My other comp is artifacting badly in 2d windows. I get random dots, then stripes, and other flashing artifacts randomly, but sometimes it doesn't happen. At first I suspected overheating but I tried it with the case cover off, checked the fan is spinning, but it was still artifacting. However, it doesn't always artifact, sometimes it can be hours before it starts artifacting but other times it artifacts on boot up. I've noticed that it hasn't artifacted in safe mode yet, wtf?
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Artifacting in 2d
- Thread starter Eagle156
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It's the card. My card recently went bad in a similar but worse manner. It started by locking up a game I was playing, then after rebooting a couple of times, it started showing dots at the BIOS screen and streaks when the Windows splashscreen came up. Eventually it would not boot into windows at all. However it *would* work in safe mode. After removing the drivers, it would boot into normal mode. Every time I tried to reinstall drivers (multiple versions, using DC in between) it would crash as soon as the drivers tried to engage the hardware. This was running an umodified stock heatsink at stock speeds and the fan was working fine.
Bottom line - card went blooey. I suspect you are going the saem way. Hope you have a good warranty.
Bottom line - card went blooey. I suspect you are going the saem way. Hope you have a good warranty.