Damaged WinFast 6600GT?

[M'ichal]

Hi,

I was playing some NFS:Most Wanted today and the game froze (screen went black). So I reboot, everything is fine, I launch the game and artifacts appear all over the screen. The desktop and Windows is fine, but whenever I launch a game (any) now there are artifacts. I can still see the graphics, but there are colorful pixels, kinda like the snow that you get with bad TV reception.

The card was at 530/1050Mhz (stock is 500/1000) so not a big overclock and I've been using it extensively at 570/1150 before and it was fine.

I dusted the thing cause it was clogged but the artifacts are still there.
If anyone ever saw something like this I'd be glad to hear comments. Is the card damaged? Or is there something I can try/do to fix it?

Thanks a bunch.

Michal

 

[M'ichal]

Anyone?

 

[superkdogg]

Try underclocking it, especially the memory. If that doesn't work, uninstall and re-install drivers. If neither works, it's likely that she blew up. Give it to your mom as a functional 2D card.