Help, Something wrong, maybe videocard?

[Isaacav2]

When I turn my computer on, all I get are a buncha blocks and everything is messed-up on screen while POSTing. When I get into Windows, the monitor screen just goes black. I tried using my spare monitor and I get the same blocky crap to black.

One day everything was fine, I was trying out Red Orchestra then red stuff went all over my screen then blam, my screen gets nothing but this blocky mess before eventually going black.

The P.C. seems to be running just fine, I just cant tell if its the Videocard that crapped out on me or what. Any ideas? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[MrE]

Sorry man, but thats exactly what it is. When the Video ram has bad DRAM cells, then you will get currupt data on screen. Its essentially GIGO (Garbage In Garbage Out) so your display is only outputing the defects. What video card is it?

-E

Edit: Nevermind. In your Sig it says 6800GT. I feel your loss....

 

[alphanumeric]

From what you said I would also suspect the video card as being bad. My Voodoo 5500 started putting artifacts up on the screen just before it failed completely to a black screen.

 

[Isaacav2]

Yeah, thanks for the help guys. I realized that it was my videocard when I noticed the loud buzzing noise wasn't on anymore, putting two on two together I think I broke a fan, eitherway I think it is my videocard.

Where was the thread that listed all the videocards? That should be a sticky. Anyways.... Given the rig in my sig, what videocard do you think would balance my system out the most? a 6800Ultra? maybe x850?