Strange problem with 8800GT

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TS28

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Hey, all. In the recent days, I have been experiencing an issue with my 8800GT. Before I dive into it, here are my specs

E6600 @ 2.4
Asus P5B
2X2GB Patriot 800mhz
EVGA 8800 GT
WD6400AAKS
Enermax Galaxy 620.
Dell 2407WFP
Running WoW @ 1920x1200 with all settings cranked.

When I play wow, every now and then there will be a slight red line diagonally across the screen. It will not remain, more so strike like lightning. In addition, there is also what appears to be warping at about 3/4ths down the screen. Somewhat like something was dropped on that line to cause distortion. It...ripples?

The rippling problem also occurs when watching .AVI files in 1080P.

Bad card? Do I have an excuse to finally grab a 260 or 4870?? :) :)
 
TS28 said:
Bad card? Do I have an excuse to finally grab a 260 or 4870?? :) :)
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Looks like : YES, finally You do. How long have You been with this 8800GT ? Is it stock clocked or did you put some overclock?
 
nösferatu;1033073694 said:
Looks like : YES, finally You do. How long have You been with this 8800GT ? Is it stock clocked or did you put some overclock?
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I have had it since roughly 1 month after it was released...Forgot when that was >_< It was running around 80C.
 
Get the card cooler and see if the problem persists.
 
Nenu said:
The fan speed isnt whats important to us, what temp did you get?
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While stress testing using Ntune and running wow at 1920x1200, I get temps right around 80C.

Something interesting about the rippling in VLC running 1080p movies is how it only does it when I set the aspect ratio. If I leave it default, no rippling at all.
 
Turning up the fan speed should definitely improve temps at least a little so something else is going on here as your temps did not change.

As your card is getting on a bit, the heatsink paste may have gone off resulting in higher spot temperatures on the GPU core.
This may be the cause of your problem while appearing to maintain temps that are just about acceptable.

As it has been around a while, your cards heatsink may have dust inside it which wont help its cooling.
Make sure it is completely clear of dust.


The VLC problems sounds like a ... VLC problem.
(VLC does not use your gfx card to accelerate video playback)
Try a different player and see if the problem goes away.
I use Media Player Classic.
 
Nenu said:
Turning up the fan speed should definitely improve temps at least a little so something else is going on here as your temps did not change.

As your card is getting on a bit, the heatsink paste may have gone off resulting in higher spot temperatures on the GPU core.
This may be the cause of your problem while appearing to maintain temps that are just about acceptable.

As it has been around a while, your cards heatsink may have dust inside it which wont help its cooling.
Make sure it is completely clear of dust.


The VLC problems sounds like a ... VLC problem.
(VLC does not use your gfx card to accelerate video playback)
Try a different player and see if the problem goes away.
I use Media Player Classic.
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I will get my computer cleaned out ASAP. I tried using MPC and it works great. Thanks for the help :)
 
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