Everytime i play anygame i get Artifacts. In the newer games witht he UNreal engine or Battlefield Engine. I get textures going to the sky and going across the screen. It happens in everygame i have. UNreal 2, UNreal 2 XMP, Unreal TOurnament 2003, Battlefield Veitnam. Now heres the thing It started to happen 3 days ago. I had ever game working fine. THen one day this start to happen. I had formatted my harddrive and reinstalled WIndows. SAme Problem, I think i am going to RMA it. But if anyone had the same problem and didn't RMA it and fixed please tell me.
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Think my video card is dying or someting
- Thread starter Shawn
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ThisMonsterLives
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the first step is stating what video card you are talking about
CleanSlate
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point a fan at it or something, sounds like heat issues, if that doesn't work RMAing would probably be the next step..
I heard more cooling helps though
~Adam
I heard more cooling helps though
~Adam
ThisMonsterLives
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usually when that happens to me it means my memory is clocked too high. what kind of ram does your card have? 128 or 256MB? the 256MB DDRII chips get really hot.
ThisMonsterLives
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I would guess your case might be really hot then, get some better airflow
if that fails RMA time
if that fails RMA time
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You can get a pci slot dual fan blower that blows up at the card... bout 12 bucks... I'd jsut buy the best video card cooler out there... and put it on or get someone else to put it on if you aren't knowledgeable. have fun.
~Adam
~Adam
Originally posted by Shawn
Could i have the left side of my case open to get better temps or would that make it worst?
it helps alot if you only have the power supply fan going. just have to watch out for dirt getting on the heatsync. funny story a friend of mine had his case open all the time and he split some of his dinner and some got on the heatsync and when his pc got hot so did the food emiting weird oders for about 2 days.
Originally posted by CleanSlate
You can get a pci slot dual fan blower that blows up at the card... bout 12 bucks... I'd jsut buy the best video card cooler out there... and put it on or get someone else to put it on if you aren't knowledgeable. have fun.
~Adam
http://www.provantage.com/buy-7ANTF001-cyclone-blower-pc-fan-fits-expansion-slot-antec-fans-shopping.htm
is that a good buy?
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No that blower isn't great, try finding a slot blower that just sucks air up and blows it straight at the gfx card. Last time I saw them they were 2 blue 80mm fans in a slot design to blow straight up.
~Adam
~Adam