GFX Failure

[Paul]

Stu I think the card is just grinding to a halt. Get Mega to test it and if you can test another card in your machince

[Stu]

Did you re-load a win7 64 bit over the weekend, Stu?

No i did not, I didn't bother, as I got the artefact's on boot up so I reckoned the Artifacting was due to the card

[Thor_23]

no dude sounds like that card is on the way out doesn't matter what you do.
how old is the card?

[Megageth]

Ya if the card cant handle the graphics requirements of the POST screen then you might wanna check on the warrantee...

[baselineac]

...mebbe you should try plugging it in on the onboard gfx....?
i got the similar effect a while back, then after looking at the card and fiddeling with it ...the fan fell off...re attached the fan ...hey presto...all was wekking.....

[SoSheOhPathix]

I recommend manually adjusting the gfx hardware with a light ball pene hammer.

[Megageth]

Haha he said 'pene'.

[Stu]

lol...

It's cool I've spoken to a PC shop down the road from me and they do Lay-by so I'm going to put down a deposit on a card then pay it off over the next two months or so... all sorted...

Now what is a decent to mid range card? not top of the range because I cannot justify spending a months mortgage payment on a GFX card to the wife...

[Paul]

Dude make sure that it is the card that is a problem, what happened to your old Card? Can't you put it in there for now? If I remember you had an 8800 like me?

[Stu]

I will check the card out again but I installed the 8600 and no issue on the PC... it's defo's the card in my opinion


8800 was swapped with a friend of mine, in hindsight i should of held onto it for a while longer, but I swapped it out for a HDMI cable/8600 (HDMI PCI - Card) 5.1 Surround sound system and some other items for my Media Centre and Xbox