Crazy Graphics (I think my video card is dying)

CarpeIppon
12-08-2005, 09:04 PM
http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/6844/untitled3vy.jpg
So I think my vid card is dying. Its an AIW 9700 Pro that I've had since the beginning of 2003. I have run it slightly overclocked along time ago, but not in a long while. Sometimes, it looks like this. I figure its my graphics card, but I just want to make sure it is before I buy a new one. The thing I can't figure out is why it occurs so randomly. Sometimes, its working perfectly fine, other times it looks like this. I was playing X-men: Legends 2, and it would be running fine. Then I enter a new area, and it goes to shit. I go back, and its looking fine again, until I start walking around. Its seems to be independant of temperature, how long the computer has been running, or computer load.

Is this without a doubt, the sole problem of the video card?

P.S. Yes, that is T:V.

Nekkron
12-08-2005, 09:50 PM
looks like death to me

Amadeus
12-09-2005, 11:52 AM
Haha you still play T:V. ;)


Most definitely vid card, and most probably overheating. That or broken drivers. Both are easy to check.

-K-Crypt
12-09-2005, 12:46 PM
Sounds like a heat issue, fan probably died on it or will soon. Check that, they are pretty easy to replace and much cheaper than a new vid card.

CarpeIppon
12-09-2005, 04:10 PM
Fan is still running, and the card itself isn't very hot to the touch. I'll try installing different drivers.

Amadeus
12-09-2005, 04:49 PM
Take off the side panel and put a table fan next to the card. Only way to rule out overheating.