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Artefacting

Amraam

Amraam

Amraam

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Is my GPU on its way out?

This blue pixel artefacting happens any time. I can be watching a film and it will appear randomly, during a game, and even just on windows like in the pic. It's always blue, and most annoyingly most of the time when it comes on, the screen will go off for anything between half a second to 5 seconds or more and then come back on. It can do this several times in a row, and then just act normal for hours. Is this my GPU or my TV at fault?
I have two screens. The secondary montior never gets the problem, even if I swap the connectors round on the GPU. Can I plug the screens into the second GPU or do they have to be in the top GPU? Could it be an HDCP issue?

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Yes it's probably on its way out.

It's usually caused by solder failure under the main GPU and heat. It degrades the solder and breaks the contacts.

What card is it? hot potato?
 
GTX260 216. I have a one of the older 85nm (?) and one of the newer 65nm (?) cards. That is the only difference. the 85nm runs about 10C warmer, but they generally only tend to hit 70C in games.
 
Hot potato hot potato !

Yeah my 280 died after a bad driver caused the fan to slow to a crawl.

That was right about the time ROHC solder became mainstream. 260 280 cards (esp the first run) just love to die.

Try it in another computer would be my first piece of advice mate, but it looks to me like it's definitely dying.
 
Oh well I see it as a good thing in a way. I can't afford it but I really want a new single GPU. Let's see what I send to Santa to send to me :D

Might think about selling the good 260 for £50 and getting a 448 560ti, as I really don't think I can put off until kepler
 
448 560ti not good value for money.

It was just another way for Nvidia to make a card that could keep the pricetag high.

All they did was unlock some stuff that was already there, and charge you for it.. Just like they did with the 260 280 into the 275 285.

Recycling it's called, rebrand, rebadge, another £xxx product. They will continually do that now with Fermi until the next one arrives..

So what makes the 448 poor value is that it is, supposedly, a new product. And new products (as it most certainly does !) comes at a price.
 
Ah I hadn't realised that. It's annoying that it's still such a way away for the 6 series. I'm definitely an nVidia fanboy. I think really I dislike the ATI Catalyst software, but it's so long since I've used ATI I can't fairly hold on to that excuse. If the Jan 9th rumours are true, I'll see how the 7xxx cards perform.

If a £250 7xxx card gives at least 60-70% inprovement then I'd go for one, but I think I'm being greedy there.
 
Doubtful but hey, stranger things.. Well, haven't happened :D

Just get something with tons of vram mate. Doesn't matter if it's slower. Battlefield 3 on my 470 clocked to 755 was stuttery as heck :(

It's dumb too, because my 470 benched a good 90% at times what the 6970 lightning does, but in games it was a different story. And it ain't about to change because devs have realised that they can make really pretty games with like 20gb worth of textures.

2gb mush. Get a 6950 you can unlock or something if you really want top VFM. Or a 2gb regular TI.
 
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