Fairly sure the video card is to blame for this, but just wanted some advice before I spent money on a new one.
The problem is that whenever I try to play any games which use 3D graphics the system will freeze after a period of a few seconds up to a few minutes, depending on how intensive the graphics are. The screen will often get bright pink or green lines over it, and the system becomes completely unresponsive.
I've tried driver updates for the video card, but nothing helped. I've tried tests on the processor and memory, and everything seemed fine, which seems to point to the GPU.
In 2D stuff it works fine - The problem started back in February and I've been able to use Windows and the internet and play some old 2D-based games with no problems at all.
As I said at the start of the post, I'm fairly sure it's the GPU that's gone, but is there anything I could be missing which would either confirm it to be that, or show something else as the cause?
(by '3D' I mean the "old" 3D, not the new stuff which needs special monitors or whatever)
The problem is that whenever I try to play any games which use 3D graphics the system will freeze after a period of a few seconds up to a few minutes, depending on how intensive the graphics are. The screen will often get bright pink or green lines over it, and the system becomes completely unresponsive.
I've tried driver updates for the video card, but nothing helped. I've tried tests on the processor and memory, and everything seemed fine, which seems to point to the GPU.
In 2D stuff it works fine - The problem started back in February and I've been able to use Windows and the internet and play some old 2D-based games with no problems at all.
As I said at the start of the post, I'm fairly sure it's the GPU that's gone, but is there anything I could be missing which would either confirm it to be that, or show something else as the cause?
(by '3D' I mean the "old" 3D, not the new stuff which needs special monitors or whatever)
