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is my graphics card dying?

Skeeter

Skeeter

Skeeter

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My PC is playing up, and I think it could be my 8800GT.

When I start my PC, there is a few moments as it boots up windows and loads all my programs where the mouse will stop moving on screen, and then carry on normally.

Now im currently playing Grid, and all of a sudden its started juddering every second. It runs fine, then judders for a split second, freezing the frame and juddering the sound, then plays fine for a second. Ive alt tabbed out the game and its juddeing the mouse every second still. Ive check my CPU temperature and its mid to high 50s, nothing to worry about, but then I checked my GPU. In RivaTuner im running fan profiles and even with the fan at 80% it hit a peak of 84 degrees at the point the problems started in GRID. its now down to 64 since writing this, but Im thinking that may be the problem. Its still studdering the mouse tho... Ive never has it above 80, even in Crysis...

Should I get hold of BFG and see what they say?

EDIT: Just clicked to go back into GRID and it BSOD'ed on me, with an instant restart so I couldnt read what it was for.
 
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GRID used to stutter and BSOD on me until I reinstalled WHQL driver, am on 175.19. Was on 177.39 CUDA driver.

Did you do the usual test? Fur stress test, artifact scanning...etc?
 
Im still on 169.21, will give the new ones a go.

Havent had any issues like this before and had these drivers for ages and GRID since day after launch...?
 
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