Is this a graphics card problem?

[Masterdog]

Hi all,

I'm pretty sure my 8800 GTX has decided to flake out on me this morning. These pictures indicate the problem:




(I tried taking a pic in Windows itself but it doesn't come out very well. Basically, imagine the screen set to 640*480 with 4 bit colour. It looks all washed out and dreadful).

It is, of course, PCI-E so I can't swap another card in there to see if it works (and there are no AGP slots for me to try. Don't know where all my old PCI graphics cards have gone). My question is, before I buy a new card, is this definitely (or almost certainly) going to be a GPU problem as opposed to, say, the mobo or something, and, if there's some doubt, is there anything you can think of that I can do to find out for sure?

Cheers,

MD

 

[elpedro]

Yep, looks like its packed in. You could always try the card in another PC. What brand is it, warrenty?

 

[Masterdog]

I don't have another PCI-E machine here unfortunately, though probably someone I know will when they get back from work. It's a BFG card, not sure about the warranty (will have a looksie).

 

[reflux]

Hmmmm, lot of 8800GTXs packing it in these days

 

[elpedro]

I don't have another PCI-E machine here unfortunately, though probably someone I know will when they get back from work. It's a BFG card, not sure about the warranty (will have a looksie).

RMA it to BFG, usually 10 year/lifetime warrenty with them. With any luck, they'll send you a GTX 260

 

[Masterdog]

I've sent off a whiny email to BFG - thanks for the info btw elpedro, I assumed it was just a standard 1-year thingy - as I'm on a cutting-edge £30 graphics card now (you should see Crysis!) and all is working fine, so it must have been the gpu. Cheers for the help all.

 

[kylew]

Bad RAM that'd be, I had the same thing with my old 3870X2, sent it back for a full refund after 3 months .

Chances are you'll get a GTX260 back if you RMA it.

 

[freddie64]

My 8800gt did the same and apparently thats a sure fire sign of borked graphics memory.