windows Problem with my graphics card

[Hanswurst]

I have a problem with my graphics card. Every time I start a game these blue and white dots appear. I have this problem since a week and I do not know what to do. Can anyone help me? http://img831.imageshack.us/i/unbenanntim.png/

[gigabyte]

I'd say if the card is not over heating then it might be the driver, have you tried updating the divers?

[Artisan]

I had similar blue dots on my old laptop, video card was shot I do believe. Wasn't worth it to replace so I just got a new one. :\

[!Chuck4Abuck]

oh damn ur vid is about to die , This happen to me about 2 months ago with 2 9800gt's i had on sli , check the temp and your clocks .

 

How old is ur vid card anyway?

[Notajedi]

That's the same thing I was getting just before my card died, check your fans are working just incase it's an overheat problem...

good luck

[Hanswurst]

"have you tried updating the divers?"

No

"How old is ur vid card anyway?"

I think 3-4 years old

 

I have read in the Internet that if you bake the graphics card in the oven, it'll work again. Would that be stupid or would it be worth a try?

[vAin]

I have read in the Internet that if you bake the graphics card in the oven, it'll work again. Would that be stupid or would it be worth a try?

That would be very stupid. Try updating your drivers from the site your Graphic Card comes from. If this does not work, the problem is probably the hardware itself.

[Hanswurst]

"have you tried updating the dirvers?"

"Try updating your drivers from the site your Graphic Card comes from"

 

You both were right. I updated the drivers and it works. There are no dots anymore

Thank you very much vAin and Gigabyte

[JoeDirt]

Only reason to bake a vid card is if you notice that solder has cracked on certain connections, thats usually done because people are too cheap to get proper soldering iron.

[Hanswurst]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

the dots are back

[NoGooD]

Bummer to hear.

 

I noticed you haven't provided any temperatures for your card. If your unsure of how to get them I recommend two programs which I use that work well for their purpose. Plus they are free.

 

HWMonitor simply monitors hardware temp, voltages and fan speeds. It's a pretty easy program to install, and you can have it save to a log file for later reference. Otherwise just start it up prior to a game and make note of the temps, then game for a bit until the artifacting appears, exit game and make note of the max temp on your GPU. You can find it here http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html

 

Another more video focused program is Furmark. It's a Videocard benchmarking program. You can set it up in a few different variations, but it will give you a chance to see how the temps on your card look while being stressed severely. You can get it here http://www.ozone3d.net/benchmarks/fur/

 

I'm sure there are other, perhaps better programs but these have worked well for me.

[Hanswurst]

I have done what you had told me

before playing: http://img163.imageshack.us/i/unbenanntvhi.png/

and after playing: http://img14.imageshack.us/f/unbenannt2hr.png/

 

and what now??

[vAin]

Rofl. I don't know if 70Ë’degrees Celsius is good, but I guess it isn't.

 

I attached my CPU usage.

[Chuckun]

70 isn't that bad.. it's not good, but i've had things running at 100 lol