Hanswurst Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 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/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigabyte Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 I'd say if the card is not over heating then it might be the driver, have you tried updating the divers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisan Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 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. :\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!Chuck4Abuck Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notajedi Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanswurst Posted October 2, 2010 Author Share Posted October 2, 2010 "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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vAin Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanswurst Posted October 2, 2010 Author Share Posted October 2, 2010 "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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JoeDirt Posted October 2, 2010 Administrators Share Posted October 2, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanswurst Posted October 2, 2010 Author Share Posted October 2, 2010 Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo the dots are back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoGooD Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanswurst Posted October 3, 2010 Author Share Posted October 3, 2010 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?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vAin Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Rofl. I don't know if 70Ë’degrees Celsius is good, but I guess it isn't. I attached my CPU usage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckun Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 70 isn't that bad.. it's not good, but i've had things running at 100 lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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