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"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?

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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.

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"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 :)

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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.

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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.

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