my GPU failing?

yesterday when i went to play Crysis the game was poping alot of different soild screen full of colors. like green blue purple Orange. so i let it go by. but then when i got on here on the forum and on myspace. i notice the post on here and my friends updates on myspace. the lettering are like shaking a little.

i thought it was my eyes but, hten i notice its not.

im a bit concern if my GPU is dieng or over heating?

i got CPUID HWMonitor and it says my GPU temp is about 48*C 49*C at max.

this is the first time i got the app to look at my temps. but is that normal temps for a GPU that is not in use for gaming just for looking around on the net?

and i notice the fan on it is a bit noisy. not normal when not playing a game its not.

or can it be that today is freaking hot and i live out in the desert. ( Palmdale, CA)

my GPU is XFX HD 4850

anyone

yesterday when i went to play Crysis the game was poping alot of different soild screen full of colors. like green blue purple Orange. so i let it go by. but then when i got on here on the forum and on myspace. i notice the post on here and my friends updates on myspace. the lettering are like shaking a little.

i thought it was my eyes but, hten i notice its not.

im a bit concern if my GPU is dieng or over heating?

i got CPUID HWMonitor and it says my GPU temp is about 48*C 49*C at max.

this is the first time i got the app to look at my temps. but is that normal temps for a GPU that is not in use for gaming just for looking around on the net?

and i notice the fan on it is a bit noisy. not normal when not playing a game its not.

or can it be that today is freaking hot and i live out in the desert. ( Palmdale, CA)

my GPU is XFX HD 4850

acsam12304

And when was the last time you cleaned out the dust in your computer and video card especially? That makes a huge difference in terms of temps.ndawgdrake

well i just got my PC 2 months ago i cleaned it out like a week ago too. and it been doing this since yesterday.

the fan of it clamed down cuz i turn on the air conditioner.

but it still doing the shaking lettering. ill play Crysis for 10 min starting right now.

im already looking at a new GPU just in case.

i got this card for $50 from a friend who got it new about a month before i build my PC.

check back later ill tell u what the temps are after i reboot and play crysis for 10 min

ok i did what u said i reboot the temp before Crysis was 48*C max and right during till i exit the game it is 69*C max

ok i did what u said i reboot the temp before Crysis was 48*C max and right during till i exit the game it is 69*C max

acsam12304

You might have bad video memory...

http://www.playtool.com/pages/artifacts/artifacts.html

I know I have something wrong with my GTX 280 since I got it in Aug of 2008. I just don't like waiting 30 days... So I put up with it's BS... Some times it can be good though.

That's how mine started looking before it finally went kaput a few days later. Happened while I was surfing around and the card wasn't really stressed out at all.BDK-Soft

oh man thats sucks. oh well. it doesnt matter i guess. i want tog et a DX 11 anyways like a GTX 460 for right now and later on get a GTX 480 or a HD 5850

Keep in mind it still might be under warranty,

still might be under warrany but. i bought it from a friend. and never gave me the receipt he got from the place he gfot it from. so i couldnt sign up to get the lifetime warrany :(.

but oh well like i said itf it does die ill just get a GTX 460 or a HD 5870

you can still get the warranty if its XFX. I didn't have the reciept for mine, just take out the card and look on it, and it will have a tag with model # and serial #, then go register it, and when it asks when you purchased it, put a date within 30 days ago..Thats what I did, just got a replacement a couple days ago too. :D

you can still get the warranty if its XFX. I didn't have the reciept for mine, just take out the card and look on it, and it will have a tag with model # and serial #, then go register it, and when it asks when you purchased it, put a date within 30 days ago..Thats what I did, just got a replacement a couple days ago too. :D

jstamm33

they didnt ask for a copt of the reciept? i know other GPU companys ask for it. by mail email fax ot uploaded to there site.

[QUOTE="jstamm33"]

you can still get the warranty if its XFX. I didn't have the reciept for mine, just take out the card and look on it, and it will have a tag with model # and serial #, then go register it, and when it asks when you purchased it, put a date within 30 days ago..Thats what I did, just got a replacement a couple days ago too. :D

acsam12304

they didnt ask for a copt of the reciept? i know other GPU companys ask for it. by mail email fax ot uploaded to there site.

[QUOTE="acsam12304"]

[QUOTE="jstamm33"]

you can still get the warranty if its XFX. I didn't have the reciept for mine, just take out the card and look on it, and it will have a tag with model # and serial #, then go register it, and when it asks when you purchased it, put a date within 30 days ago..Thats what I did, just got a replacement a couple days ago too. :D

jstamm33

they didnt ask for a copt of the reciept? i know other GPU companys ask for it. by mail email fax ot uploaded to there site.

ok man np thanks. ill do just that.

so far my GPU hasnt failed on me its still working. lol but if it goes out ill send the card in and buy a GTX 460 and sell my 4850 once i get it back

One of my HD5870 had that problem awhile ago. I had to RMA it, but the problem was promptly gone afterwards.GhoX

what u mean u had to RAM it?

[QUOTE="GhoX"]One of my HD5870 had that problem awhile ago. I had to RMA it, but the problem was promptly gone afterwards.acsam12304

what u mean u had to RAM it?

[QUOTE="acsam12304"]

[QUOTE="GhoX"]One of my HD5870 had that problem awhile ago. I had to RMA it, but the problem was promptly gone afterwards.GhoX

what u mean u had to RAM it?

yeah i get u lol i misread it. im freaking sleepy thats why

How did you clean your PC? It's possible that you damaged your computer during the cleaning process with ESD.

How did you clean your PC? It's possible that you damaged your computer during the cleaning process with ESD.

Tolinoli

like i said i got my PC about 2 months ago. and the only place where i clean off the dust if the fans. but the temps are fine. the thing is the fuzzy ness on the right side of my screen . if its all a soild color u cant tell but if you have text or pictures over that part of the screen you can see it like the screen is shaking alil. idk it if my screen or the GPU