I have a HIS x1650xt AGP card and as of lately I've notice quite a bit of green/red dots on my screen. I thought it was the monitor so I bought a new one but they were still there. They can randomly appear on the screen or they can appear in rows and are only visable on dark backgrounds. I decided to put a house fan running on my GPU to drop it down to below 45c and they go away and everything is peachy. If I don't have the fan blowing on it the temp rises to 50c and I get the dots. Is it normal for the GPU to artifact at only 50c?? I placed an order on newegg for a new 120mm fan to install on the case to blow on the card but I don't know if that'll fix the problem permanently or not because I'm sure it gets hotter after playing a game (btw the 50c is idle in windows).
I have a HIS x1650xt AGP card and as of lately I've notice quite a bit of green/red dots on my screen. I thought it was the monitor so I bought a new one but they were still there. They can randomly appear on the screen or they can appear in rows and are only visable on dark backgrounds. I decided to put a house fan running on my GPU to drop it down to below 45c and they go away and everything is peachy. If I don't have the fan blowing on it the temp rises to 50c and I get the dots. Is it normal for the GPU to artifact at only 50c?? I placed an order on newegg for a new 120mm fan to install on the case to blow on the card but I don't know if that'll fix the problem permanently or not because I'm sure it gets hotter after playing a game (btw the 50c is idle in windows).-Omega-
If it has a warranty, I am sure you can get another one for free. Artifacting at 50 C is not good. My card runs on 50 C idle... and I don't get artificats until 75 C on ATI tool.
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