VideoCard Problem 8800GT !

Hi Guyz , i've got a Nvidia geforce 8800GT , and a problem the problem looks like : http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/6476/cimg3009w.jpg http://i746.photobucket.com/albums/xx108/badwanted/CIMG3010.jpg after i play a game like cod 4 and so on and i shut down pc , it always starts up with these weird Raster lines , and stays there too . i've got the card for 1 year good running and no problems also during games it runs smooth got this problem since yesterday . is it a artefacting problem ?? or what , anny suggestions please help :( , At this moment can't play any games , sorry for my bad english too badwanted

Sounds like a heating problem, mine wa doing the same till i opened it and cleaned the dust out and reapplied Thermal compound.

I had that problem with an 8800gt, and my best friend had the same problem with an 8800gt. If new drivers, new thermal paste on the GPU, and cranking the fan on it doesn't help, then I'm afraid you'll probably be in the same boat we were. Our cards were done, fried. I've seen alot of 8800gt's do this.

[QUOTE="blackleather223"]I can see why this happens. They get very hot. I have one and thank God mine has been working for roughly 2 in a half years almost 3 and it is still going strong but it does get hot and not just warm hot I mean once I shut down the pc I stick my hand on top of it to see how hot it is and I can only hold it there for 5 sec or so cause it gets so hot. Even though I have 2 fans on the inside and 2 on the out side and with the side panel down it still is very hot. You may think that I'm jocking but I'm not it is hot enough to heat up my room cause the fans are pulling the heat out of it but yet it still it heats up the room.Chris_53

LOL.. it's funny that you say this, because by the time somebody pays for a decent aftermarket cooler for an 8800gt, they couldn't gotten an 8800gts 512, a 9800gtx, or a gts 250 for the combined price of the 8800gt and the cooler. Any of these 3 cards come with a good stock cooler, as well as better performance. I'm laughing at this because my final solution after having multiple overheating 8800gt's a couple of years ago was to get an 8800gts 512. Never had another problem.

[QUOTE="blackleather223"]I can see why this happens. They get very hot. I have one and thank God mine has been working for roughly 2 in a half years almost 3 and it is still going strong but it does get hot and not just warm hot I mean once I shut down the pc I stick my hand on top of it to see how hot it is and I can only hold it there for 5 sec or so cause it gets so hot. Even though I have 2 fans on the inside and 2 on the out side and with the side panel down it still is very hot. You may think that I'm jocking but I'm not it is hot enough to heat up my room cause the fans are pulling the heat out of it but yet it still it heats up the room.Chris_53

[QUOTE="Chris_53"][QUOTE="blackleather223"]I can see why this happens. They get very hot. I have one and thank God mine has been working for roughly 2 in a half years almost 3 and it is still going strong but it does get hot and not just warm hot I mean once I shut down the pc I stick my hand on top of it to see how hot it is and I can only hold it there for 5 sec or so cause it gets so hot. Even though I have 2 fans on the inside and 2 on the out side and with the side panel down it still is very hot. You may think that I'm jocking but I'm not it is hot enough to heat up my room cause the fans are pulling the heat out of it but yet it still it heats up the room.hartsickdiscipl

LOL.. it's funny that you say this, because by the time somebody pays for a decent aftermarket cooler for an 8800gt, they couldn't gotten an 8800gts 512, a 9800gtx, or a gts 250 for the combined price of the 8800gt and the cooler. Any of these 3 cards come with a good stock cooler, as well as better performance. I'm laughing at this because my final solution after having multiple overheating 8800gt's a couple of years ago was to get an 8800gts 512. Never had another problem.

[QUOTE="hartsickdiscipl"]

[QUOTE="Chris_53"] have you ever thought about sticking an aftermarket cooler on the thing?04dcarraher

LOL.. it's funny that you say this, because by the time somebody pays for a decent aftermarket cooler for an 8800gt, they couldn't gotten an 8800gts 512, a 9800gtx, or a gts 250 for the combined price of the 8800gt and the cooler. Any of these 3 cards come with a good stock cooler, as well as better performance. I'm laughing at this because my final solution after having multiple overheating 8800gt's a couple of years ago was to get an 8800gts 512. Never had another problem.

Luckily I switched from my 8800gt to the 8800gts 512 while the GT was still fairly new, so I sold it for just a few dollars under what you could get them for on newegg. The whole deal worked out pretty well.

hmm , Tried evga precision its running on 60 - 65 Degrees , without playing or stressing it , just webbrowsing and so on, the card is not overclocked. the fan speed is automaticly running at 46 % , Tried stressing , died it with ati tool , Did Show 3D view , and the Temp started rising : about 800-900 fps . after a minute of 4 it went up to 77 degrees , after 5 to 80 degrees thought that was enough : http://i746.photobucket.com/albums/xx108/badwanted/Naamloos.jpg about an aftermarket cooler , nah , it ran for a year good , and now ??? ... Anything else pls ?badwanted

You're getting all the relevant information from us. There isn't much else to say. Alot of 8800gt's have done this, and it comes down to the fact that when you put a crappy stock cooler on a hot, high-performance GPU, you're going to eventually have problems.

i guess the last option is to buy a new videocard right ? what do you guys recommend for me , i want a better card or an even card like the 8800gt.badwanted

Depends on what you want/can spend.

GTX 260 wouldnt be a bad choice since its 2x faster then a 8800GT and this has a good cooler too :). Just make sure your case and psu can handle the card. http://www.overclock.co.uk/product/Gainward-896MB-GDDR3-GeForce-GTX-260-Golden-Sample-DVI-I,-HDMI,-PCI-E_24679.html

If your case or psu cant handle it then a GTS 250 would be a good option, its faster then a 8800GT uses less power. http://www.overclock.co.uk/product/Palit-512MB-GDDR3-GeForce-GTS-250-Green-Edition-DVIHDMI-PCI-E,-Retail_19875.html

GTX 260 wouldnt be a bad choice since its 2x faster then a 8800GT and this has a good cooler too :). Just make sure your case and psu can handle the card. http://www.overclock.co.uk/product/Gainward-896MB-GDDR3-GeForce-GTX-260-Golden-Sample-DVI-I,-HDMI,-PCI-E_24679.html

If your case or psu cant handle it then a GTS 250 would be a good option, its faster then a 8800GT uses less power. http://www.overclock.co.uk/product/Palit-512MB-GDDR3-GeForce-GTS-250-Green-Edition-DVIHDMI-PCI-E,-Retail_19875.html

04dcarraher

GTX260 isn't a bad choice. How is a GTX260 twice as fast as an 8800gt? It's faster, but not 2x faster.

[QUOTE="04dcarraher"]

GTX 260 wouldnt be a bad choice since its 2x faster then a 8800GT and this has a good cooler too :). Just make sure your case and psu can handle the card. http://www.overclock.co.uk/product/Gainward-896MB-GDDR3-GeForce-GTX-260-Golden-Sample-DVI-I,-HDMI,-PCI-E_24679.html

If your case or psu cant handle it then a GTS 250 would be a good option, its faster then a 8800GT uses less power. http://www.overclock.co.uk/product/Palit-512MB-GDDR3-GeForce-GTS-250-Green-Edition-DVIHDMI-PCI-E,-Retail_19875.html

GTX260 isn't a bad choice. How is a GTX260 twice as fast as an 8800gt? It's faster, but not 2x faster.

I have a GeForce 8800 GTS and I have similar lines down my screen, also I can't actually boot windows without disabling the card. :(

[QUOTE="Chris_53"][QUOTE="blackleather223"]I can see why this happens. They get very hot. I have one and thank God mine has been working for roughly 2 in a half years almost 3 and it is still going strong but it does get hot and not just warm hot I mean once I shut down the pc I stick my hand on top of it to see how hot it is and I can only hold it there for 5 sec or so cause it gets so hot. Even though I have 2 fans on the inside and 2 on the out side and with the side panel down it still is very hot. You may think that I'm jocking but I'm not it is hot enough to heat up my room cause the fans are pulling the heat out of it but yet it still it heats up the room.hartsickdiscipl

LOL.. it's funny that you say this, because by the time somebody pays for a decent aftermarket cooler for an 8800gt, they couldn't gotten an 8800gts 512, a 9800gtx, or a gts 250 for the combined price of the 8800gt and the cooler. Any of these 3 cards come with a good stock cooler, as well as better performance. I'm laughing at this because my final solution after having multiple overheating 8800gt's a couple of years ago was to get an 8800gts 512. Never had another problem.

Hi Guyz , i've got a Nvidia geforce 8800GT , and a problem the problem looks like this >> http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/6476/cimg3009w.jpg http://i746.photobucket.com/albums/xx108/badwanted/CIMG3010.jpg after i play a game like cod 4 and so on and i shut down pc , it always starts up with these weird Raster lines , and stays there too . i've got the card for 1 year good running and no problems also during games it runs smooth got this problem since yesterday . is it a artefacting problem ?? or what , anny suggestions please help :( , At this moment can't play any games , sorry for my bad english

badwanted

If the issue is not software, you could try "GPU oven bake" trick i.e. this is DIY "reflowing" which fixes bad solder joints.

Refer to

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1421792

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=606658

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?p=1421086

As with cooking normal food, incorrect temp and timing settings can damage or "over cook" your video card.

[QUOTE="badwanted"]Hi Guyz , i've got a Nvidia geforce 8800GT , and a problem the problem looks like this >> http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/6476/cimg3009w.jpg http://i746.photobucket.com/albums/xx108/badwanted/CIMG3010.jpg after i play a game like cod 4 and so on and i shut down pc , it always starts up with these weird Raster lines , and stays there too . i've got the card for 1 year good running and no problems also during games it runs smooth got this problem since yesterday . is it a artefacting problem ?? or what , anny suggestions please help :( , At this moment can't play any games , sorry for my bad english

If the issue is not software, you could try "GPU oven bake" trick i.e. this is DIY "reflowing" which fixes bad solder joints.

Refer to

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1421792

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=606658

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?p=1421086

As with cooking normal food, incorrect temp and timing settings can damage or "over cook" your video card.

Reference 8800 GTs run too hot? Good thing I opted for a non-reference model, then! Still going strong after over two years! Anyway, if you can't get it fixed through reflowing, then it looks like you're going to have to go through with buying a new graphics card-hopefully something with better performance and better cooling. (And to think that back in the old days, graphics cards didn't even need heatsinks, let alone fans...)NamelessPlayer

So true.. I look at my old Voodoo2 and then at my 5870, and so much has changed. Not a single heatsink on that old 3dfx card that was top-of-the-line in 1998.

How's your temperature running to?

Guyz but what worries me is that the card is running smooth now , only getting this after I PLAYED A GAME (COD 4) and REBOOT THE PC !

It starts up with the

http://i746.photobucket.com/albums/xx108/badwanted/CIMG3010.jpg

Then what i Do is restart it again and then the stripes / artifacts are gone ?? not sure anymore if this is a Videocard problem , as it runs smooth ingame .

Tried evga precision its running on 60 - 65 Degrees. without /gaming /and stuff, is that too hot ? NOT overClocked . Fan speed Auto 46 %

with ATI tool , it reached 80 degrees with 3D view , after 5 mins.

Ingame i get : (with resident evil 5 . high . res : 1680-1050 ) It Reached an average of 80 degrees . too high or ??