CannonballGB
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Howdy, new here and I figured I could get some help here and hopefully not resort to having to pay to get my computer fixed.
So here's the issue. I've had my computer for around 3 years now. Only thing I've changed is the video card since my 7900GT crapped out on me with some overheating issue and I got an 8800GT around a year ago to replace it.
Starting around November I had issues playing games. I would get 2-5 minutes into playing and all the sudden my graphics would start artifacting like crazy which is what happened with my old 7900GT, but I don't think my 8800 is overheating. The temperature reads at a steady 107 F usually whenever I play games. To try to make sure it wasn't overheating I opened the case and had a fan blow around my card like I used to have to do with my 7900.
Now I've discussed this with some other people before and recommended that I reformat, which I did. I reinstalled all my drivers and everything and I still get the same thing. This ONLY happens whenever I play any game, whether it be WoW, DoW, etc. Before I formatted I was getting artifacting on my screen saver which was the fish tank.
I did the reformat thinking that it would fix a possible corrupted file, but it doesn't look like that was the case.
Anyone have any ideas? And thanks in advance for any help.
So here's the issue. I've had my computer for around 3 years now. Only thing I've changed is the video card since my 7900GT crapped out on me with some overheating issue and I got an 8800GT around a year ago to replace it.
Starting around November I had issues playing games. I would get 2-5 minutes into playing and all the sudden my graphics would start artifacting like crazy which is what happened with my old 7900GT, but I don't think my 8800 is overheating. The temperature reads at a steady 107 F usually whenever I play games. To try to make sure it wasn't overheating I opened the case and had a fan blow around my card like I used to have to do with my 7900.
Now I've discussed this with some other people before and recommended that I reformat, which I did. I reinstalled all my drivers and everything and I still get the same thing. This ONLY happens whenever I play any game, whether it be WoW, DoW, etc. Before I formatted I was getting artifacting on my screen saver which was the fish tank.
I did the reformat thinking that it would fix a possible corrupted file, but it doesn't look like that was the case.
Anyone have any ideas? And thanks in advance for any help.
