- Jul 27, 2014
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Okay, forgive any ignorance.
Out of the blue one day, I started seeing some random artifacts on my screen. They would go away when the display was changed, or pop up out of random. Over time it has gotten worse, and when I Googled (which brought me to this site numerous times), a lot of the issues pointed to my video card dying. Fair enough, picked one out on Newegg, and was about to buy one soon.
But then I noticed a pattern. If I use my PC for quite some time, or an extended period of time, the issue would resolve itself, like right now as I type this. Sometimes, when the issue gets so bad, I can barely use my computer. It gets to the point where there are so many Fireworks-looking things all over the place, or everything would be stretched and just look like crap. Again, would always go away or change if I moved or made the display to something different, like minimizing a browser window.
One would think after more use the issue would actually worsen, but it's almost the opposite. I also read that it could be the Heat Sink, but I'm not sure and wanted to ask before I drop dime on a $200 video card.
I have experienced zero crashes. No blue screens, nothing. Just a lot of artifacts that seem to resolve itself after hours of consecutive use.
Thanks for all of the help. My video card is a 1GB Radeon 6900.
Out of the blue one day, I started seeing some random artifacts on my screen. They would go away when the display was changed, or pop up out of random. Over time it has gotten worse, and when I Googled (which brought me to this site numerous times), a lot of the issues pointed to my video card dying. Fair enough, picked one out on Newegg, and was about to buy one soon.
But then I noticed a pattern. If I use my PC for quite some time, or an extended period of time, the issue would resolve itself, like right now as I type this. Sometimes, when the issue gets so bad, I can barely use my computer. It gets to the point where there are so many Fireworks-looking things all over the place, or everything would be stretched and just look like crap. Again, would always go away or change if I moved or made the display to something different, like minimizing a browser window.
One would think after more use the issue would actually worsen, but it's almost the opposite. I also read that it could be the Heat Sink, but I'm not sure and wanted to ask before I drop dime on a $200 video card.
I have experienced zero crashes. No blue screens, nothing. Just a lot of artifacts that seem to resolve itself after hours of consecutive use.
Thanks for all of the help. My video card is a 1GB Radeon 6900.
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