Blinking random Pixels in games and static pixles in minimized photos

[tharindu_1992]

I had a system running windows 7 32bit at the time when this problem sprouted up,

the problem is that whenever i run any graphic based game ( ARMA , Hot Pursuit ) little blinking dots pop up randomly on the display, on darker scenery the pixel like dots are black and on lighter scenes they are white.
and apart from that when on the desktop photos ( JEPEGs) seem to have the same dots ( in the color of black, and non blinking) on them .. and whenever the photos are maximized they disappear and when the photo is minimized they again disappear... the dots/ pixels sometimes appear in diagonal jagged lines, but mostly as random groups

i first suspected the problem was with the drivers, so i went to nvidia and got the latest drivers for the VGA, and with it not solving anything,
i installed windows 8 64bit, and still nothing
i did roll back and install the vga driver again but still nothing

and i checked some forums but couldn't find anything really

my PC specs are as follows
intel i3 3GHz
8GB RAM
ASUS nvidia 210 silent
DH 67BL mother board

it would be a great help if someone could shed some light into what actually is happening with the PC, thanks in advance,
cheers..


( I recently purchased " Dishonored" the PC game and while installing , the part where the c++ redistributable patches up popped up and i proceeded as usual , but while that was installing an error popped up saying there was a problem with the files, i continued with it but to be sure downloaded and installed c++ redistributable pack from Microsoft.. )

 

[Sunius]

Unfortunately, graphics drivers don't cause such things. It's caused by faulty graphics card memory. If you card is still under warranty, that's where I suggest you bring it too. If it's not - it might be a good chance to get a better (newer) card.

 

[tharindu_1992]

Yup, the card is well under warranty.. so i guess that's one way out.. but the problem first popped after i installed " Dishonred " , and this C++ redistributable patching procedure ( that came with installing the game ) turned out to be quite buggy.. i really have no idead whether C++ or C has anything got to do with this, any ideas??

 

[Sunius]

I think it's just a coincidence.

 

[HEXiT]

after looking at your pics im in complete agreement with sunius your gfx cards memory is the issue.
either your running an unstable overclock on the memory or its getting bad data from the gpu... the anomalies look consistent so it does look hardware based.