Ati radeon shading problems perhaps?

kayzeee

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bought a new ati radeon HD 3870 Over-Clocked edition 512mb graphics card the other day as well as a new 24" monitor. I watched movies on it, flash movies divx... but when i play World of Warcraft I get weird images i dont even really know how to explain it but heres a screen shot
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asus motherboard
p5vcd-x
pci-e x16

its fully capable of running the card just cant figure out why its making those weird shapes and colors in game.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 

bdcrlsn

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It's also possible that it could be overheating. I had a factory overclocked 3850 once upon a time, and the fan on the card was stuck around 20% and would overheat easily.