Artefacts Generated by Graphics Card (SCREEN SHOTS)

I bought a used Nvidia geforce 250 gts 512mb graphics card and it arrived today but once I plugged it in I immediately noticed strange green and pink pixels on the screen / distortion that appear the whole time. They appear in the boot screen, bios, windows, games... which leads me to believe its not the drivers.

I uninstalled all nvidia drivers and used driver cleaner to get rid of any traces and downloaded the latest ones off the net, but the problem still occurs. If I am on a webpage and I scroll then the green/pink pixels will remain and cause a trail. I can capture these pixels in a screen shot:

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums [...] creen1.jpg

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums [...] 23/sad.jpg

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums [...] screen.jpg

Is the card faulty because of damaged ram? Should I send it back for a refund or can this be fixed?

Thank you for any help,

The card is not overheating either.

Does anybody know whether it is faulty hardware or software related (drivers) ?

umm that wasn't very helpful. and rude and offensive that you call ~$100 five dollars, because you know what, not everyone has the money to dish out like you might.


anyways.... have you tried contacting customer service and are u still eligible to get it replaced? also, if you have the opportunity, try sticking it in another computer, i doubt it's ur pc doing the damage but it's always good to isolate your variables

I've experienced two of my videocards going bad and then dead. Unfortunately, they start out the dying process with the problems like in your screenshots. Unless someone else can say they've fixed those artifacts once they start, I'm afraid your videocard is permanently damaged.

could it be related to PSU not delivering enough power or is it definately due to a damaged card?

Ive got a GTX 295 just got it and besides the sensor being broke from the start it looks as though i might be dealing with the ram thing because my artifacts are glitchy and black. Tend to occur around text. and they don't happen till my comps been on for a while then bam blue screen crash I think my card is a bad apple. What do you think does that sound like graphics related? I reinstalled .net twice did the clean up tool too.

yea i know its not my psu. Bought a Corsair 750ht before the card came. So its a good thing they already said theyd replace it bcause of the sensor. Darn technology i miss outhouses and rocking chairs oh wait im only 24