Major Artifacts on games

ajman24

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OK PEOPLE GET READY TO HEAR MY SORROWFUL STORY ABOUT MY PC

OK ONE AND A HALF YEAR AGO I BOUGHT MY DREAM GRAPHIC CARD NAMELY SAPPHIRE 6770 HD 1GB GDDR5 .I BOUGHT IT AS AN UPGRADE OF A MSI 8400 GS WHICH COULD NOT RUN THE LATEST GAMES.
IT WAS A SMOOTH SAILING FOR 1 YEAR BUT THEN SUDDENLY ONE DAY MY PSU STARTED MAKING NOISE .I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST DUE TO DUST SO I KEPT PLAYING .THE PSU WAS INTEX(LOCAL COMPANY) 450 W WHICH SUPPLIED 16A OF POWER ON +12V LINE.THEN AFTER 1 OR 2 MONTHS MY COMPUTER WAS UNABLE TO BOOT SO I GOT SCARED AND THEN CALLED A COMPUTER ENGINEER.HE SAID WAS PSU WAS DEAD AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT SO HE INSTALLED A UMAX (LOCAL COMPANY) PSU WHICH HAD 2 12V RAILS AND SUPPLIED 25A ON IT.THEN MY PC WAS ABLE TO BOOT UP BUT THIS TIME IT STARTED MAKING NOISE IN THE FIRST TIME BUT I DINT CARE ABOUT IT AND STARTED PLAYING GAMES.THE NOISE USED TO STOP AFTER 10 OR 15 MINUTES OF BOOT UP.IT WAS SMOOTH SAILING FOR 2 MONTHS AND THEN MY MONITOR STARTED FLICKERING AND THEN I THOUGHT IT IS DUE TO THE PSU AGAIN BUT THE ENGINEER SAID IT WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY GRAPHIC CARD OR THE MONITOR SO AFTER INVESTIGATING FOR 1 WEEK I FOUND THE CHIP INSIDE MY MONITOR WAS DAMAGED AND I REPLACED IT WITH A NEW ONE.THEN IT WAS SMOOTH SAILING FOR 2 DAYS AND THEN WHILE PLAYING ANY GAME I GOT ARTEFACTS LIKE HELL .IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLAY GAMES.I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR NO ARTEFACTS WHILE BOOT UP OR NORMAL COMPUTER USE AOR WEB BROWSING BUT ONLY WHILE PLAYING GAMES.THEN I THOUGHT MAYBE THE GAMES WERE CORRUPTED AND REINSTALLED WINDOWS 7 64BIT HOME PREMIUM BUT THERE ARE STILL ARTEFACTS WHILE PLAYING GAMES ONLY AND REALLY BAD ONES.
SO I THOUGHT MAYBE MY GRAPHIC CARD WAS GETTING OVERHEATED SO I CHECK ED THE TEMPERATURE WHILE PLAYING GAMES IT WAS AROUND 60C AFTER 1 HOUR BUT WAS INCREASING I THINK.
THEN I NOTICED THAT WHEN I BOOT MY PC A WIERD SOUND COMES FROM GRAPHIC CARD FAN SO I TOOK OUT THE GRAPHIC CARD AND CLEANED IT OUT WITH A BRUSH AND ALSO THE PCIE SLOT BUT STILL FACING ARTEFACTS
SO MY QUESTIONS ARE:
1.ARE THE ARTEFACTS DUE TO THE PSU.
2.HAS MY PSU CAUSED DAMAGE TO MY GRAPHIC CARD
3.I HAVE TRIED UNDERCLOCKING BUT IT ALWAYS FAILED IN THE ATI CATALYST CENTRE OVERCLOCKINGING TOOL

ONE MORE THING I INSTALLED MY OLD 8400 GS AND THERE WAS NOISE FROM MY PSU FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES AND I COULD PLAY GAMES(OBVIOUSLY AT LOW) WITHOUT ANY ARTEFACTS
SO PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO MY DREADFUL STORY ABOUT MY PC

PC CONFIGURATIONS
INTEL CORE 2 DUO E 7500 AT 2.93GHZ(NOT OVERCLOCKED)

4 GB DDR 2 TRANSCEND RAM

1 GB SAPPHIRE 6770 HD NOT (OVERCLOCKED)

20 INCH SAMSUNG SYNCMASTER 2033 LCD MONITOR

PRESENTLY UMAX 450 WATT PSU
AND TELL ME SOMETHING ABOUT THOSE OVEN TECHNIQUE TO FIX UR GRAPHIC CARD AND SHOULD I DO IT OR NOT
 

ajman24

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sorry i am a noob at computer related issues so could you explain what a surge suppressor is .
and so you mean i should just get a new psu and then there will be no artifacts
and btw i have a UPS named APC RS 600
 



ahh nice you have an apc ups that is better than a a plain old surge, i work with those apcs at my work. but your ups could be bad? is there any warning lights? is this one network capable because it will have an event log if you log into its ip address and it will tell you if youve had any surges etc. i believe its just psu related which most likely killed some hardware. but most likely run some ram checks, but its very hard to narrow parts down if its caused by your psu. i would try and rma all your parts under warranty and replace them as well as buy a better psu like a 80+ bronze power supply etc.

if you have a spair computer i would try your graphics card in another computer to see if it still does the same thing under load.

the only time i ever had artifacts was on crappy graphics drivers and trying to overclock to high