seeing artifacts on screen

[imported_maverickvns]

just recently i'm having artifacts coming up on my screen and i don't know what's wrong.

i got an aiw 9800 pro and i'm getting sporadic red artifacts on the screen and a whole mess while playing something 3d and watching a video.

here's a link to the screenshot.
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if you take a look at the 3d image, it's boxy artifacts, and at the bottom left of the desktop area there's a little red line. i know it's hard to see, but it's where the shaded area is.

i just updated to the latest catalyst drivers 10 mins ago and i'm still having the same probs.

any ideas what's going on?

 

[addinator]

umm, is it oc'd? and have you played any games with it to see what happens then?

 

[imported_maverickvns]

nope, it's not oc'ed. i haven't played any games to see what happens yet since i don't have any 3d games installed. the artifacts comes on the screen even when i'm idling.

 

[Powermoloch]

what's your idling temp on that card? usually overheating is the universal cause of artifacts.

 

[addinator]

true, what cooling are you using?

 

[imported_maverickvns]

i've had a zalman heatsink hp80a on that vid card for over a year w/no probs. idk the temps since there's no sensor on the card. just now i redid the thermal paste on the card using artic silver 5, but i'm still getting the same probs.

here's another pic of the problem
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[addinator]

stupid question, are you only getting that when you play videos or movies? if so, i would certainly suggest trying it out with video games. because then it could be a codec problem.

 

[imported_maverickvns]

here's your answer

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[Jeff7181]

Looks like tearing from RAM that's either clocked too high, or failing. Looks like it's RMA time since you don't overclock it.