Stock GTX 260m artifacting

[Leafy]

I have an ASUS G71gx with an nVidia GTX 260M, and on stock clocks (I can't even change them, so they must be stock) I get artifacting in any games I play, even sometimes in Windows. RivaTuner says clocks are 540 MHz Core clock, 1350 MHz core clock / shader, 799.20 MHz Memory, ~63'C idle.


Help!

Specs (Laptop) Newegg Amazon NotebookCheck

* Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.53 GHz
* 6.00 GB ram
* Windows 7 64-bit
* nVidia GTX 260M 1GB 256-bit

 

[GodisanAtheist]

RMA if you still can. If not:

Downclock the card. Ugh *throws up*

Ah jeez ok on to more palatable options

Open it up and:

A) Dust it

-and-or-

B) Re-grease it. Make sure you use something really thick and tacky like ICDiamond for this purpose as there is a small but significant space between the heatsink and the die that is supposed to be filled with shitty thermal tape. If not count your blessings and grease your heart out.

Chances are if its gotten to the point of artifacting at stock clocks, permanent damage may have already occurred and there ain't anything that's going to save it. So might was well do whatever you have to.