XFX GTX 260 Black edition

[Cellulose]

I have had this card for a few months, and now some images and most video have red pixels flickering and sometimes jumping around.

I am also experiencing screen tearing when visiting certain web pages, and even screenshotting the web page and viewing it in paint causes the screen tearing (half of the entire screen shifts left and right).

It is definately not overheating, I have been using 100% fan speed for a while now and it idles at 36C. It has the factory overclock.

Someone brought the card over from the US (bought at Newegg) but I live in the UK - so I am a little unsure how to the warranty would work (where to register etc.) and would prefer to avoid if possible.

Any alternatives?

Thanks.

 

[nitromullet]

If it's not too much heat on the core, it's either bad RAM or lack of sufficient power. What kind of PSU do you have?

 

[error8]

Try underclocking the gpu and memory and see what happens. Sometimes, factory overclocked cards, are pushed blindly too high without being tested sufficiently and you can have artifacts or crashes.

 

[nosfe]

try reducing the overclock on it, just because it runs cool doesn't mean that it's stable

 

[Cellulose]

Quick replies, thanks

I have an Antec 550w I think (had it for a long time), but I didn't have this issue until recently.

Ill try going back to the clocks of a normal GTX 260 and see how that works out.