How do you know if your graphics card has gone bad

ballaz485

Distinguished
Oct 7, 2009
6
0
18,510
i have a problem and i dont know what it is anytime i am on the internet for more then 20 min my computer gets really laggy i play world of warcraft for more then 10 min it does the same thing i dont know if it may be the graphics card not sure new to computers any help would be great! not sure where to publish this sorry if its in the wrong place.
 
This is a fine place to ask. One quick thing to check, do you have Anti-virus/Adware/etc software that has been recently updated and done a full scan of the computer?

Other things to try first: a registry cleaner, defrag, new video drivers.

And also, if you could post full system specs, that would help.
 
Do you have XP? A quick way (should work on Vista, though it may be a little different) is go to start > Run > and type 'dxdiag' (without quotes) then just copy over the info on the first screen. That will get us the basics.
 

ballaz485

Distinguished
Oct 7, 2009
6
0
18,510
perating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.090206-1233)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: MSI
System Model: MS-7350
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 3072MB RAM
Page File: 329MB used, 4627MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode


that what you need?
 

jsh1284

Distinguished
Oct 1, 2009
99
0
18,630
I would recommend going to download.com and getting this program: Advance systemcare personal. Just search "advance systemcare"

Since you're new to computers, its' a fairly easy way to clean out all the junk files, repair registry issues, get rid of adware/spyware, and so on. And you just have to click one button to do it. So it's worth a try. I even use it for quick maintenance myself.
 

ballaz485

Distinguished
Oct 7, 2009
6
0
18,510
gpu core temp 44-51c
tmpin0 temp 43-63c
tmpin1 temp 29-30c
HDD temp 32-32c

not sure if this is the info you are looking for
 

ballaz485

Distinguished
Oct 7, 2009
6
0
18,510
nvidia mcp temp

cpu temp-82c thats from bios any time i run cpuid it says 255c-255c
mainboard-this read kinda high i think 208-210c

fintek f71882f temp

tmpin0 45c-71c
tmpin1 28c-30c

geforce 7100 gs temp

gpu core 43c-48c

hdt722525dla380 temp

HDD 32c-32c