Is my graphics card dying? Or could it be something else?

[jjshouse2002]

I started seeing these yellow *snow* like blotches. When i play games like dota 2 and league on some maps I see the same *snow* but it's black to contrast the background. Same with this picture i posted. You can see the blue, red, and yellow blotches. I'm guessing and hoping it's just my graphics card. I also did test another monitor so I know it's not that.

My specs: i7 2.67GHz
Vista 64
6G DDR3
475watt psu
Graphics card: XFX R6770 1G DDR5

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[rolandzhang3]

That looks like bad VRAM to me, so it's probably that your card is dying

 

[jjshouse2002]

Would this also effect how *laggy* games feel sometimes?

 

[rolandzhang3]

Well if the video memory was going bad then that could cause games to run slower

Before buying a replacement/upgrade card, might as well try a clean reinstallation of your drivers (using driversweeper/driver fusion and such)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXs3DHdbTUg

 

[huilun02]

Set your card to run at 850Mhz core clock and 1050Mhz memory clock.

 

[jjshouse2002]

how to i change the Mhz on core and memory?

 

[rolandzhang3]

If going back to stock clocks doesn't help then you'd have to underclock even further

Download MSI Afterburner and you can do that from there

 

[huilun02]

MSI Afterburner
http://www.guru3d.com/files_details/msi_afterburner_beta_download.html

 

[rolandzhang3]

I'd stick with version 2.3.1 for the time being

http://www.guru3d.com/files_details/afterburner_download_msi.html

 

[jjshouse2002]

What if i've never over clocked it or adjusted it at all?

 

[huilun02]

The card could have been factory overclocked to run at higher than reference specs. If your card is unstable, underclocking should solve the problem.

 

[rolandzhang3]

Which is unfortunate, but a good temporary solution

 

[jjshouse2002]

ok i will try that. Right now i'm running tune up. Going to uninstall drivers. reinstall. Download after burner and see what it's at.

 

[jjshouse2002]

Ok so i uninstalled drivers. Used ccleaner to uninstall them all the way. Before i uninstalled drivers i could use Driver Fusion. Now I can't open driver fusion to get rid of the extra drivers...

 

[huilun02]

Reinstall Driver Fusion?

 

[rolandzhang3]

, does driver sweeper work?

 

[jjshouse2002]

I think it's because it took away Microsoft .Net Framework 4. I'll try installing that again. Then driver fusion and see if it works.

 

[jjshouse2002]

I just repaired .Net framework 4 and Reinstalled driver fusion. Still can't open it.

 

[jjshouse2002]

It says Treexy Driver Fusion has stopped working. Whenever i try and open it. Also driver sweeper is now driver fusion.

 

[huilun02]

What a hassle. Try using this instead.

http://www.guru3d.com/files_details/display_driver_uninstaller_download.html

 

[rolandzhang3]

Ugh, the older version of driver sweeper should still be downloadable

 

[jjshouse2002]

i should download the 9.9 version right?

 

[rolandzhang3]

In that case just go for the latest

 

[jjshouse2002]

Ugh. I accidentally clicked *abort this download* instead of download anyway. Now it won't let me download it. How do i undo that?

 

[jjshouse2002]

It was through avast. I can't find out how to undo the *abort download* so now i can't even download it.....FFS.