How do I know if my graphics card is going???

[DonegalMike]

Right now I have a Nvidia GeForce3 Ti200 Golden Sample installed but when ever I view a picture both on the net and off I get these little green dots or pixels all over the image. Could this be a graphics card problem?

Many thanks! :t

[Tweb]

Is this just pictures??? Is anything else effected??? A dieing Vid card could have many causes.

Are u overclocking ? if so, set it back to default speed.

When was the last time u cleaned the card? Heat can cause weird things an a cloged fan doesn't help! Oh! while ur at it u can clean the rest of the system :)

Re-seat the card. Reseat all cards an plugs.

Hows the PS, a dieing PS can do it too..

[DonegalMike]

Is this just pictures??? Is anything else effected??? A dieing Vid card could have many causes.

Are u overclocking ? if so, set it back to default speed.

When was the last time u cleaned the card? Heat can cause weird things an a cloged fan doesn't help! Oh! while ur at it u can clean the rest of the system :)

Re-seat the card. Reseat all cards an plugs.

Hows the PS, a dieing PS can do it too..


Nothing else is affected just images. Video is okay and the green speck event doesn't happen everytime it is random.

Thanks!

[RockNRoll]

Update your drivers? Or in somecases, downgrade your drivers. Sometimes the newer sets don't work well with older cards.