Glitchy graphics

[Nockm]

Basically I'm getting very glitchy graphics on my computer. On the desktop, I am getting icons appearing like this:




and




When I go into full-screen mode for games, stuff like this happens:

http://www.nockm.com/stuff2/messed1.gif
http://www.nockm.com/stuff2/messed2.gif


This happened a few days ago, I even reinstalled Windows but no luck there. I'm guessing my graphics card overheated (Radeon 9700 Pro). Any suggestions/ideas appreciated.

[Mr. Peanuts]

May sound dumb but, you updated your graphics drivers?

[Bioture]

have you tried to overclock your graphics card? the distortions remind me of the time I o/ced my gforce 2 to something it can't handle and theres glitches like that.

[Ewan]

I recognise that B on the taskbar

[Displaced]

aye your grafics card is artifacted.. either decrease clockspeed till it goes away, or increase voltage (search for a voltmod on google and ull find it, u need a 10kohm potentiometer (variable resistor, and a soldering iron )

if all fails RMA the card (if its still under warranty)

[Nockm]

Thanks guys. Looks like my card is frying up as I thought

May sound dumb but, you updated your graphics drivers?
Yes I updated my driver.

have you tried to overclock your graphics card? the distortions remind me of the time I o/ced my gforce 2 to something it can't handle and theres glitches like that.
No I didn't overclock.

I recognise that B on the taskbar
B forever

aye your grafics card is artifacted.. either decrease clockspeed till it goes away, or increase voltage (search for a voltmod on google and ull find it, u need a 10kohm potentiometer (variable resistor, and a soldering iron )

if all fails RMA the card (if its still under warranty)
I am going to try to underclock now.. gulp.

[Jerome Scuggs]

Yo I dont see anything amiss. Do you have any dark "habits" you havent mentioned?

[InCure.]

what the hell is alcohol 120%?

[Stabwound]

CD/DVD burning program.

[Nockm]

Yo I dont see anything amiss. Do you have any dark "habits" you havent mentioned?
The CPU and card generate a lot of heat so that's the cause I bet.


Well I installed a different driver with underclocking options.. but on the first reboot of that, windows goes completely blank just as it goes into high-res mode at the welcome screen.

I can only get a display when the card is uninstalled now. Also there are no glitches without the card now. No card -> No glitches -> I think the card is fried.. for now

[DOTSY]

nockm, what is the B ?

[cundor]

nockm, what is the B ?

It's BitTorrent, right?

[Miku19]

Bets are it's BonziBuddy

[cundor]

Isn't that spyware?

[Nockm]

Now I have no idea.

Meh I just got glitches in SS without the gfx card driver installed. Does this mean my gfx card isn't at fault after all? Maybe it's my CPU or something.

Yes it is BitTorrent.