gforce 7900 GT/GTO issues?

joluu · 05-09-2009, 08:17 AM

Hi. I have a gforce 7900 gt/gto and have had it for about 2 years I believe. I noticed not too long ago while I play games that I get these weird lines and shapes everywhere and sometimes even the whole screen gets covered by them. I only play team fortress 2 and fallout 3 at the moment. When I move to different locations or change weapons, I notice sometimes it helps but, it is pretty annoying. I also tried changing the video options to different settings with no help. Could this be the result of a video card going bad? I've also made sure it wasn't a driver issue as well. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks.

Rogabr · 05-09-2009, 08:23 AM

sort of like this? http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v4...deredridge.jpg

if so thats called artifacting and its the outcome of a video card going bad / overheating

joluu · 05-09-2009, 08:34 AM

Yea its horrible

So is it one of those things where whats done is done? Or can it actually be fixed?

**just did a google search on 7900 artifacting and noticed its pretty common with these cards =\

Rogabr · 05-09-2009, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by joluu

Yea its horrible

So is it one of those things where whats done is done? Or can it actually be fixed?

well if the card isnt overheating and you've got sufficent cooling then the card is on its way out and your looking at a new card in the very near future.

joluu · 05-09-2009, 08:39 AM

Ok thanks bud for the info I appreciate it

05-09-2009, 08:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
joluu Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 7 OS: windows 7	gforce 7900 GT/GTO issues? Hi. I have a gforce 7900 gt/gto and have had it for about 2 years I believe. I noticed not too long ago while I play games that I get these weird lines and shapes everywhere and sometimes even the whole screen gets covered by them. I only play team fortress 2 and fallout 3 at the moment. When I move to different locations or change weapons, I notice sometimes it helps but, it is pretty annoying. I also tried changing the video options to different settings with no help. Could this be the result of a video card going bad? I've also made sure it wasn't a driver issue as well. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks.

05-09-2009, 08:23 AM	#2 (permalink)
Rogabr Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 12 OS: XP SP3	Re: gforce 7900 GT/GTO issues? sort of like this? http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v4...deredridge.jpg if so thats called artifacting and its the outcome of a video card going bad / overheating

05-09-2009, 08:34 AM	#3 (permalink)
joluu Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 7 OS: windows 7	Re: gforce 7900 GT/GTO issues? Yea its horrible So is it one of those things where whats done is done? Or can it actually be fixed? *just did a google search on 7900 artifacting and noticed its pretty common with these cards =\ Last edited by joluu; 05-09-2009 at 08:38 AM.*

05-09-2009, 08:39 AM	#5 (permalink)
joluu Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 7 OS: windows 7	Re: gforce 7900 GT/GTO issues? Ok thanks bud for the info I appreciate it