Wierd Video (Card?) Error

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These blocks just appear ingame, whether im playing EVE, CS, BF2 or just watching a video in Windows Media Center, this messes up my desktop icons, and the title bar of windows, I have the latest ATi drivers, so could it be a hardware error? :/

Anyway once this happens I just restart and it goes away, but then comes back at a random time, sometimes I can go a whole day without getting this ****, but then other times it pops up after 5 minutes of going into game
 
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try simple stuff 1st this probly wont help im 90% sure but when i move the moniter lead on my old pc i get the same thing and color changes, also dust on the pins causes problems
 
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Is the card cool enough?
 
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It shouldn't be too hot anyway, I've got my Vapochill micro blowing air directly onto it, which I hope should cool it down, and i've got an exhaust fan directly underneath it
 
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Somthing to do with AA or overclocking maybe? Heard you get artifcats onscreen if you go even a few mhz over the limit.
 
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Turin said:
Somthing to do with AA or overclocking maybe? Heard you get artifcats onscreen if you go even a few mhz over the limit.
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I heard that if you do get that from overclocking, it usually means your GPU is fired =p.
 
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Sorry for the type, I hope known is getting artifcats, because that sounds really bad.

Meanwhile if you have artifacts (distorted/blank spaces/irrelevant rendering on screen) it means there's something wrong with either the driver configuration or the clock speeds/overheating.

At least I think;
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ps - as Ragnar says ^^.
 
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Hmm, well I have a 480W PSU, =/ I don't have anything cooling the GPU apart from the GPU fan, any ideas?
 
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Hmm, well I have a 480W PSU, =/ I don't have anything cooling the GPU apart from the GPU fan, any ideas?
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Meh you told me you had another fan blowing right at it on MSN =p.

Touch the heatsink (if possible), or the other side of the card right where the core is and see if you can hold your fnger on it.
 
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I did have my Vapochill fan blowing directly on it, but then I got my TV card, which is in the way :x

I won't touch it, i'll just place my coolermaster musketeer thermistor on it, and see the reading on the dial
 
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I will do when the error next occurs.

Who made what, the PSU? Antec, Neo4 480W Silent PSU, Modular

I am getting my X1900XTX on wednesday though, I'm just worried that cooling / power may be an issue
 
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