Is my card broke?

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Avo

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Hi guys, before I go out and spend a small fortune on a new card I thought I'd ask here!

I have an nvidia 8800gts 512mb card, the problem I'm having is that a few week back my screen started to get a green haze all over it, it was just on and off at first but then it came on and stayed on. I unplugged the cable at the back of the PC and tried it in the other plug on the back of the graphics card. It worked, the screen went back to normal, I just assumed it had been lose on the other plug.

Yesterday whilst playing a game my PC froze up and some of the colours in the game were distorted and there were white arrows all over my screen. I have tried the following to see if it would help-

1. Rolling back the drivers
2. Uninstalling all the drivers and putting the latest ones in
3. A system restore from two weeks back
4. Tested other games and it's the same on them
5. Virus and spyware scan...nothing found.
6. Made sure all cables were tight and that there was no dust inside the case.

Non of the above worked.

I have attached a couple of pictures so you can see what I am getting.

PS: On vista 64bit premium

Thanks in advance for any help ;)

UPDATE* Now it's doing the same and locking up with just my desktop on. At least before I could use everything else!
 

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My Computer

System One

i'm thinking it is...
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Acer, Aspire M1201\Custom Build
    CPU
    AMD Athlon X2 5000+ @ 2.6Ghz
    Motherboard
    Acer Micro-ATX Motherboard
    Memory
    2x2gb Patriot Viper DDR2 PC6400 @ 800mhz Dual Channel SLI Edition (4-4-4-12)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI HD3870 with 512mb GDDR4
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD 7.1 Onboard Sound
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22" Acer X223 Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    1680 X 1050
    Hard Drives
    320gb Western Digital SATA II (Ubuntu 9.10)
    500gb Seagate SATA II
    1tb Seagate SATA II (Vista Home Premium)
    PSU
    ULTRA X3 600 Watt Modular
    Case
    NZXT Tempest (The Airflow King) 2x 140mm Fans, 4x 120mm Fans
    Cooling
    1x 135mm In PSU, 1x 70mm On CPU, And 1x 120mm On GPU
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Sidewinder X6
    Mouse
    Microsoft Sidewinder X5
    Internet Speed
    6 Mbs Down 1 Mbs Up
    Other Info
    AVerMedia 1500MCE TV Tuner
    Logitech X540 5.1 Surround Sound
Hmmm thought it may, just booted up and can use everything else again!!!

Contacted the place that built my machine to see if I can claim for a new one under the warranty, on their site it says-

We choose to give customers the manufacturers warranty. Manufacturers of components give warranty on selected components for an additional 2 to 5 years.

Example:
Intel CPU's - 3 year warranty.
Maxtor hard drives - 3 year warranty.
Corsair memory - lifetime warranty.
Asus motherboards - 3 years.

To take advantage of this after the 1 year period you can raise an RMA. You will be liable for shipping the part to us and the cost of shipping the part back to you.
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So hopefully I should be covered as the machine is just under two years old :)

Thanks for the reply anyway ;)
 

My Computer

System One

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