My Graphics card is "Flickering"

It only does this when I'm playing games

Flickering Screen

I did update my drivers, but it still didn't help

I have a NVIDIA 6800GT video card Any clue?

I'm running XP PRO


It's okay when I'm in Windows though

Most likely it is overheating. Open the computer and clean out the dust. If your graphics card has a fan, clean that too. You can also take a small house fan and point it at your graphics card, then play your game. If the artifacts go away, you'll know for sure it is heat related.

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Originally Posted by photolady

Most likely it is overheating. Open the computer and clean out the dust. If your graphics card has a fan, clean that too. You can also take a small house fan and point it at your graphics card, then play your game. If the artifacts go away, you'll know for sure it is heat related.

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I turned off the comp., took out the card, took canned air and dusted out the fan area (that thing is contained with a cover on the G-Force Cards) Had a lot of dust in it.

Put it back in and ran it....took care of it, (with on occasional tiny flicker here and there) so took care like 98% of it.

Try the fan idea next. Cleaning the dust out is only half the job, with overheating.

90+% alcohol and something like q-tips and clean the fn blades.
Works a wonder.

Heat, the number 1 enenemy of computers.

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Originally Posted by Train

90+% alcohol and something like q-tips and clean the fn blades.
Works a wonder.

Heat, the number 1 enenemy of computers.

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Someone told me that it was my video card going bad and it was time to go out and buy a new card. Tried to explain to them all it needed was cleaning off, because that's when it cleared up.

Not sure why everyone's solution is to just replace hardware (which involves spending money) as opposed to just doing something simple as cleaning it.

They are like, "Time to get a new card, buddy" They are saying it as if I couldn't "accept" it. lol.

Well, evidently not everyone says that, eh. ;)
But mostly they do because they do not know that the artifacts were caused by heat.

And some techs, or not so techs, (not any here) only know "replace it" no matter what you're working on.

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Well, evidently not everyone says that, eh. ;)
But mostly they do because they do not know that the artifacts were caused by heat.

And some techs, or not so techs, (not any here) only know "replace it" no matter what you're working on.

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Yeah, that's why I ask "around" esp on this site...the other people are gamers that are big into 3-D graphics (I'm not much into gaming as I used to be)

They are like "Meh, just get a new one"...I'm a bit tight with my money, LOL.

That's like going to a car dealership, and you have some customer egging you on "BUY it, dude, buy it!!"

I'm thinking, "Why are you pushing ME to buy it, you're not the salesman"

But yeah, some are into the whole "Throwing the baby out with the bathwater".
Like formatting the hard drive is the ultimate solution to fixing a minor problem.

No wonder people are in C.C. Debt. (Sorry getting off topic, lol)

PS - Wow I broke a 1,000 posts!!

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Wow I broke a 1,000 posts!!

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Congrats!!

This should give you a different title too. "Virtual PC Surgeon" before you were "Virtual Resident".

I've also seen these replace parts in the automotive world too. When in the old days, repairing an part wasn't unheard of, today they just pop out the old and sell you a new one. :(

Some new TIM on that old card would drop the temp even more.;)

Can remember under clocking video cards to stop the overheating and the garbage you seen too.

Worked until I could afford to get and install a Blue Orb. After that I could over clock it.
The factory number was just not quite good enough to do the job.

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Some new TIM on that old card would drop the temp even more.;)

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If you are adventurous, that may be a good idea. I recently took a 8800 GT card (to be used for a Physx card), cleaned it up and put some Thermalright Chill Factor thermal paste on it. It's running considerably cooler now.

I dunno, my fellow gamers said ...same response:


"That happened when my Graphics Card broke" typical response was from most of them. When they started seeing what I showed on that Picture....they were like, "Yep, that's what happened prior to my card breakin!"

Not saying that's true in MY case though.

Kinda torn.

I would question, if they were sure theirs broke or was it just the same as yours, dirty dusty fan.

Start grabbing their broke cards. I'd like to test them myself. :D :D

Fact is, cleaning them up and then testing them just might save you from buying new cards.