Not so important history:
I decided to ask you people for a little help since my computer retail store has failed me utterly. I suspected that my graphics card is somehow broken since the screen is often filled with strange dots and long lines coming out of 3d objects. So I sent it to the retailer, who then sent it to the importer. Then I waited for about three weeks and called the retailer. The retailer said that the importer had sent them a new graphics card, and that they would send it to me and I was overjoyed. Oh boy was I pissed yesterday when I finally got my OLD graphics card back instead of the new one I was promised.. So it's either that I broke it and they sent it back, or that it isn't broken and they sent it back, or perhaps they are just evil. I can't call the retailer since the retailer thought that it's a new one himself, and because they are closed on weekends.
The part dealing with the anomalies:
So, today/tomorrow I'm going to go to my nearest computer store and buy a new graphics card, because I can't stand waiting for another month if I send it to the retailer I last bought my graphics card from. But I'd like to make sure that these errors are indeed caused by a faulty or otherwise broken graphics card.
The anomalies are as follows:
-While in BIOS some letters appear in different colors. (I'm decently sure this didn't happen before)
-While playing triangular or quadrangular, long stages appear from objects, like trees in CivIV, and they have the same textures as the mother objects, only prolonged.
-While playing objects, in a way, implode into their central point deforming the textures.
-Sometimes while glancing through files or Firefox horizontal multicolour lines appear.
-Sometimes in different environments small dots appear on the screen, the color varies alot.
So what do these anomalies point towards? Is it other than the graphics card? I'm a terrible noob at computing, so I don't have a clue anymore.
My hardware + OS:
Motherboard: A8V-E Deluxe
Graphics Card: NVIDIA 7900 GT 256MB
Memory: DDR 400 PC-3200 1024MB x2
Processor AMD Athlon 64 Processor 4000+
OS: Vista 64bit
I would be very grateful if I get some help![crazy eyes :crazyeye: :crazyeye:](/images/smilies/crazyeyes.gif)
I decided to ask you people for a little help since my computer retail store has failed me utterly. I suspected that my graphics card is somehow broken since the screen is often filled with strange dots and long lines coming out of 3d objects. So I sent it to the retailer, who then sent it to the importer. Then I waited for about three weeks and called the retailer. The retailer said that the importer had sent them a new graphics card, and that they would send it to me and I was overjoyed. Oh boy was I pissed yesterday when I finally got my OLD graphics card back instead of the new one I was promised.. So it's either that I broke it and they sent it back, or that it isn't broken and they sent it back, or perhaps they are just evil. I can't call the retailer since the retailer thought that it's a new one himself, and because they are closed on weekends.
The part dealing with the anomalies:
So, today/tomorrow I'm going to go to my nearest computer store and buy a new graphics card, because I can't stand waiting for another month if I send it to the retailer I last bought my graphics card from. But I'd like to make sure that these errors are indeed caused by a faulty or otherwise broken graphics card.
The anomalies are as follows:
-While in BIOS some letters appear in different colors. (I'm decently sure this didn't happen before)
-While playing triangular or quadrangular, long stages appear from objects, like trees in CivIV, and they have the same textures as the mother objects, only prolonged.
-While playing objects, in a way, implode into their central point deforming the textures.
-Sometimes while glancing through files or Firefox horizontal multicolour lines appear.
-Sometimes in different environments small dots appear on the screen, the color varies alot.
So what do these anomalies point towards? Is it other than the graphics card? I'm a terrible noob at computing, so I don't have a clue anymore.
My hardware + OS:
Motherboard: A8V-E Deluxe
Graphics Card: NVIDIA 7900 GT 256MB
Memory: DDR 400 PC-3200 1024MB x2
Processor AMD Athlon 64 Processor 4000+
OS: Vista 64bit
I would be very grateful if I get some help
![crazy eyes :crazyeye: :crazyeye:](/images/smilies/crazyeyes.gif)