Quake3World

memtest for the ram? but it does sound like the video card's own memory could be having problems.

Try popping out the video card and then putting it back in, it could be the connections are loose. Check the fans to make sure they're spinning freely and are free from dust. Also check the GPU power cables from the PSU.

Now that you've replaced it.. put the old card in the oven.

400ºF for ~20 mins , bet ya it works flawlessly after that.

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=606658

Wow.. that sounds counter-intuitive.

Whats the deal memph, your kit has an abnormally high failure rate.

Run that shit through a decent surge protector, keep all the covers on, stop smoking near it, keep the cats out of the room, hold off on clicking 'download' on porn.exe.

Seriously or you have the be the unluckiest PC owner evar.

obsidian wrote: Wow.. that sounds counter-intuitive.

not really, The point of it is that with the heat cycles of the video card the ROHS solder becomes fatigued and ends up getting micro cracks.
The main point of this is to put it in a controlled Temperature environment and get the solder to reach an ALMOST liquid state again thus making the connections.

This is also a good fix for PS3's with Yellow lights, and xbox's with RROD's ( different temps, different times. )

You'd probably get poisoned from anything cooked in that oven afterwards.

i would only do it a handful of times, and would recommend to clean it after.. its true