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Is it fried yet?
Hello SevenForums. I have this GPU, VTX Radeon HD4830 512MB GDDR3 PCIe 2.0 card (I know, somewhat outdated), but it has given me almost 4 years of great graphics (I bought it at CompUSA, today TigerDirect in 2010). But right now I'm using the onboard graphics, because a couple of weeks ago, the screen would start to flash and give me white vertical stripes, and then everything would freeze, until I turned off-on the PC again. At first, it would be like 1 time at a day, but now, I can't even pass the boot without having my screen filled with these atrocious stripes, I tried cleaning (but not new paste, it seemed fine, I had used ArticSilver like 1 year ago or so), I tried all the outputs (HDMI, DVI and VGA), and checked for broken/blown capacitors, scratches, burns, anything to give me some clue, but no, if I showed you this card you wouldn't know it's faulty, and I never did O.C., it's good as it is (was?) to me. Last time I checked the temps with the card on, the card wasn't over 60C degrees (I was playing some S.T.A.L.K.E.R. with considerable graphics), so I know it wasn't overheating. Check these pictures of said stripes, although sometimes the screen would show not just lines, but color squares too.
So, is my card already toasted?, and if so, could I get some nice suggestions about a new one? . Thanks.