dying GPU or another problem?

[spinach chin]

I started having this problem while playing SC2. With the apparent frame cap problems it's having I am inclined to believe it's just the video card, but I wanted some other opinions before I ordered a new GPU. This entire computer is about 2.5 years old and I have had zero problems with it until now.

3Ghz Core 2 Duo
Geforce 8800GTS 512
4GB ram
Win 7 64bit
Antec Earthwatts 500w
no overclocking

While playing SC2 my screen froze, covered in pink and green shades, lines, and artifacts. Rebooting, the computer seemed fine. I attempted to play SC2 again and the same thing happened fairly quickly. During the POST there were still some artifacts on the screen. I uninstalled/reinstalled my nvidia drivers and started up EVE Online, which locked up in the same fashion within seconds. Now it happens even at the normal Win 7 desktop (Safe Mode + Networking still works fine).

Speedfan never reported GPU temps above 62C during any of this, although I wasn't watching it during the first crash, where the damage might have occurred. Still happens with a house fan blowing in the case.

Does this consistent pink/green lockup sound like a dead video card?

 

[mpilchfamily]

Sure sounds like a GPU problem. Typical of the 8800 line. Been hear about allot of them going bad over the past year or so.

 

[dfuze]

I would agree, those sound like a dying video card.

I wonder if this has to do with the threads in the video card forum of people saying SC2 was killing people's video cards due to making them run full blast (or something like that)