- Dec 30, 2007
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Hello all, I'm in need of suggestions. I have a HD7970 from Powercolor and as of the past month it's been artifacting and essentially BSODing my PC, although it's not a BSOD. As seen below, this is what happens during 3d applications like games. Simple non demanding games like GW2 cause this issue to happen. I've run Furmark and I notice temperatures climbing up. I think the ram is overheating and causing the artifact. Obviously I cannot RMA the card since I've owned it for almost 4 years now, but do you think that perhaps adding heatsinks to the ram may solve this issue. I've found these heatsinks on Amazon. Perhaps I should give them a try? Ideally I want to get the card fixed and running stable so I can sell it. I wouldn't want to sell it in it's current state or before I at least deduce the issue.