Is my video card done?

[bradams]

I have a 6800OC 128mb AGP card that recently start artifacting. I reset the card about a week ago and it was fine until now. Now the artifacting is crazy even in the BIOS... I tried it in other computers and same thing.

Is this card ready to be tossed or is there anything else I could look into to fix it?

thanks.

 

[robisbell]

yes, it's dead jim.

 

[jackschmittusa]

By "reset" I assume you mean re-seat. Did you examine the card when you had it out? Is the hsf assembly clean and still firmly attached to the GPU? If it is loose, you would want to remove it, clean it, and use new heatsink compound to put it back on. Does the fan spin when you turn on the rig? Are the electrical contact fingers on the card bright and shiny?

Having it fail in another rig is a bad sign, but having it work for a week after re-seating it is at least a little encouraging.