Possible video card going bad

[deadseasquirrel]

This is on my dad's machine. I had him take a prt scrn of it and send it to me. Text

He doesn't play games or anything, but notices this kind of artifacting on desktop use. I'm not there and cannot help diagnose. Has anyone seen anything like this?

He's using a 6800gt with the latest official nV drivers.

 

[Zillatech]

Looks like its going bad to me. I had a 6800GT and it ran HOT too! I would think that the problem will only get worse pretty quick if it is hardware related. Have you cleaned out the CPU case lately, maybe shoot it with some canned air to make sure the fans aren't getting swarmed with "Dust Bunnies".