Is my card or monitor shot?

Chops · Oct 29, 2011, 07:11 PM

Hi all:

I think one of two things may have blown on me. Below is a screenshot of my desktop. Do you think I've blown a video card or my monitor? I don't have the cash to replace both so I thought I'd ask here first before doing anything.

The card is an old ATI X1800XT. I was planning on replacing it with a ASUS ENGTX560 DCII OC/2DI/1GD5 GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP from Newegg. The monitor is 3 yrs old (Samsung 2253LW)

Thanks for any help and advice.

Chops

Tyrsonswood · Oct 29, 2011, 07:21 PM

Any chance you can try a different monitor, or try your monitor on a different system? That's the best way to tell.

IvanV · Oct 29, 2011, 07:23 PM

I'm pretty sure that it's the card. If it were the monitor, the corruption wouldn't show on the screenshot, which is a copy of the frame buffer of the card.

EDIT: The replacement card you're looking at is a nice one, modern, decent value, decent performance, reasonable power consumption.

Chops · Oct 29, 2011, 07:37 PM

Thanks for the fast replies.
Tyrsonswood: I don't have another system to hook the monitor up to. Lugging it to the office would require buying it a seat on the train with all the junk I have to carry. LOL
IvanV: Your explaination confirms my suspicion and makes perfect sense. The screenshot wouldn't have displayed what is happening if it was monitor. I'll most likely go for a new card. The X1800 is far older than I usually keep cards (I replace them about every two years) and I suspected it might have blown. I just had no way of confirming it.

Thanks again to you both for your help

Chops

Judas · Oct 30, 2011, 02:39 AM

i still got my x1900xtx crossfire master card..

.... to bad it performs terribly.... lol..

sorry about the loss of your video card... and indeed nice upgrade ahead

Tipstaff · Oct 30, 2011, 06:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IvanV

EDIT: The replacement card you're looking at is a nice one, modern, decent value, decent performance, reasonable power consumption.

And it's the better card of the $200 Nvidia crowd. There are 3 cards right now that have more efficient coolers on them (from Asus, Gigabyte, and MSI) that are all about the same price, that being less than $200 before tax, but the card mentioned is THE card to own of the bunch. It's quieter under load (especially vs the MSI cards), more reliable, and slightly more efficient keeping the card a couple degrees cooler than the others.

Plus the $20 mail in rebate doesn't hurt either...

Chops · Nov 4, 2011, 09:08 PM

Hi Judas and Tipstaff:

Sorry for the long delay. Here in Connecticut we lost power for 6 days due to a brutaly wet snow storm tearing down every tree with leaves within eye-shot. My yard looks like a division of M1 Abrams came through. And to add insult to injury I didn't get one lousy number in the 247mil powerball.

Thanks; Tipstaff for the heads-up on the card I'm looking at. Just as soon as the wreckage around here is cleared up I'll head on over to Newegg. Hopefully it'll still be available.

Chops

Oct 29, 2011, 07:11 PM	#1
Chops HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 61 Rep Power: 0	Is my card or monitor shot? Hi all: I think one of two things may have blown on me. Below is a screenshot of my desktop. Do you think I've blown a video card or my monitor? I don't have the cash to replace both so I thought I'd ask here first before doing anything. The card is an old ATI X1800XT. I was planning on replacing it with a ASUS ENGTX560 DCII OC/2DI/1GD5 GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP from Newegg. The monitor is 3 yrs old (Samsung 2253LW) Thanks for any help and advice. Chops

Oct 29, 2011, 07:23 PM	#3
IvanV HH Assassin Guild Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,914 Rep Power: 333 System Specs	Re: Is my card or monitor shot? I'm pretty sure that it's the card. If it were the monitor, the corruption wouldn't show on the screenshot, which is a copy of the frame buffer of the card. EDIT: The replacement card you're looking at is a nice one, modern, decent value, decent performance, reasonable power consumption. __________________ If anyone has Portal 2 and hasn't played the co-op and wants to do me a favour, let me know (PM me or whatever). Last edited by IvanV; Oct 29, 2011 at 07:28 PM.

Oct 29, 2011, 07:37 PM	Thread Starter #4
Chops HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 61 Rep Power: 0	Re: Is my card or monitor shot? Thanks for the fast replies. Tyrsonswood: I don't have another system to hook the monitor up to. Lugging it to the office would require buying it a seat on the train with all the junk I have to carry. LOL IvanV: Your explaination confirms my suspicion and makes perfect sense. The screenshot wouldn't have displayed what is happening if it was monitor. I'll most likely go for a new card. The X1800 is far older than I usually keep cards (I replace them about every two years) and I suspected it might have blown. I just had no way of confirming it. Thanks again to you both for your help Chops

Nov 4, 2011, 09:08 PM	Thread Starter #7
Chops HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 61 Rep Power: 0	Re: Is my card or monitor shot? Hi Judas and Tipstaff: Sorry for the long delay. Here in Connecticut we lost power for 6 days due to a brutaly wet snow storm tearing down every tree with leaves within eye-shot. My yard looks like a division of M1 Abrams came through. And to add insult to injury I didn't get one lousy number in the 247mil powerball. Thanks; Tipstaff for the heads-up on the card I'm looking at. Just as soon as the wreckage around here is cleared up I'll head on over to Newegg. Hopefully it'll still be available. Chops