Artifacts seen in Bios! Faulty GPU?

So a few days ago my computer start to freeze randomly most when i left it idle for 10 mins.. so i started to not let it go idle. but that wasn’t the real solution. The computer would just hang up on me.
First i thought it would be ram problem. SO i ran memtest86+ did four passes and with no errors. but random comp lockups started occur more now. Tried removing/reseating of ram and no help. So RAM seemed to be okay!!
Then i removed the vid card and put it back in and now its more messed up then before. Artifacts started appearing in bios. Now i’m certain my gpu is gone.. Could be something else.. i have removed it for now and have been using integrated graphics for now there are no lockup.
Also anyway to fix that card or its as good as junk??
Answer #1
In my opinion..Buy a new one..
Answer #2
What’s the card?
8800 By any chance? they are notorious for it.
Baking the GPU often solves that problem.
Answer #3
Yes its 8800 … and i saw the baking solution…
don’t have an oven anywhere near me!! so can’t really apply that to this one.
Yeah lionden thats what i was thinking have to get a new one.. But currently don’t want to spend more then a hundred dollars. and every vid card i look at seems to be at the same level of the 8800GT i had. dunno why 3 years later and this card still rocks 0_0
Answer #4
If you were in the UK i would have done it for postage cost.
Don’t you know anybody with a Oven you can use?
A replacement 8800gt used from ebay will be really cheap.
Answer #5
Thanks dude… not in UK though
Yea thats what i am looking at but the thing is i don’t want to buy the same one with the same chipset G92 … it seems all the G92’s have the same error. so i would just be buying another time bomb ready to blow up on me. I wanted the 9800GT but it has the same exact specs and the same chipset.
Now im thinking of getting a new/used ATI card since they are alittle cheaper but having hard time deciding which one. I want something alittle better then 8800Gt and currently only cards that beat it start from $150.
Answer #6
It’s not all that common. most of them wont do that, it’s just a known fault.
If you are upgrading second hand on the cheap you could pick up a GTX260 for not much more cash.
It will be a good performance boost too.
Answer #7
ATI 4890 ! i still smash most games on max at 1440*900 apart from it not having DX11 its a good cheap choice
Answer #8
Yea thats what im looking for now. Just need to find them. i don’t want to go ebay route most sellers have no refund policy and you can’t really find out about a card being good on the first run.. You have to torture it.