video card dead?

[yayaok]

before i call my bro to look over my pc, i figured i might as well ask them tech gurus at bg

the day before yesterday, i got off work and was hella ready to pimp up my char with blm af hat. turned on pc, went to wash my face/hands and came back with my screen fucked up. you could see the desktop but there were 4 lines visable on the screen disoriented with lil pink pixels dancin around. soon after, the screen turned black... although my moniter was still on. wondering wtf, i rebooted and it did the same thing after about 3 minutes.

i'm thinking either the video card is fubar'd or somethin's wrong with the LCD... but can't really tell. the PC turns on fine but starts fucking up after about 3 minutes once windowsXP loads.

ive tried unplugging the LCD and replugging/booting up PC but does the same shit again.

so... what u make of this my bros? do i need to get a new gfxcard?

[SamanosukeShiva]

yup it's dead, same thing happend to me. when i looked at my vid card the fan was melted lol

[yayaok]

holy shit, im so fucked lol
so... if i were to buy a new vcard, would i have to check my case/other components to make sure its compatable or something? it was a nvidia geforce FX 5900, and im thinking of getting a nvidia 9600 or something similar... it'd be no problem just switching it out, right?

[SamanosukeShiva]

yup, assuming your power supply can hold the new card should be np

[yayaok]

word man, thanks for the speedy replies bro
guess i gotta bust up the g's i been saving up for psp mmmm..

[Olo401]

before i call my bro to look over my pc, i figured i might as well ask them tech gurus at bg

the day before yesterday, i got off work and was hella ready to pimp up my char with blm af hat. turned on pc, went to wash my face/hands and came back with my screen fucked up. you could see the desktop but there were 4 lines visable on the screen disoriented with lil pink pixels dancin around. soon after, the screen turned black... although my moniter was still on. wondering wtf, i rebooted and it did the same thing after about 3 minutes.

i'm thinking either the video card is fubar'd or somethin's wrong with the LCD... but can't really tell. the PC turns on fine but starts fucking up after about 3 minutes once windowsXP loads.

ive tried unplugging the LCD and replugging/booting up PC but does the same shit again.

so... what u make of this my bros? do i need to get a new gfxcard?

Sounds like the cooling fan on the card is shot and needs to be replaced, if that card has a fan on it.

But in any case, the FX5900 is an old card and you might as well go for something a bit newer at this point. Assuming it's an AGP 8x card here's a prospective replacement:

Newegg.com - Open Box: SAPPHIRE 100228L Radeon HD 3850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 AGP 4X/8X HDCP Ready Video Card

(Note that this is an open box - I picked it 'cuz it'll save you some money, about $35 off the top. The new item is here for $105 and has free shipping. There's also a $10 mail-in rebate.)

[Cheerios]

AGP is pretty much chisel and rock. If you have compatible hardware, just get a cheap motherboard with PCI-E support. I'm sure you can find a card+motherboard combo for under $120.