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Question: Is my graphics card worthless now?

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So I had neglected to clean out the inside of my case for a little while and It got pretty chocked with dust. While I was on my computer just now suddenly a bunch of lines appeared and it crashed. On reboot the screen had dozens of blue vertical lines kind of methodically placed across sections of my screen. It seem to me that the card over heated, but I wanted to check see if anyone has any other Ideas before I go dish out a lot of money for a new GCard.

I'm currently running a Geforce 8800GT. It is almost 2 years old but still was SOOOOOO powerful. I hate to see it go. :'(

Narcolapser
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The best way to test if the Video card is to replace it with another and see if the system show the same symptoms you complain of, even if it's a cheap video card, as long as you know that it works. This guide has a few symptoms to look at for Video Card failure. In my experience, with what you have described that would be my first guess.

Also while you're out buying a new video card, get some canned air and clean out the system every once in a while. It'll save you in the long run :)

James Mertz
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