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    ATI Tool Yellow Dots

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by rot112, Sep 22, 2009.

  1. rot112

    rot112 El Rompe ToTo

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    I am currently using ATI Tool to make sure my GPU is not failing on me.

    So i ran it and i still get yellow dots. Even though i am not OC. I run stock clocks and i still get this error. Though ATI Tool does not report any error though i still hear the beeping sound.

    Any1 know how i can truly test if my GPU is working right or not.
     
    rot112, Sep 22, 2009
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    ryzeki Super Moderator Super Moderator

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    the yellow dots are artifacts, and if you are artifacting at stock clocks you probably permanently damaged your GPU.
     
    ryzeki, Sep 22, 2009
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  3. Kevin

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    Pretty much what he said. Call Houston.
     
    Kevin, Sep 22, 2009
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    did you overclock before? maybe you killed the memory on the card.
     
    Reaper05, Sep 22, 2009
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    rot112 El Rompe ToTo

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    Yes i did OC before. I only get crashes on Windows 7 as far as i can remember.

    Update: Ok i just tested out the ati tool thing and i don't get the artifacts anymore. Seems it was Windows 7 after all. Thank god. Any body know why Windows 7 had crashing problems in games etc. while vista is all good so far.
     
    rot112, Sep 22, 2009
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