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    ati 5650 gaming wow/star wars black like triangles on screen HELP

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by mdsniper7, Dec 28, 2011.

  1. mdsniper7

    mdsniper7 Notebook Evangelist

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    Whenever I play a game on my hp I black like triagles that like come in the screen and go away they can take up the whole screen sometimes, I have no idea what they are can u please help me figure this out.

    its almost like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_XGdOX3DEk
     
    mdsniper7, Dec 28, 2011
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  2. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    What you are getting on the screen are called graphical artifacting.
    Usually it shows up when a GPU goes bad or if the temps are too high.

    I used to get them all the time on my second computer, a Fujitsu-Siemens with a ATI Mobility Radeon X1800.
     
    DEagleson, Dec 28, 2011
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  3. MrDJ

    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    not sure about the artifacts but the yellow vertical lines down the left hand side of the screen look similar to a dying graphics card.
    attached pic is when its dead and there is no image behind.

    could you tell us the spec of your computer and especially what graphics card you have. also have you overclocked it?
     
    MrDJ, Dec 28, 2011
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