[mrdaveyk]

installed the latest drivers for your card?

[Xcell]

Originally Posted by mrdaveyk

installed the latest drivers for your card?

Yep..

[alex]

Originally Posted by Carbon

What exactly does this mean? Why would this mean your card isn't overheating? Plenty of overheating problems take ten minutes or so to surface.

(Now I'm back): Carbon's correct Xcell. Artifacts such as the one you're describing can be caused by excessive heat from the gpu.

Just to rule out the monitor have you another you can use, to test?

[Xcell]

Originally Posted by alex

(Now I'm back): Carbon's correct Xcell. Artifacts such as the one you're describing can be caused by excessive heat from the gpu.

Just to rule out the monitor have you another you can use, to test?

But if it was excessive heat from the GPU then it would stay for some time wouldnt it? It wouldnt go in under 15-20seconds on a restart?

And I dont have another monitor

[MJM]

Originally Posted by alex

(Now I'm back): Carbon's correct Xcell. Artifacts such as the one you're describing can be caused by excessive heat from the gpu.

Just to rule out the monitor have you another you can use, to test?

Couldn't he just post a screen shot for us to see? If we see the artefacts it can't be his monitor can it?

Do take a screen shot hit the print screen (PrtScn) button, open mspaint (start -> run -> mspaint), paste and save the image as a PNG.
Either add it as an attachment or upload it to a site like imageshack.