How can you tell if your Video card isn't getting enough power?
how would you know if your video card isn't getting enough power supply? just wondering :)
Re: How can you tell if your Video card isn't getting enough power?
you'd probably get a lot of computer lockups\freezing and artifacts in games.
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Originally Posted by Monkeee
what are artifacts?
www.google.com + graphics card artifacts = Answer
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it's random colors and lines and other crap appearing on the screen.
here's one example but there's lots of other kinds of artifacting: http://www.webslingerz.com/eyepopper.../artifacts.jpg
it's basically things apearing on the screen that shouldn't be there. ;)
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hmmm... you think is enough for a 6600 GT?
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alright thanks alot rossco
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umm, artifacts are reminants of a previous video frame appearing on the current video frame.
hence the name.
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harrycarry: artifacts are also an effect of memory corruption or GPU algorithm corruption due to excess heat. if the excess heat lingers, the data/algorithm corruption could become permanent i.e. memory failure/GPU transistor burn. artifacts generally arent a problem with cards which dont get enough power, especially nvidia cards. nvidia cards simply slash core/memory clocks in half if it doesnt receive enough power, such as when a molex is unplugged.
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If you don't know what an artifact is, when it happens, you'll see it and go, shit, im a moron. I never saw an artifact til last week when I let ATI tool try to find the max mem on my card while I went to school. I came home 3 hours later, and sat down and wen't shit, im a moron.
