Aniero

Thanks for the help, I installed a new graphics card and the problem has disappeared :) ...although I don't know what caused the card to malfunction :/

Yeah I have the latest drivers installed for the graphics card and the fan is spinning as normal without any interuptions. Windows encountered a problem with nvlddmkm which has to do with the graphics card and it seems to have disabled it/not working... Do you think this problem would be solved with a new graphics card or do you think the issue lies elsewhere? Thanks the help ^^

Hey, thanks for the super fast reply I opened the case and done a full sweep of cleaning the PC. The card is PCI-Express, Hmm although I don't have any spare cables laying around. Here is the picture including the speed fan results including a picture showing my graphics card having an error http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb253/Ratbiter/Untitled.jpg The temperature of the PC Core is around 33-36C, although I've touched the graphics card plasic part and it basically burned my hand :p any way of checking the temperature for that? It doesn't seem to recognise it...which is why I'm wondering if my graphics card is dead basically?

So my graphics card has stopped responding, and lines have appeared on my monitor(I've tried 2 monitors, it's the same) and in device manager, it reports the graphic card having issues runnings... http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb253/Ratbiter/001.jpg I took a print screen and the lines don't appear in the screenshot so I'm guessing it's solely a graphics card issue? It's the same issue with the other monitor that I use and when I change the colour/resolution the lines/dots move to a different place. I want someone to possibly confirm it before I end up buying a new card ...and what card should I buy? It was a GeForce 8800 GT which seems like a good card, should I buy the same or is there a cheaper card with the same setup/power as that one?