What causes a video card to artifact?

kevin1211

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I am asking this because my first 6800gt began to artifact and so i RMA'ed it. Just wondering what causes it so i can further prevent it from happening (if it can be prevented)
 
High heat.

Mostly shows up if you overclock the core or memory to much.
Might also be down to not enough power but mostly overheating.
 
hmm... not enough power... makes sense, on the account my psu sucks (a raidmax :(, but SOON will be replaced by a XClio )
 
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