Is this from overclocking?

[Illegal Amigo]

http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=37580

 

[Shuzer]

It's doubtful you did any permanent damage to your card when overclocking, if you got no artifacts or problems while you were overclocked.

It may, however, be a lingering heat issue. Try opening your case up and putting a desk fan next to it, blowing air on your graphics card (or inside your case, in general).

 

[blahblahblah]

I thought we told you that you should not be using CS:S beta for testing overclocks. Test some other game like Far Cry or Doom 3 and see if the same thing happens.

 

[Illegal Amigo]

I'm not testing overclocks. I'm just saying look how ****ed up my game is. The same thign does not happen in other games, but I wasn't sure if CS:S uses something different than those games.

 

[Illegal Amigo]

(My card is no longer overclocked, that's the problem.)

 

[blahblahblah]

Here try this

1) Uninstall your graphics card drivers and reboot.
2) Download and run driver cleaner. Then reboot.
3) Download and install the latest cataylst drivers available from ati's website.

See if your problem still occurs.

PS - As much as CS:S Beta seems awesome, it is still in Beta. Which means you shouldn't be worried if no other game is having graphical problems.

 

[Illegal Amigo]

Uh oh. It's happening in other games. I think it's ****ed.

 

[Shuzer]

Try opening the case and blowing a desk fan into it..

 

[Asus]

It's either:
a) Drivers
b) card is shorted
c) card is bad

Could be other things but those are the most likely.
When I installed a cold cathod light, the inverter was touching my case and shorting my card. Many of my textures in CS and other games were purple or a rainbow of wavy colors. I removed the inverter and it went back to normal.