[zoran555]

Originally Posted by trickson

Sounds like it is . When the vid card starts to get them artifacts and starts to over heat that is a tell tail sign things are going to go bad for that card . And if you tested the card in a different setup and it is doing this then YES that card is on it's way out . JMO . I could be wrong .

Well it's not overheating, if you've read my post. If anything it's cooler than normal thanks to good cooling.

The other thing is that outside OCCT:gpu and GPUTool there are no instabilities or artifacts of any kind and I have another user run the tests with he same results.
Runs games, Furmark, 3Dmark vantage and 3dmark 06 without a hitch.

I have an inkling that the tests might be bugged and would very much like to have it confirmed by other users with the same card, it only takes a minute or two.