Please define an artifact

[demonbrawn]

Could someone please define exactly what an artifact really is? I realize they are errors that form when overclocking, specifically with video cards, and I just want to know exactly what they are and how they form.

[stevorob]

I may not be answering 100% on this, but from what I have gathered, it's basically a block of pixels that have not been/falsely rendered by your video card. Generally caused by high overclocks/heat.

[zekrahminator]

Oh trust me, you'll know when you see them :). When the video card is overworked for whatever reason, it might fudge the screen a little bit. This fudging can be seen as dots, shape deformations, or just plain bars through the screen.

[D_o_S]

Unwanted/unexpected image info/distortion...

Um... yeah, you'll know them once you've seen them...

[gR3iF]

or just other pictures on some things maybe like green black i guess you always know when you have an artifact

[W1zzard]

i would say for our context it is a single or multiple pixels in video output that are rendered differently than they are supposed to, caused by a hardware issue being either overclocking or other defect. it does not include software rendering errors, driver or game bugs (which i would call rendering glitch).

you will recognize them when you see them

[Alcpone]

Atitool will show you what a artifact is if you dont know from the excellent comments from previous users and the w1zzard!

Hes the man who wrote the software!

http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/341

[Track]

Atitool will show you what a artifact is if you dont know from the excellent comments from previous users and the w1zzard!

Hes the man who wrote the software!

http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/341

Meh.

He's not so hot.

[Alcpone]

Meh.

He's not so hot.

Well thats your opinion, I think hes a really good guy!

[gR3iF]

0o w1zz rulez but ^^ fell free to post your opinin