I was playing GuildWars2, everything had been fine the entire day, and I had put the computer in standby for 2 hours. Booted it back up, began playing... all of a sudden the screen flickered, then reappeared with no apparent issues. 30 seconds later, the screen goes black with grey lines going vertically. As of now, the VGA is dead, or so it seems as no monitor will work with the VGA. However! My HDMI port is working, yet I see water marks going vertically all over the screen, they are easy to miss depending on the color of the background, but rest assured there are 6-10 of them. Any input on this would be greatly appreciated, I am certain it is the graphics card, however I am seeking veteran confirmation. The last bit of information I can provide is, when I formatted the harddrive and did a fresh install, I eventually downloaded all the necessary driver updates for the computer in general, including the graphics card. Everything seemed fine... until I restarted. I was back at square one, with the eternal loop. Windows made an attempt to boot, but simply went to a black screen only to sit there eternally.