It sounds like it could be an issue with one of the bga ram chips. Can you post some pictures of what it's doing?

Here are a few...attached

Can anyone give any advice on the card here? Could it be bad caps? Is there anything I can try outside of recapping?

That looks like it might be a bad ram chip. You can try changing the caps but I'm not sure that will fix the issue

Bad RAM chip means pretty much SOL?

Smack2k wrote on 2020-12-08, 18:49:

Bad RAM chip means pretty much SOL?

Technically possible, but would the cost be worth it? For a voodoo5 yes, a mid tier geforce...the repair would cost more than the card probably.

It is possible to replace the ram there have been some people here that have done it.

Smack2k wrote on 2020-12-08, 18:49:

Bad RAM chip means pretty much SOL?

If you have to replace a RAM chip then BGA is not what you want to find. Replacing BGAs is definitely an advanced operation. Nothing is impossible, but unless you have prior experience and appropriate tools then yeah you're probably SOL.

You could try pushing on the RAM ICs and see if any of them cause an on-screen reaction. If so, and if you've ruled out any more professional form of repair, then you could try heatgunning the suspect, preferably after getting some liquid flux under the chip first.

I was able to successfully replace BGA ram chips. It's much easier to do with old hardware, which is soldered with leaded solder, because leaded solder is easier to melt than unleaded one.

You would need these things:
- hot air station (858D is the cheapest one, it's not good at all for modern lead-free hardware, but sufficient for leaded solder; it's around 40-50USD, while something more professional, like Quik 861DW is ~280USD)
MAYBE you could use hot air gun, but this is not recommended because it has uncontrolled stream of hot air.

- soldering iron with wide T12 tip for cleaning remaining solder (there are cheap T12 soldering irons you can power with a laptop power brick, like this one https://aliexpress.com/item/4001075834034.html)
HEAVILY recommended: preheater (you can use electric oven, pancake-maker hot plate, metal sheet or 5,25" CD drive metal case warmed up with tealights etc.; if you use a cheap, underpowered hot air station, a preheater is necessary)
- flux, eg. Amtech NC 559 TF
- solder wick

+ replacement memory chips, maybe you can buy brand new ones on ebay or aliexpress. They should come with pre-applied solder balls. Make sure that they are not lead-free. If they don't have solder balls, you need to apply the balls. Then you would also need:
- leaded BGA solder balls (probably 0.45mm for memory chips, but you should check the datasheet)
- BGA stencil

It's not rocket science, but requires an initial investment and some practice. If you have lots of hardware you need to fix, it might be worth investing. Cheap hardware may cost less than a single-time professional service, but you need to keep in mind that cheap hardware is imperfect, it doesn't heat up nearly as fast as professional machines, temperature control is not perfectly calibrated, requires more patience and you shouldn't try to use it to repair modern, lead-free hardware.

I found a video that shows reballing and replacing memory chips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5g1AcDIjZw
Sometimes it is enough to reball them, but not often. A preheater was not used in this video, but in your case you should heat the entire board up to 80-90*C and heat up the memory chips afterwards.

This is more professional workflow with a preheater: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLViTC6XkpA

I have all the equipment but dont think I am gonna go through all that for a 4400.....just figured I'd check and see what could be done......I really appreciate all the information though. I may try to heat it up and see what happens before bailing on it and moving on......

gpu/mem reballing might fix it.
Adalbert explained it well.
Tell us what you have done and if its work.
Regards