Originally Posted by: DAMAGED ONE----C---------------A 3rd fret
----G-------------- E 3rd fret played together is it a chord??

This Topic keeps resurfacing. It's a Diad as mentioned, also referred to as a power chord inversion.
When you focus on the two notes played above, this incorporates the sound of a C power chord in the 1st inversion. G is the perfect 5th interval of C. When played as melodic intervals(Together), the tonic pitch will resolve to C, not G, because the perfect 5th supercedes the perfect 4th with tonal value. This is prevalent all over the neck when a diad is improvised through a progression, common in shortcuts with certain Rock Riffs. Example:
e--------------------
B--------------------
G----------------9--- (E note)
D----------------9--- (B note)
A--------------------
E--------------------

The Tonic will resolve to E, although this type of diad will not contain a Major or minor dominance because of the absent 3rd note, Hence the Power Chord and a common shortcut in some Rock music.