Artifacting on two different GPUs

[CCouper05]

So a while back, one month ago, I bought a Gigabyte RTX 2070 Super Gaming Edition and started noticing artifacts in games. I saw flashes, textures in the wrong area, and bright coloured pixels. So I RMA'd it and they couldn't find a problem with it, so I got a refund and bought a MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio. And a week later or below, I started getting textures in the wrong area again. This happens in Apex Legends and Destiny 2. Very rarely for Destiny 2, but very common for Apex Legends. I've not noticed any flashing, but that might change. This is now happening on my MSI GTX 970, so I'm pretty sure it's not the GPUs themselves.

Heres what I've done so far:

Reinstalled GPU driver, including old versions

Updated the motherboard BIOS

Swapped out the RAM and ran MemTest86

Checked the PSU Cables

Checked cooling 

Ran Unigine Heaven and Furmark: Donut (nothing showed up)

Swapped put the PSU

Reinstalled Windows 10

Reinstalled the games

Switched the PCIE slots

Lowered the clock speeds and memory clock speeds

Disabled freesync

Swapped out monitors and used single monitor

 

 

[PC Specs]

Windows 10 Pro (Version 1903)

i5-9600K

MSI Z370 Gaming Plus

HyperX 2x8GB (16GB) @2666MHz 

MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio

MSI GTX 970

Seagate Barracuda 2TB HDD

Samsung 850 Evo 256GB SSD

NZXT H500 

Corsair CX650M PSU (New CX versions)

BenQ 1080p TN Monitor (Secondary)

LG 4K Freesync IPS Monitor (Primary (Runs at 1080p))

[Xkillerpn]

Your PSU can be at fault here, try using the 2 provided 8 pin cables and see if that improves anything. 

 

Some psus have some issues.

[CCouper05]

4 minutes ago, Xkillerpn said:

Your PSU can be at fault here, try using the 2 provided 8 pin cables and see if that improves anything. 

 

Some psus have some issues.

I mentioned that I swapped out the PSU

[Vishera]

Try testing the GPU with GPUPI 3.3.3,

Tell us if you get any errors while testing.

 

GPUPI 3.3.3 download page:

https://www.overclockers.at/news/gpupi-international-support-thread

 

Press Calculate then OK to start.

 

Also try testing the CPU with Prime95,

Tell us if you get any errors while testing.

[CCouper05]

13 minutes ago, Vishera said:

Try testing the GPU with GPUPI 3.3.3,

Tell us if you get any errors while testing.

 

GPUPI 3.3.3 download page:

https://www.overclockers.at/news/gpupi-international-support-thread

 

Press Calculate then OK to start.

 

Also try testing the CPU with Prime95,

Tell us if you get any errors while testing.

Okay. What will this tell me if they get errors?

[Vishera]

5 minutes ago, CCouper05 said:

Okay. What will this tell me if they get errors?

It will tell you what's wrong.

[CCouper05]

Just now, Vishera said:

It will tell you what's wrong.

As in if the CPU is at fault? I need more detail on what these tests determine

[Vishera]

4 minutes ago, CCouper05 said:

As in if the CPU is at fault?

Exactly,and GPUPI will test the GPU.

[CCouper05]

9 minutes ago, Vishera said:

Exactly,and GPUPI will test the GPU.

Okay, i will try that when I'm at my PC

[CCouper05]

10 hours ago, Vishera said:

Exactly,and GPUPI will test the GPU.

I have run Prime95 for 2 hours all tests passed. So it appears to not be the CPUs fault 

[CCouper05]

I've run GPUPI on my 970 currently, and I've run 10B and 20B. 10B failed at pass 19 and 20B failed at pass 4. Are you sure that this is caused by a card being broken, failing? The artifact issues are identical on both cards. Can software cause issues like this or the motherboard chipset and BIOS themselves?

[Vishera]

34 minutes ago, CCouper05 said:

I've run GPUPI on my 970 currently, and I've run 10B and 20B. 10B failed at pass 19 and 20B failed at pass 4. Are you sure that this is caused by a card being broken, failing? The artifact issues are identical on both cards. Can software cause issues like this or the motherboard chipset and BIOS themselves?

Do you have a screenshot?

Did you try with a different PCI-E slot?...

My main suspect is the motherboard.

[CCouper05]

11 minutes ago, Vishera said:

Do you have a screenshot?

Did you try with a different PCI-E slot?...

My main suspect is the motherboard.

It just said invalid results. It passed the 30B. I've tried different PCIE slots before, and it didn't change anything, unfortunately. Is it possible to downgrade the BIOS? I'm curious if that's it. Same with the chipset

[Vishera]

11 minutes ago, CCouper05 said:

It just said invalid results. It passed the 30B. I've tried different PCIE slots before, and it didn't change anything, unfortunately. Is it possible to downgrade the BIOS? I'm curious if that's it. Same with the chipset

A screenshot is necessary,since there is more information there than you provided.

 

I still suspect the motherboard,

Though you can test if it's software by doing this:

Install a fresh install of Windows on a different drive,install drivers then try playing.

 

It doesn't seem like a software issue but i could be wrong.

[CCouper05]

2 minutes ago, Vishera said:

A screenshot is necessary,since there is more information there than you provided.

 

I still suspect the motherboard,

Though you can test if it's software by doing this:

Install a fresh install of Windows on a different drive,install drivers then try playing.

 

It doesn't seem like a software issue but i could be wrong.

I'll run the tests again in an hour or so. Is it possible to downgrade my BIOS version

[Vishera]

3 minutes ago, CCouper05 said:

I'll run the tests again in an hour or so. Is it possible to downgrade my BIOS version

I think it's possible.

[DarkSmith2]

i would also try another socket at the wall. Might be your computer is completely fine.

[CCouper05]

20 hours ago, Vishera said:

I think it's possible.

Here's what GPUPI says

[Ben17]

7 minutes ago, CCouper05 said:

Here's what GPUPI says

 

you can downgrade the bios version on the motherboard just check though that your CPU works with that version before you do it

[Vishera]

3 hours ago, CCouper05 said:

Here's what GPUPI says

 

Spoiler

 

This specific error usually means a bad GPU...

You tested the CPU - fine , RAM - fine

You should test the OS next,

Install a fresh install of Windows on a different drive and install drivers.

If the problem persist after all that then it's probably the motherboard or the PSU.

On 11/6/2019 at 8:47 AM, CCouper05 said:

Swapped put the PSU

 

Did you mean that you tried a different PSU?

[CCouper05]

40 minutes ago, Vishera said:

This specific error usually means a bad GPU...

You tested the CPU - fine , RAM - fine

You should test the OS next,

Install a fresh install of Windows on a different drive and install drivers.

If the problem persist after all that then it's probably the motherboard or the PSU.

Did you mean that you tried a different PSU?

Yes, I've tested a different PSU. The issue persisted

[Vishera]

1 minute ago, CCouper05 said:

Yes, I've tested a different PSU. The issue persisted

Only 2 suspects left: OS and Motherboard.

 

I don't believe it's the OS but i could be wrong.