GPU

[Miikisu]

I recently bought a new GPU for my Alienware X51 R2 with a 330W adaptor, it's the GTX 1650 Super. I discovered the GPU doesn't go in fully in the PCI-E X16 Slot because of the GPU Bracket that came with the PC, do you think it's gonna cause problems? I've seen some artifacts when watching videos and when closing windows and it only happens rarely... I was anxious and decided to try to re-align the GPU and still no success and I'm scared if it's failing.

[Moonzy]

try running some GPU stress test like unigine heaven, see if there are any artifacts there

might be a defective gpu

[Miikisu]

1 hour ago, Moonzy said:

try running some GPU stress test like unigine heaven, see if there are any artifacts there

might be a defective gpu

Is it bad when shadows flicker?

[Moonzy]

Just now, Miikisu said:

Is it bad when shadows flicker?

in unigine heaven? yes

in other games? depends if it's by design

[Moonzy]

one thing you can try is DDU-ing your gpu driver and reinstalling it

see if it solves your issue

[AlbinoRhinoGyno]

Could be a bent card or bent pin, not uncommon nowadays with beefier and beefier coolers on graphics cards, or could just be a drop incident or things like that. Not sure if you should brute force it in the slots (could cause damage to the card or the board), so RMA is probably a better option. I'd like to see how the card is bent in pictures if possible tho.

 

And of course, using it plugged into just half a PCIe slot is not very recommendable, hence the artifacts.