Black Square Artifacts in Chrome?

[cmc]

     So I've gotten my most recent system (Windows 7, ASUS Maximus VI Hero) up and running and she does great with games. I've run 18 hour stress tests on both my EVGA SC GTX 780 and Intel i7-4770K and they've done beautifully, no muck-ups or artifacts. However, I've been noticing that when Chrome is open for some time and I shift to game or work on something else, then come back, there are big black bars covering the Tabs and Html portion at the top of the page. They go away once I run my cursor over them( sometimes) and whenever I open a new tab, so it doesn't seem like it's getting in the way too much, but it's just a little worrisome. This also only happens with Chrome, not Firefox or IE. I haven't really done much in the way of overclocking yet since I've still been letting everything settle (to troubleshoot for things like this!). Do you guys think this might be a video driver issue? A Chrome issue? Let me know what you think, and thanks for the help.

 

 

• CPU
  Intel i7-4770K
• Motherboard
  ASUS Maximus VI Hero
• RAM
  8GB Corsair Vengeance
• GPU
  EVGA SC GTX 780
• Case
  Fractal Design Arc Midi R2
• Storage
  Samsung 840 Evo 120GB; Seagate Barracuda 2TB
• PSU
  Corsair GS800W

[TechTheWorld]

I have been having the same problem. I moved to firefox and I no longer have the problem.

[Billman87]

Very Unusual, It looks like a Chrome vs Driver issue to me.

 

For some simple testing I would

• Disable Aero
• Disable Desktop Composition
• Roll back VGA drivers to older version
• Remove Expansion Card and test with onboard.
• Disable any applications that use overlays like Steam Xfire or Overwolf 
• Go to nVidia Control Panel -> 3D settings -> Program Settings -> Chrome and disable everything.

I have seen this many times on older computers and occasional on my current system (when using daft emulators) it related to the screen buffer not getting updated.

I expect this will occur with other software that uses similar rendering methods as chrome, it not a serious problem just and atheistic one.

Minimize and then restoring chrome will redraw the window and cause the update that is needed.

The most likely cause is that Chrome is attempting to minimize GPU overhead and you system is unexpectedly clearing the buffer without Chromes knowledge.

It will probably never be fixed as it extremely rare as it a combination of over the top optimisation on both application and driver clashing.

 

These are the kind of things that happen when you have a broad range of Software and Hardware solutions it impossible to test and resolve everyone specific issues.

If you spend enough time your sure to find a workaround but without experiencing the problem my self I am unable to provide one.

 

Good Luck hope you find a resolution to this issue.

[Leonius]

I've read like 5 threads in the last few days and i myself had issues with chrome too. I think chrome has a problem with the most recent nvidia driver. change to an older one or just use firefox until the problem has settled.