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My computer screen will freeze and varous parts of the screen will have static. The image quality also lessons and there's nothing I can do. Eventually my computer turns of or I have to do it myself. 

 

I have a GTX 560ti and I've tried multiple drivers and they've all had this problem. Anything I can do?

 

It basically happens whenever I do anything with the GPU. Whether it's watching a video, playing a simple game, or even doing a bunch of stuff on the screen, it usually crashes. 

 

Update: As I type this, it just crashed on the start up, but recovered. It's definitely getting worse. 

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Uninstall and reinstall the latest drivers. If those don't work, you will need to revert to an older version that does work. This will take some trial and error, but you will eventually find the right driver that doesn't have the problem.

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Does it occur if you just leave it on the desktop?

 

Sounds like a dying GPU to me if it doesn't.

Yeah, sometimes it'll just happen out of nowhere and stop working. 

 

Also, I think I checked and saw the GPU idling around 50C. Anything thoughts? 

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Yeah, sometimes it'll just happen out of nowhere and stop working. 

 

Also, I think I checked and saw the GPU idling around 50C. Anything thoughts? 

 

I've owned numerous 560ti's and it depends on the cooler, I wouldn't say 50C is too high for one to idle (depending of course on ambient temperature), I think the best cooler on a 560ti is the MSI Twin Frozr II.

 

If you are seeing graphical artefacts and then a crash, I'm saying the GPU is on its way out.

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I've owned numerous 560ti's and it depends on the cooler, I wouldn't say 50C is too high for one to idle (depending of course on ambient temperature), I think the best cooler on a 560ti is the MSI Twin Frozr II.

 

If you are seeing graphical artefacts and then a crash, I'm saying the GPU is on its way out.

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Uninstall and reinstall the latest drivers. If those don't work, you will need to revert to an older version that does work. This will take some trial and error, but you will eventually find the right driver that doesn't have the problem.

How does one uninstall drivers. Will this work without integrated graphics? (FX-6120)

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