I really need some help

[asung416]

Hello, i own the GTX 470, and after playing Battlefield 3, my computer suddenly freezes, and white boxes appear around the screen. Even when i shut the computer down, more white boxes appear during post. The only way i can fix this is to unplug the cord from the psu. I tried Kombustor to see what the problem was. The tests ran fine, but after switching to the desktop the boxes appeared. 

 

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

 

[Samdb]

Have you tried scanning with MalwareBytes?

[asung416]

Have you tried scanning with MalwareBytes?

Do you think that this is a virus? Why do you think this is a virus.....

[Samdb]

Do you think that this is a virus? Why do you think this is a virus.....

I have no idea what it is, I'm just trying to eliminate the possibilities.

[Gullerback]

I've heard of this a few times and it always seemed to be a Driver issue, I'd try a clean uninstall and reinstall to the latest nvidia drivers

[SirReallySam]

I've heard of this a few times and it always seemed to be a Driver issue, I'd try a clean uninstall and reinstall to the latest nvidia drivers

I was thinking this.

[asung416]

I've heard of this a few times and it always seemed to be a Driver issue, I'd try a clean uninstall and reinstall to the latest nvidia drivers

Actually, i play BF3 Ultra, (mesh Low), and i get a solid 60fps @768p. But with the newer drivers, my fps drops significantly. I get the best fps with the 314.22 drivers, oh and i already did a clean install

[Gullerback]

Actually, i play BF3 Ultra, (mesh Low), and i get a solid 60fps @768p. But with the newer drivers, my fps drops significantly. I get the best fps with the 314.22 drivers, oh and i already did a clean install

If thats so, Then do a clean uninstall and install with those drivers.   My other Suggestion would be a unstable overclock.  If not OC'ing i would go back to the driver angle

 

 

I'd grab driver sweeper and run it in safe mode to remove all graphics drivers and boot back into windows and reinstall and see how it goes

[asung416]

If thats so, Then do a clean uninstall and install with those drivers.   My other Suggestion would be a unstable overclock.  If not OC'ing i would go back to the driver angle

 

 

I'd grab driver sweeper and run it in safe mode to remove all graphics drivers and boot back into windows and reinstall and see how it goes

I already did a clean install

[asung416]

Do you think that it is time to upgrade?, because the 470, is pretty dated. Oh, and another interesting thing is that i can play league of legends without and crashes/freezes

[Cacao]

It could be many things: not enough power (faulty PSU), loads of dust (over heat), not enough airflow in case (over heat), bad overclock, driver issue, OS issue or it could simply be that your card is getting a bit dated and it's starting to die. 

 

What you should do is: clean your computer, reinstall or install old drivers, take off any overclocks, make sure your PSU is still working (maybe test another PSU if you have available), as a last resort you could try reinstalling windows. If nothing works your card's probably coming to the end of the road.

[asung416]

Yea, and i left the computer for 20 minutes off, and when i started it up, there are white lines everywhere at post. I am going to be getting another graphics card

[asung416]

Hello, Thanks for all of the help, but i have purchased an Asus gtx 650 ti boost, i will be overclocking, to increase performance