Video Artifacts

[nonameslol]

Hey!
 

Alright so I have been having this problem for a long time now, and I am pretty much out of ideas as to why it is happening. Can't explain what it is but let me show you.
 

Specs:

MOBO : Intel S5520SC 
CPU  : 2x Xeon X5670's 6 cores (12 cores/ 24 threads)
RAM  : 24 GB 1333 MHz
GPU  : Gigabyte GTX 1060 6 GB
PSU  : EVGA 750W GQ 

 

When does it happen:

• Usually while watching HD+ Videos on YouTube 
• Watching movies on other software that use WebKit (i.e Popcorn Time)
• Watching Netflix aswell
• Rarely happens in VLC.
• Firefox and Chrome
• At one point I was watching a movie and my whole system slowed down like crazy BUT it didn't freeze.
  Mouse started moving slowly, num key light if pressed takes 30 seconds to show any effect.

 

Things I have done :

• Reinstalled Windows 10 Pro
• Uninstalled Windows Nvidia Drivers (385) and Installed Nvidia Official (388)
• Downloaded High bit-rate videos and played them in VLC player and it didn't reoccur.
• GPU and CPU stress tests show nothing
• Games that are CPU and GPU intensive show nothing.
• UPDATE: I tested the same symptoms on Linux (Debian 9.2) and it DID NOT HAPPEN.
  Therefore, it is not hardware and is primarily Windows specific.

 

Temps seem to be normal within 40c across the board except for CPU 2 which is generally a few degrees hotter but that's because of a smaller CPU cooler.

Can someone help? Is there a way to show a dump of the GPU ? I have looked around and I only came across Nvidia Developer Modes using SDKs ....etc

 

 

 

 

[Technomancer__]

This is very strange...

Try your gpu in another system if you can

[Technomancer__]

Reseat gpu, CPUs and ram

[nonameslol]

39 minutes ago, Ethocreeper said:

Reseat gpu, CPUs and ram

That did nothing. I have also tried using Linux and the problem seems to be none existent. At least now we can narrow it to Windows only....still doesn't help that much  

[emosun]

we seem to share an almost identical system

try a different browser , the artifacts can very easily be a browser based issue

the reason it rarely happens in vlc/local playback is due to drive speed. I recognize the type of artifacting and i usually see it when i play very large files off the slower drives.

 

if your linux installation works fine then your hardware is perfectly fine and it'll just be down to a software issue.

[nonameslol]

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