Problems with games

[salatji]

Hey there. I am having once again issues with my Gigabyte G1 Gaming 1070 (I guess).

 

In games (and only in games) the picture sometimes gets bugged and bars appear (see screenshots).

 

The weird thing is: ONLY in games. Also for example League of Legends, the bars disappear for a short time when I alt-tab and go back in the game.

 

I ran furmark for 1-2 hours without any problems and a max temp. of 75°C. I ran 3DMark Firestrike stresstest, max. Temp also 75°C with no failures, so I guess overheating is not an issue.

 

I am confused as I haven't found any similar problems, everyone who posted about issues or defective graphic cards had way worse issues with images, like this one here (http://extreme.pcgameshardware.de/fullsizeImage.php?i=624038) that has no recognizeable picture left. Also I can't always reproduce the bug, sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't.

 

I did some research, apparently 1070s with micron memory might have issues, so I contacted Gigabyte if they can help me. They told me to use the driver from their homepage (384.76). I am using 388.13, so I don't know if this could solve the problem, feels weird to me to use a older driver (also: what's the best way to remove every single data of a driver?)

 

I also made a reddit-post in pcmr and some people mentioned a dying graphic cards, but shouldn't those problems also appear when I run Firestrike or Furmark stresstests if the GPU is faulty?

 

Would the easiest attempt for a solution be to send it back to the seller and get a new one? Or should I try and fix it on my own first?

 

Do you guys have any suggestions I could do?  Thanks for any suggestion/tip.

[Atmos]

Games are often the most graphically intensive program people run outside of synthetic benchmarks, so seeing stability issues while gaming, and only while gaming, can happen. This honestly looks like a card on the verge of bricking. I would RMA it if its still under warranty, I would suspect changing driver version or trying to fix the problem yourself wouldn't yield any real results. This very easily looks like a dying card, so nothing really you can do about it other than rma through the manufacturer.

 

 

[salatji]

Ok, quick update.

 

I removed the 1070 and will send it in. I installed a used 1050 TI I picked up for cheap. Stresstest showed that it runs 10°C cooler (65°C) than the 1070.

 

I guess the GPU might be faulty, but also my case Pure Base 600 with tempered glass window has apparently ass-airflow....