GPU is artifacting while gaming

vaulthunter94LINUSTECHTIPS · June 7, 2018

Hi, about a week ago my computer started acting weird when i ran "intensive" graphical programs (games). Whenever I try to play a game it freezes for about 1 min, goes black screen and back to the game. Also sometimes i get these white and black checkers patterns on my screen. I've tried unistalling my with DDU drivers and reinstalling them. I've also checked temperature and it's not overheating while playing games.

itisme911 · June 7, 2018

Do you remember what the temps were when you were running the "intensive" program? Unplug all cables to your monitor and replug them, use different cables if you can. It sounds like it may be dead but it could still be other things. Make sure to powercycle and try to update drivers and windows.

Radium_Angel · June 7, 2018

6 minutes ago, vaulthunter94LINUSTECHTIPS said:

Hi, about a week ago my computer started acting weird when i ran "intensive" graphical programs (games). Whenever I try to play a game it freezes for about 1 min, goes black screen and back to the game. Also sometimes i get these white and black checkers patterns on my screen. I've tried unistalling my with DDU drivers and reinstalling them. I've also checked temperature and it's not overheating while playing games.

Either the GPU itself is going bad (the RAM is failing) or your power supply is failing to provide enough power to feed the card under load.

vaulthunter94LINUSTECHTIPS · June 7, 2018

2 minutes ago, itisme911 said:

Do you remember what the temps were when you were running the "intensive" program? Unplug all cables to your monitor and replug them, use different cables if you can. It sounds like it may be dead but it could still be other things. Make sure to powercycle and try to update drivers and windows.

Temps were 50 C*, So i don't think those are the problem. I'm going to switch cables and see if it's fixed

2 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

Either the GPU itself is going bad (the RAM is failing) or your power supply is failing to provide enough power to feed the card under load.