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artifacts appeared right after a driver update. do i panic or roll back?? 🤔

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  1. Kira Torres
    @cobalt_rider

    not gonna lie this is driving me nuts so this is new. artifacts on teh desktop, and only since updating GeForce Hotfix Driver from NVIDIA.

    gpu artifacts

    ive already rebooted three times. they dont show up on the BIOS screen as far as I can tell, only once Windows loads. is that a meaningful clue? im happy to run tests, I just need to know which ones make sense. I have not overclocked anything on purpose, but I did install a tuning tool a while back. I wanna rule out the cheap explanations before I start pricing replacement cards. seriously need help here 😭

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  2. Mila Sorensen
    @mila_vector

    lol same thing happened to me test with a second display output or a different port... if artifacts move with teh screen content in screenshots, its rendering (GPU)... if they dont appear in a screenshot but do on the monitor, the cable, port or monitor itself is involved.

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  3. Tomas
    @daemon_probe

    Check that the PCIe power connectors are fully seated and not melted or discolored. Power issues can produce artifacts under load.

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  6. Mila Sorensen
    @mila_vector

    oh ive been there lol ur BIOS observation is a good clue, if artifacts appear only after Windows loads the driver, but not in BIOS or in Safe Mode (which uses the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter), that leans towadrs driver/software. if they show up in BIOS too, think hardware. lmk how it goes

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  7. Aiden
    @aidenl768
    in reply to @mila_vector

    try turning off the cache first, fixed it for me. same issue here on my moms pc. glad im not teh only one good luck man!

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  8. Anika
    @anikak235

    came here to say exactly this

    have u tried turning it off and on again (im only half joking)

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  9. Jade B.
    @jade.becker28

    oh ive been there lol do a proper clean install of the previous drievr: download it from the NVIDIA support page, boot into Safe Mode, run DDU, reboot, then install. A plain rollback in Device Manager sometimes leaves the problematic profiles in place.

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  10. Anika
    @anikak235

    hmmm reset any overclock or undervolt, especially memory clock lol Artifacts that look like small colored blocks are often VRAM instability, and a driver update can change memory behavior enough to tip a marginal OC over.

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  11. Esme S.
    @siliconsmith

    hmmmm ok spent since tuesday on nvidia and im still not done. for me it was the router. swapped it and boom, fixed

    facepalm

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  12. Tomas
    @daemon_probe

    wait does this also apply to driver?... have u checked your driver-update settings?? mine were reset after an udpate ??

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  14. Kira Torres
    @cobalt_rider
    in reply to @anikak235

    @anikak235 WOWWW removed teh memory overclock and the artifacts on teh desktop disappeared even on GeForce Hotfix Driver 516.79. the update just exposed an OC that was never stable. thank u thank u thank u

    party

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