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WEIRD CHECKERBOARD PATTERN IN GAMES. THE NVIDIA UPDATE IS THE ONLY CHANGE

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by Rowan DaltonJump to the reply

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 towards driver/software. if they show up in BIOS too, think hardware. fingers crossed 馃

  1. Ruben Mori
    @earlynomad-1to

    i installed the NVIDIA Forceware Drivers (Windows 9X/ME) 56.64 Certified update last night and this morning my gaming desktop looked like this in games:

    gpu artifacts

    Little colored blocks, flickering lines, sometimes a whole strip of the screen goes green for a moment. It doesnt crash, it just looks horrible lmao My stomach dropped cuz artifacts usually mean dying harwdare, right? But its suspicious that it started exactly after the update. How do i tell which one it is without spending money?? pls help 馃檹

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  2. Bo G.
    @bo.garcia

    wait do teh artifacts show up in BIOS or in Safe Mode, or only in normal Windows?

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  4. Chen Celik
    @nimbus_lab246

    oof test with a second display output or a different port. If artiafcts move with the screen content in screenshots, it's rendering (GPU). If they don't appear in a screenshot but do on the monitor, the cable, port or monitor itself is involved. lmk how it goes

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  5. Emeka
    @packetworks

    do a proper clean install of the previous driver: download it from teh 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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  6. Rowan Dalton
    @earlygarage-134
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    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 towards driver/software. if they show up in BIOS too, think hardware. fingers crossed 馃

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  7. Theo Quintero
    @theo.quintero

    Safe Mode being clean doesnt fully clear teh hardware. Safe Mode barely loads the GPU, so a weak card can look fine there.

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  8. Ruben Mori
    @earlynomad-1to
    in reply to @earlygarage-134

    @earlygarage-134 Removed teh memory overclock and teh artifacts in games disappeared even on Forceware Drivers (Windows 9X/ME) 56.64 Certified . The update just exposed an OC that was never stable. seriously made my day 馃槶馃檹

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