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Rolled Back CATALYST Driver And The Artifacts Are Still There. Now What?

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reset any overclock or undervolt, especially memory clock, 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. hope that helps :)

  1. Nell Ueda
    @silicon_builder

    im literally losing my mind here pls tell me this is a driver thing.. 🔥 glitches in games on my editing workstation, starting right after teh CATALYST Driver update:

    gpu artifacts

    the card isnt new but its never shown anything like this before. temperatures look normal. ive tried a different cable and teh artifacts are the same. id like to know what to test before i convince myself its dead 🤷 i also do some photo work on the editing workstation, sooo i really need to know wehther i can trust what i see on screen right now. any ideas??

    it works on my machine™

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  2. Lars Walsh
    @rustywarden

    hmmm check that teh PCIe power connectors are fully seated and not melted or discolored. power issues can prodcue artifacts under load.

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  3. Tariq A.
    @tariq_loose

    yeahhh test with a second display output or a different port. If artifacts move with teh 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. good luck man!

    15 tabs open and chrome ate all 32GB of ram again

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  4. Tess Moreau
    @tess.moreau

    ok this thread just saved my weekend seriously need help here 😭

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  5. Lars Walsh
    @rustywarden

    hmmm pro tip: write down what u change.. 😅 i didnt and had to redo windows from scratch

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  6. Tariq A.
    @tariq_loose

    lol same thing happened to me exact same thing happened to my work pc last month 😂 for me it was the cable... swapped it and boom, fixed good luck man!

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  7. Lars Walsh
    @rustywarden

    oh ive been there lol try turning off the cable first, fixed it for me

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  9. Zoe Kim
    @zoek732

    is amd even worth bothering with or should i just leave it. spent 3 hours on driver and im still not done

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  10. Ada
    @ada_cipher-3n9
    in reply to @zoek732

    oof for me it was teh settings... swapped it and boom, fixed. wait does this also apply to artifacts? fingers crossed 🤞

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  11. Tariq A.
    @tariq_loose
    in reply to @ada_cipher-3n9

    ok so 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.

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  14. Tess Moreau
    @tess.moreau
    in reply to @zoek732

    yeahhh if artifacts persist after DDU and an older driver, and even appear in BIOS, back up your data and look into warranty... don't keep stress testing a card that shows artifacts in BIOS. worked for me anyway 🤷

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  15. Soren Rossi
    @voxel_sage

    @voxel_sage works on paper, not in real life

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  16. Tess Moreau
    @tess.moreau

    everyone keeps saying this but nobody posts proof but hey ymmv

    thinking

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  17. Tariq A.
    @tariq_loose

    lol same thing happened to me do a proper clean install of the previous driver: download it from the AMD support page, boot into Safe Mode, run DDU, reboot, then install. A plain rollback in Device Manager sometimes leaves teh problematic profiles in place. lmk how it goes

    nothing is more permanent than a temporary workaround

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  18. Soren Rossi
    @voxel_sage
    Accepted solution

    reset any overclock or undervolt, especially memory clock, 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. hope that helps :)

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  19. Lars Walsh
    @rustywarden

    @tariq_loose thank u this worked!! cant believe it was that simple lol

    my pc fans sound like a jet taking off but sure

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