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Weird checkerboard pattern in the browser. The NVIDIA update is the only change

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  1. Yusuf
    @yusuf_nimbus

    so annoyed rn please tell me this is a driver thing. glitches in teh browser on my gaming laptop, starting right after the Detonator FX Drivers 44.03 (Windows 2000/XP) update:

    gpu artifacts

    the card isnt new but its never shown anything like this before. temperatures look normal. ive tried a different cable and the artifacts are teh same. id like to know what to test before I convince myself its dead. I also do some photo work on teh gaming laptop, so I really need to know whether I can trust what I see on screen right now.

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  2. Tess
    @tess_signal

    uhh any GPU overclock or memory overclock active?

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  3. Yusuf
    @yusuf_nimbus
    in reply to @tess_signal

    ahh right took a screenshot and the artifacts are visible in it too, so its not teh cable. hope thats enough info 😅

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  6. Milan M.
    @socket_fiddler93

    lol same thing happened to me 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. lmk how it goes

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  7. Tess
    @tess_signal

    oh ive been there lol do a proper clean install of the previous driver: 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 porblematic profiles in place.

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  8. Lina Pereira
    @lina.pereira

    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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  9. Milan M.
    @socket_fiddler93

    your 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 teh Microsoft Basic Display Adapter), that leans towards driver/software. if they show up in BIOS too, think hardware.

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  12. Lina Pereira
    @lina.pereira

    @kernel_nomad33 what did u end up doing in the end ??

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  13. Lina Pereira
    @lina.pereira

    id test in a second PC if you can :D its teh only test that really separates the card from everything else.

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