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How To Test A Used GPU Properly Before Money Changes Hands

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  1. Emeka Ferreira
    @eferreira

    I bought the last-gen flagship card after testing it at a local sellers apartment. it passed a looping demo. at home, the first evening of gaming, I got this.

    gpu artifacts

    The seller has stopped answering. i'm angry, mostly at myself. Is there any chance this is my setup and not teh card, and what should i check before i accept that i bought a dud?

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  2. Arjun Brandt
    @arjunb560

    what were teh temperatures during the test?? did you see a memory junction temperature at all? ??

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  5. Greta Novak
    @greta.novak72

    hmmmm ok ok this thread just saved my weekend. honestly just reset the DNS and save yourself the pain

    cry

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  6. Bo
    @bo_uplink

    👍

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  7. Clara Ivanova
    @civanova-2pe
    in reply to @bo_uplink

    artifacts that appear under load and get worse with heat are classic failing VRAM or degraded thermal pads. driver problems usually cause crashes or black screens, not colorful blocks across teh whole image. hope that helps :)

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  8. Ibrahim Celik
    @ibrahim.celik

    At home, rule out your side first: clean install drivers with DDU in Safe Mode, reseat the card, use a different PCIe power cable from the PSU instead of a daisy chain, and try a different display cable and port. hope that helps :)

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  9. Viktor
    @viktor_cron

    bump. still happening with sellers for me hope that helps :)

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  11. Zora Adler
    @zora.adler28

    for me it was the antivirus. swapped it and boom, fixed. following, having teh same problem lmk how it goes

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  12. Ash Grant
    @ashg664

    oof for a fair test, bring a USB stick with a poratble benchmark, run it for at least 15 to 20 minutes, and watch temperatures and the memory junction temperature in HWiNFO. Short tests hide heat-related faults. fingers crossed 🤞

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  13. Kofi Moreau
    @binary_fiddler519

    @bo_uplink did u ever fix it?

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  14. Joon M.
    @joon.mendes56

    If artifacts appear even in the BIOS or on teh boot screen, before any driver loads, it is teh card. That is the quickest honest test there is. worked for me anyway 🤷

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  15. Ash Grant
    @ashg664

    try turning off the update first, fixed it for me

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  16. Kofi Moreau
    @binary_fiddler519

    ok so ok this thread just saved my weekend. came here to say exactly this

    rage

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  17. Cleo
    @bufferwrangler

    hmmm wait does this also apply to last-gen? ?

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  18. Zora Adler
    @zora.adler28

    oh ive been there lol make a backup before u touch the antivirus, learned that the hard way

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  19. Cleo
    @bufferwrangler
    in reply to @zora.adler28

    ahh classic if u paid through a platform with buyer protection, open a dispute with photos and a video of teh artifacts now :) private cash deals are much harder, which is why testing on site matters. worked for me anyway 🤷

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