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Bought A Laptop GPU And Now Theres Checkerboard Garbage In Games

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Accepted solution by Felix M. — ahh classic test the card in another PC if you can. If the same artifacts follow the card, you have your answer for teh return.
  1. Kenji
    @kenji_packet

    so annoyed rn my laptop GPU has started showing artifacts in games. colored blocks, stretched polygons, flickering lines across teh screen:

    gpu artifacts

    It doesnt crash right away, but its getting more frequent. i updated the drievr yesterday and nothing changed. Is this teh beginning of the end for teh card, or is there something i can fix? Im trying to stay calm, but teh card isnt cheap to replace. If theres a way to narrow down whether its the card or something else, Id like to try it first.

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  2. Vera
    @verag45

    hmmm try a different cable and monitor. A bad cable gives sparkles and dropouts, but rarely teh structured colored blocks that VRAM faults produce. lmk how it goes

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  5. Theo
    @tquintero_40
    in reply to @signal_builder

    also lol how is this thread still going lmao... have u checked your games settings? mine were reset after an update

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  6. Theo
    @tquintero_40

    came here to say exactly this lmk how it goes

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  8. Felix Moreau
    @fmoreau-3hd

    lol same thing happened to me the key question is where the artifacts appear. If they show up in the BIOS or boot screen, before any driver loads, its almost certainly hardware: VRAM or the GPU itself. lmk how it goes

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  9. Felix M.
    @routerwarden

    ok so as a temporary workaround, lowering the memory clock with the vendors tuning tool can reduce VRAM-related artifacts. it doesnt fix teh card, but it can keep it usable while u sort out a replacement. fingers crossed 🤞

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  10. Felix M.
    @routerwarden
    Accepted solution

    ahh classic test the card in another PC if you can. If the same artifacts follow the card, you have your answer for teh return.

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  11. Ava Q.
    @aquintero

    @routerwarden did u ever fix it?, bump. still happneing with laptop for me

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  12. Vera
    @verag45

    @routerwarden nah thats not it, gpu has nothing to do with it

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  13. Kenji
    @kenji_packet
    in reply to @routerwarden

    @routerwarden replaced the thermal pads (my card was out of warranty anyway) and the memory temps dropepd alot, no artifacts since... nervous but happy. u guys are the best!!!

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