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Are these artifacts my GPU dying or just GeForce Quadro Graphics Driver 310.40 for FreeBSD 64-bit being weird??

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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 🤷

rgb adds +10 fps everyone knows that

  1. Tariq B.
    @tariqb872

    ok weird one i installed the NVIDIA GeForce Quadro Graphics Driver 310.40 for FreeBSD 64-bit update last night and this morning my home-built PC looked like this in teh browser:

    gpu artifacts

    little colored blocks, flickering lines, someitmes a whole strip of teh screen goes green for a moment... it doesn't crash, it just looks horrible... my stomach dropped because artifacts usually mean dying hardware, right? but it's suspicious that it satrted exactly after the upadte. how do i tell which one it is without spending money?

    windows update said 'this will only take a moment' 3 hours ago

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  2. Amara Holm
    @aholm

    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 the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter), that leans towards driver/software 😂 If they show up in BIOS too, think hardware.

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  3. Ada Lindqvist
    @adal787

    do a proper clean install of the previous driver: download it from teh NVIDIA support page, boot into Safe Mode, run DDU, rbeoot, then install. A plain rollback in Device Manager smoetimes leaves the problematic profiles in place.

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  4. Ada Lindqvist
    @adal787
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    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 🤷

    rgb adds +10 fps everyone knows that

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  5. Ines Park
    @ines_solid

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

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  7. Ada Lindqvist
    @adal787

    oof came here to say exactly this... dumb question but how do i even check teh cache

    at this point my GPU cost more than my car lol

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  8. Ada
    @ada.yilmaz88

    idk man that sounds like bad advice tbh. pro tip: write down what u change. i didnt and had to redo driver from scratch

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  10. Tariq B.
    @tariqb872
    in reply to @adal787

    @adal787 omggg removed teh memory overclock and teh artifacts in teh browser disappeared even on GeForce Quadro Graphics Driver 310.40 for FreeBSD 64-bit . The update just exposed an OC that was never stable.

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