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bought a three-year-old gpu and now theres checkerboard garbage on the desktop

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Accepted solution by Omar — hmmm test the card in another PC if you can.. 👍 if the same artifacts follow the card, you have your answer for the return.
  1. Luca M.
    @router_fiddler

    my three-year-old GPU has started shoiwng artifacts on teh desktop. colored blocks, stretched polygons, flickering lines across teh screen:

    gpu artifacts

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

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  2. Dima B.
    @voxel_den-19g

    lol same thing happened to me as a temporary workaround, lowering teh memory clock with teh vendors tuning tool can reduce VRAM-related artifacts 🔥 It doesnt fix teh card, but it can keep it usbale while you sort out a replacement. good luck man!

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  3. Erik Grant
    @quietworks

    @router_fiddler works on paper, not in real life

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  4. Tomas L.
    @tomas_cobalt

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

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  5. Omar
    @cipherbuilder-2n0
    Accepted solution

    hmmm test the card in another PC if you can.. 👍 if the same artifacts follow the card, you have your answer for the return.

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  7. Emeka
    @emeka.iqbal

    hmmmm not sure about that id be careful about recommending a memory underclock as a fix. It can hide a fault until the return window closes. but hey ymmv

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  8. Luca M.
    @router_fiddler
    in reply to @cipherbuilder-2n0

    @cipherbuilder-2n0 WOWWW replaced the thermal pads (my card was out of warranty anyway) and the memory temps dropped alot... no artifacts since, nervous but happy. thank u thank u thank u

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