Started getting weird artifacts in games and blender after 1.5 years of solid use
Posted by whimsylora@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 3 comments
hey. my build is a ryzen 7 5700x, rtx 4070, 32gb ddr4 that i put together for freelance 3d work and gaming. it ran perfectly until about 2 weeks ago when i started seeing random colorful artifacts in games and sometimes in blender renders. no bsod yet but im worried.
already updated gpu drivers, ran memtest overnight with no errors, and checked temps which are fine. could the gpu be dying already or is it something else like psu? any tests i should run next before i start swapping parts? thanks in advance.
DJKaotica@reddit
One of my first GPUs, a GeForce 3, the fan started dying and I started having random artifacts and periodically the machine would just reboot when I pushed it too hard.
Once I realized the problem it was a pretty simple fix.
Per what others have said you've gotten good advice.
First thing is drivers. After that look for things causing excess heat.
So GPU heat first. Then maybe CPU heat but generally I feel like CPUs don't cause graphical glitches. By heat I mean: fans, then maybe check heatsinks, thermal pads, paste, etc. It's more likely a problem if you installed it yourself, less likely for the factory, but there have been various card releases where repasting the GPU helped significantly. That being said, don't take anything apart if it's still under warranty, just RMA it or send it in for them to test.
PSU fan after that maybe? Make sure all your PSU cables are secure (particularly the 12V ATX for the CPU and the GPU connections).
Then I'd consider upgrading the BIOS. If it's been working for 1.5 years it's unlikely it will be a BIOS thing unless a new GPU driver is stressing things in ways not seen before (which I'm not sure I've ever heard of happening, just speculating).
Xenoryzen_Dragon@reddit
repaste cpu and gpu with new termal paste + update mobo bios and gpu bios to latest ver + undervolt and underclock your cpu/gpu/ram from bios
kmkm2op@reddit
I think furmark 2 the gpu stress test has an artifact detector. Furmark 2 is fine on functional gpu's but just be careful that if urs going is about to go, it might overstress it.