Any advice on either a new PSU or other artifacting fixes.
Posted by ShogunyanGamer@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 8 comments
A while back here I posted about how replacing my (used) RTX 3080 with a (used but working from a reputable seller) 5070 did not fix the everpresent artifacting I was experiencing with that 3080, which I had suspected to be a mining card but later came to discover it might've been GPU sag from 3 years of running without a support.
To put things into perspective, since 2023 this artifacting has persisted through:
A CPU upgrade
A RAM swap
A GPU upgrade
Countless, countless driver updates and reinstallations
A motherboard swap
And now, an entirely fucking fresh copy of Windows.
And with that my attention is now turning to my PSU: a 2018 model Corsair RM850x White. This has been my main PSU since first building my PC back in 2019. It's also been used to run two hard internal hard drives and an internal Blu-ray drive alongside everything else needed for my PC to function. After doing all of this, would replacing this PSU be advisable given its age and the possibility of cables, ports, or PSU components having gone bad?
grump66@reddit
You've got to try the card in a whole different pc to rule it out. Personally, I've never seen artifacting that wasn't a bad gpu.
ChristianM12345@reddit
tell me you didn't read the post without telling me
grump66@reddit
Have you tested the card in a whole other pc ? Its different than rebuilding your pc because you seem to think something in your current build is causing this other than the card being bad.
Its just my experience, but I've never seen a card artifact for any reason but its a bad card. Granted, I've only got about 400 builds done, but its some experience.
ChristianM12345@reddit
lol you're looking more senile. I'm not the OP.
grump66@reddit
Super, then thanks so much for your excellent and insightful comment. I'm sure it will lead to the OP being able to solve their problem.
ChristianM12345@reddit
holy shit stop responding please. My response is not an invitation that I want to keep talking to you, lol.
ShogunyanGamer@reddit (OP)
I have not gotten a single answer to my question yet.
grump66@reddit
Don't believe, prove. Install the card in that other computer and stress test it. If it artifacts, its the card.