Green Artifacts and Game Crash

daniSAUR

daniSAUR

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Hey guys!

Here’s my current set up (let me know if I need to give more info! It’s been a while since I’ve updated this machine)

CPU - i7 4790k
GPU - MSI 670GTX
16GB of something ram (if you need it I can open up the case to confirm what)
Corsair AX860i psu
LG ultrawide 29” monitor (2k res)

Just started replaying no man sky (so not a crazy heavy game) but I seem to be getting green artifacts whilst running the game and thus causing it to crash. I’ve ran HWMonitor whilst gaming and my temps seemed normal (CPU cores were around 60C and GPU hitting 70C on load). This was playing on low-medium settings, frames were between 30-50.

I’ve also tried swapping between the display port and HDMI cables just to rule that out but it seemed to be causing the same issue, and it only seems to be when gaming.

My gut is telling me that the GPU is possibly on its last legs as I only bought the monitor early this year.

Any thoughts? And if it is the GPU, I’ve seen a 980 and 1060 (6gb) going for similar prices and was wondering what would be the better deal/card. It’d be nice to get high settings on NMS at the very least! I guess the only big game I’d play currently is The Witcher 3 so if that could run highish that’d be ideal.

Thanks in advance :)
 
Make sure it's running stock and unapply any overclocks.

Play a bunch of different games and see how it behaves. If it's persistent and always the same spot try playing a game on a different monitor or TV.

If it's sporadic on a different screen then it's probably just the memory going out. You could try raising voltage or lowering clocks if possible.

As for a new card a 1060GB is a much better value than a 980. Although new cards are coming soon from Nvidia. So waiting could still be an option. Seeing as you take a long time between upgrades it may be worth it.
 
AlienALX said:
Sounds like last legs. This weather kills hardware.

Ed get the 1060 for the warranty IMO
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Yeah I was thinking 1060 as well, but both are ex-display models and come with 90 days (too good a price to turn down) and practically a £30 difference. 1060 it is though as I guess it's a newer card in general.

NeverBackDown said:
Make sure it's running stock and unapply any overclocks.

Play a bunch of different games and see how it behaves. If it's persistent and always the same spot try playing a game on a different monitor or TV.

If it's sporadic on a different screen then it's probably just the memory going out. You could try raising voltage or lowering clocks if possible.

As for a new card a 1060GB is a much better value than a 980. Although new cards are coming soon from Nvidia. So waiting could still be an option. Seeing as you take a long time between upgrades it may be worth it.
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It's all at normal clocks but I will try and test it with a small TV I have. I can't really nail down exactly where the artifacts happen on the screen but it just appears and crashes the game. I'll probably stick to getting the current gen cards, the reason for not upgrading sooner is purely down to not having money at the right time haha - when I wanted to get one it was slap-bang in the middle of the mining craziness.

Thanks for your advice though guys! Really helpful :)
 
Have you tried different Drivers or other games to see if you can replicate the artifacts?

It's not the most optimised title and others have had graphical issues with it..

This was caused by bad drivers.
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EDIT: original Steam discussion.
 
Just to add here.

I update to Nvidia latest drivers. When playing WoW with Dx12 api, I get green lines/artifacts but no crashing.

Wow with Dx11 is fine. Reverting back to previous driver, I had no issues with either API. So wraith may have a point. Roll back a driver version or two and test again. But make sure you use a driver cleaner for a full uninstall.
 
Wraith said:
Have you tried different Drivers or other games to see if you can replicate the artifacts?

It's not the most optimised title and others have had graphical issues with it..

This was caused by bad drivers.
994357E80A53C711EE8277FF2B7808C5260958F8


EDIT: original Steam discussion.
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Warchild said:
Just to add here.

I update to Nvidia latest drivers. When playing WoW with Dx12 api, I get green lines/artifacts but no crashing.

Wow with Dx11 is fine. Reverting back to previous driver, I had no issues with either API. So wraith may have a point. Roll back a driver version or two and test again. But make sure you use a driver cleaner for a full uninstall.
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Okay I may try this tonight - I actually updated the drivers to see if it was fix the issue but maybe i'll try to roll back 2x to see if it works.

Cheers guys! I mean i'm still pining for a GPU so that may happen ;)
 
your GPU is showing some serious age now anyway so i think you have a valid reason to upgrade for a considerable amount of performance gain.
 
Doubt it would solve anything but have you reseated everything and cleared the bios? Do u have another psu to try?
 
Artifacts often pop up in times of extreme heat. As Alien said, this summer is a tough one. Given that you have a 670 aka ANCIENT TECHNOLOGY ;)

You can consider taking the card out and giving it a good blast with clean air and remove the dust and dead skin that has built up in the aluminium cooler vanes.
 
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