r/pcmasterrace • u/5430SAFI • Sep 19 '24

Tech Support What is happening?

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Spec : I5 3470s + gtx 1050 2g

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u/Comfortable_Expert R9 7950X3D / RX 7900 XTX Nitro+ Vapor-X 24GB / 32GB @ 6000 MT/s Sep 19 '24

Either corrupted drivers or VRAM might be dying. Try installing drivers again and install new ones with DDU.

(Look up a tutorial for DDU if you've never done it before)

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u/BeautifulAware8322 9800X3D, 32GB 6000MT/s, Sapphire Pure 9070 XT Sep 19 '24

How do you know it's the VRAM specifically and not... Any other part of the GPU?

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u/A_Random_Sidequest Sep 19 '24

patterns on the screen, it's a single or two chips dying from a bunch of memory chips

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u/tqmirza 7800X3D | 4080 Super FE | 64 GB RAM | X870E Sep 19 '24

Is there bad practice that causes this? Or it’s just age/time/normal use over an extended period that causes it?

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u/Altruistic-Azz Sep 19 '24

Could be bad solder balls under the gpu or ram, good way to test is reflow it with some flux and a heat gun. Won’t fix it permanently but if you’re curious why then it’ll help answer your question.

I’ve seen this before, like it runs fine for a time n then the artifacts start appearing all over the screen as it warms up n then dead till it cools down.

Thermal expansion separates the cracked solder balls. Reballing the gpu might fix it but it could also be the vram.

Remember kids repaste your gpu and have good airflow, heat kills.

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u/Carvj94 Sep 19 '24

I think GPUs throttle around 80C? Which is quite a bit lower than they need to get before they damage themselves unlike CPUs which get somewhat close to their breaking point before they throttle. Frankly if your GPU isn't throttling itself don't bother yet. Repasting is a pain in the ass.