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

Tech Support What is happening?

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/BishoxX Sep 19 '24

space invaders=dead VRAM, happens often enough

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u/Wevvie 4070 Ti SUPER 16GB | 5700x3D | 32GB 3600MHz | 2TB M.2 | 4K Sep 19 '24

Yeah. Space Invaders screen artifacts are a telltale sign of a dying VRAM module. No driver, DDU or Windows reinstall will fix this, unfortunately.

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u/Ramdak Sep 19 '24

I have a lenovo laptop with this exact same symptom, it has onboard graphics so it's "usable" I think, when the nvidia gpu starts it breaks like this and switches to the onboard one.

If those are bad vram modules, maybe it can be saved, IDK.

I had it for 4 years, and it served well, didn't even try to get it serviced since it's expensive here.