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    Nvidia Graphics Card Dying?

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by Toasterb, Oct 30, 2013.

  1. Toasterb

    Toasterb Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a GT70-2OD with the GTX-780M, and yesterday while playing Civ 5 I noticed artifacts suddenly showing up on the screen. I figured it may be the game being buggy, so I exited the game and turned off the laptop. Today I turned on the laptop, started up Civ 5 and see these artifacts again.

    Went and upgraded the video drivers and ran into a bunch of BSOD problems along the way (video dxgkrnl fatal error). Finally got everything working again but still see the artifacts on a variety of games if the games don't crash first. Even Youtube videos have artifacts popup whereas using the Intel card does not.

    Couple of examples:

    Artifacts - Imgur

    I have a feeling the 780M is failing. It doesn't seem like it's a drivers issue as everything was working perfectly until yesterday and I haven't updated anything. I do not overclock and monitor the temperatures. It rarely goes above 85C. The laptop otherwise works fine when it is on the Intel card. Just when I launch anything using the 780M problems come up. Anyone have any additional insight as to what is going on?
     
    Toasterb, Oct 30, 2013
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  2. apachehavok

    apachehavok Notebook Evangelist

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    what are the temps?
     
    apachehavok, Oct 31, 2013
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  3. Partizan

    Partizan Notebook Deity

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    If your gpu is starting to fail at 84 celcius, I would suspect two things:

    1) you have a badly produced gpu (I had the same problem with a 8600m gt: triangular particles with rainbow colours)
    2) the gpu itself is 'fine', but the laptop has bad cooling (design flaw or a defect cooling fan) and the sensor give's you faulty readings, leading to a dying gpu.
     
    Partizan, Oct 31, 2013
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