[Help] artifacts after installing gpu driver

[stanley_home]

hi all, need some advice for troubleshoot or rma is required.

i have a asus 670 gtx non-oc. i recently encountered 5-15secs hanging while gaming for like a few weeks.

yesterday got a full black screen while gaming. after restart, back in windows. whole screen got artifacts. i uninstall gpu driver. no artifacts. install gpu driver have again. tried up to last five versions.

 

[Goodshot]

344.75 driver ? Urthe 3 nd one I heard have problem

 

[Alternative X]

Remove GPU, use iGPU, see got artifact or not. Can also try spare GPU if you have got one.

If no more artifact, then your GTX 670 cui liao, go RMA your GPU.

 

[sp0inK]

If your GPU works fine after rerolling to older version of the driver, then you're still in luck. The nvidia drivers more or less completely wrecked my card. msi 580

Stay away from 34x.xx drivers for now. You most likely need to RMA your card. The drivers are definitely bricking the 5 and 6 series nvidia gpus.

 

[yusoffb01]

Ventilation good?

 

[FinalTidus]

If your GPU works fine after rerolling to older version of the driver, then you're still in luck. The nvidia drivers more or less completely wrecked my card. msi 580

Stay away from 34x.xx drivers for now. You most likely need to RMA your card. The drivers are definitely bricking the 5 and 6 series nvidia gpus.

Yes agreed.

The last stable drivers for GTX 600 and below is the 337.88.

The latest drivers are meant to support the GTX 900.

 

[tlkchew]

how does the software detroy the hardware? by overheating it or something? just curious..

 

[stanley_home]

thanks guys.

wow thats bad. i didnt know this is so serious. next time will be careful if updating GPU driver. omg nvidia..


i will try to see if got earlier drivers backup.

i think the last few version. i tried is 34x.xx still.



if cannot i will rma. thanks again for the advices.

 

[enenyi]

thanks guys.

wow thats bad. i didnt know this is so serious. next time will be careful if updating GPU driver. omg nvidia..


i will try to see if got earlier drivers backup.

i think the last few version. i tried is 34x.xx still.



if cannot i will rma. thanks again for the advices.

I'm on 344.75 and my Gigabyte GTX 670 works okay.

I think u may have downloaded the 347.09 Beta. I tried it and it has some stability issues even when installing the driver.

 

[FinalTidus]

Drivers are always a hit and miss scenario.

Which is why I always advise users to read up reviews on every driver updates at the respective nvidia or AMD forums before you decide to update your drivers.

Newer drivers are not necessarily better for your particular graphics card. More seasoned users like myself read up the technical sheet of every driver update to find out exactly what has the new driver fixed or what are the new features.

Especially if you are playing older games, newer drivers often break something in the older games or result in lower performance.

 

[sp0inK]

thanks guys.

wow thats bad. i didnt know this is so serious. next time will be careful if updating GPU driver. omg nvidia..


i will try to see if got earlier drivers backup.

i think the last few version. i tried is 34x.xx still.



if cannot i will rma. thanks again for the advices.

you can download older versions of nvidia drivers easily on the nvidia site. just look for the 'beta and older drivers' link on the download drivers page.

all the best to you. hopefully rerolling to older version fixes your problems. i literally watched my card go down the drain in a few clicks by updating the drivers. sigh.

 

[stanley_home]

haiz...

hope can go back normal. if not sian, have to rma. need to wait also.

 

[Entry Level PC]

Most likely your GPU Spoil liao bah.
Nvidia Drivers sibei unstable and risky can fry your Card.
That's why I went to Red Camp.
Better Drivers.

 

[Goodshot]

Most likely your GPU Spoil liao bah.
Nvidia Drivers sibei unstable and risky can fry your Card.
That's why I went to Red Camp.
Better Drivers.

Wtf u just feed the troll

 

[Rogue]

Yes, a number of nvidia users updated to the "latest" drivers and damaged their graphic card.

Was browsing through a few Steam game forums and saw people having issues. lol.

Read release note before updating. If scared, wait a few and let some guinea pig with similar GPU try first, if ok then update.

 

[stanley_home]

yup, just tried reverting back old driver cannot. pc blue screen if i install nvidia driver. no driver ok. guess its a goner.

thinking of trying to flash gpu bios. but my but now even keyboard suddenly died. jesus.

what a christmas eve.

going sim lim square tomorrow. (>")>

 

[Goodshot]

Arrgh sad , gtx 670 suppose to be quite a powerful card . Wasted

 

[sp0inK]

yup, just tried reverting back old driver cannot. pc blue screen if i install nvidia driver. no driver ok. guess its a goner.

thinking of trying to flash gpu bios. but my but now even keyboard suddenly died. jesus.

what a christmas eve.

going sim lim square tomorrow. (>")>

is this the same BSOD error you're getting?

i'm gonna try flashing my gpu bios as well when i'm free. i'll report back with findings sometime.

 

[stanley_home]

is this the same BSOD error you're getting?

i'm gonna try flashing my gpu bios as well when i'm free. i'll report back with findings sometime.

hi bro, yes. same. if i installed a gpu driver. BSOD before login to windows. this happen after i try to revert to old gpu driver 337.88.


no gpu driver, no problem. lol.

 

[Entry Level PC]

Most likely your GPU spoil liao due to Nvidia KNS drivers that damage your card.
Not the first time liao for Nvidia.
Last time in 2010, 196.75 Driver also fried alot of Cards.

Time to jump ship to Red Camp.