Artefacting GPU but cant replicate on Stress test?

[Dr. DI]

Hi everyone

Looking for some help here if possible. I booted up my pc this morning and I started getting artifacts on a normal website page and small amounts of artifacts in game.
Strangely, I do not get any artifacts when running a 3d mark stress test on the gpu.

Last night I was playing with some mild software overclocking on the CPU only through the Ryzen Master app. I reverted it all back to normal hours ago and now I dont get artefacts but I get serious FPS drop.

Could anyone help me with some basic troubleshooting guidance? Im confused if the its a CPU issue or a GPU issue?

i have a 5800x and a rtx 3070 Auros Master.


Update - put in a 3060 and the same issue. RAM, CPU or Mobo is faulty. Always thought artefacts = GPU !

 

[Dr. DI]

Thanks for the response guys! After reading the comments I tried a different pci slot, no change. Tried different monitors (but not the cables), nothing changed.
It left me with a CPU or mobo as the only thing that hadnt been tested. I am on custom loop so the thought of changing one of those scared me, because effort So as a final ditch effort I formatted the PC... issue gone! WTF !?!? Driver failure. conflict ? No idea what the issue was but never knew artifacting could be caused like that. Maybe I have put a plaster on the issue and the hardware will fail again?