RTX 2070 artifacting - PSU? GPU?

[A77D]

Hi all,

Following system:

i5-4690k (stock), MSI Gaming 3 Z97, 16gb DDR3, Zalman ZM500HP 500w psu, MSI RTX 2070 Gaming 8gb, Oculus Rift, SSD and Seagate drive.

After some time with the rtx 2070 I’m getting some mega artifacting both in VR and on a standard monitor in the only games I play ACC and ProjectCars2.

I’ve played with underclock of gpu in afterburner and no change, even with a voltage boost to 100%. Likewise I’ve run the cpu at oc’d to 4.6ghz but still getting the issue, assume as it’s gpu related.

I’m stuck where to go next. I was about to upgrade cpu, mobo and ram to a 9900k, z390 board and ram, but now I’m also thinking I need a new psu and also rma my gpu!

is there anything that could be causing the artifacting other than vram issues on the card? Ie do I need to give it more grunt from a better psu?

I think a new psu would be needed anyhow for the big jump to 9900k as the zm500 is now ancient and probably dying.

If anyone can help shed some light please do!

thanks

A77D

 

[Joxeon]

Sounds like a faulty Gpu, try dropping the power limit as low as it will go and test again.

How are the temps when under load?

 

[CapitalOne]

Checkerboard or polygon artefacts?

 

[A77D]

Kinda like snow, and then in game it’s stalling with repeat flashes etc from previous screens.
Got some images but nowhere to host to link.

turn power down in afterburner?

 

[A77D]

Temps seen ok but will grab some measurements.

Is there a way I can check voltages on the rails to the gpu via HWInfo?

 

[wookiee87]

in any case your psu seems to be the weak link, your configuration you have now should be ran on a 550w minimum with that gpu, if you go down the route of a 9900k a new psu will be needed in that case too, you said your curent psu is quite old so it may be on the way out, the gpu may be ok but to be safe i'd get a better psu first, if the gpu is still playing up then a rma on the card will be needed.

if you go ahaed with the 9900k build the new psu will be one thing you wont need to buy

 

[CapitalOne]

Sounds like memory, RTX cards had some faulty RAM a while back (is that over now?). If the card is still in warranty and it was me, I’d RMA it.

You can try and drop the power, but if it is doing this at stock it sounds (looks?) faulty. Someone else might have another insight though!

 

[A77D]

https://ibb.co/MRLcHwp

Image of the artifacting

 

[wookiee87]

https://ibb.co/MRLcHwp

ah artifacting like that is the classic faulty ram on early rtx cards, thats time to rma it

 

[A77D]

https://ibb.co/PGF3WgH

Second in game in VR

 

[tamzzy]

Space invaders!
Yeah faulty GPU ram. RMA time

 

[A77D]

Thanks all.

Would a BIOS update affect anything? How can i check latest BIOS is on the card? GPUZ and then MSI website?

I've got MSI Live Update and it shows no updates for the BIOS for GPU, so its possibly up to date already.

Looking at PSUs now also, this is getting pricey....

Need a decent deal on a 9900k, trident-z, aorus pro z390, PSU and now potentially GPU!

 

[tamzzy]

Would a BIOS update affect anything? How can i check latest BIOS is on the card? GPUZ and then MSI website?
I've got MSI Live Update and it shows no updates for the BIOS for GPU, so its possibly up to date already.

Sounds like memory, RTX cards had some faulty RAM a while back (is that over now?). If the card is still in warranty and it was me, I’d RMA it.

ah artifacting like that is the classic faulty ram on early rtx cards, thats time to rma it

Space invaders!
Yeah faulty GPU ram. RMA time

 

[A77D]

Thanks....i'm trying to look at all possibilities before RMA'ing a inherited card....

 

[tamzzy]

why? you're just wasting your time.
it's a physical hardware error causing these artifacts.

 

[Drumroll]

GPU. Check temperatures. But eems like problem with GPU's ram

 

[EsaT]

Zalman ZM500HP 500w psu

That PSU was outdated cheapo already 10 years ago.
Now it's prehistoric dung far past its designed usage life.
Those FSP "ripple bomb" Epsilon PSUs often had very mediocre or even out of spec ripple when new.
(though that 500W was inside platform's capabilities)
And of course with FSP's trademark CrapXon capacitors and cooling design which actually worsened working conditions of capacitors by slowing down airflow through PSU.

I’m stuck where to go next. I was about to upgrade cpu, mobo and ram to a 9900k, z390 board and ram

If you're going to pay such super high end price for yester-yesteryear's CPU on dead end upgrade path platform stuck to what's going to be standard amount of cores, then new PSU should be something along line of Seasonic Prime Platinum/Titanium.

At least that would be still high end five years from now!
And not even half way through its intended life time.
(12 year warranty)

Space invaders!

Looks like Nvidia has upgraded it to v2.0.
Or maybe that's new level...

 

[wookiee87]

Thanks all.

Would a BIOS update affect anything? How can i check latest BIOS is on the card? GPUZ and then MSI website?

I've got MSI Live Update and it shows no updates for the BIOS for GPU, so its possibly up to date already.

Looking at PSUs now also, this is getting pricey....

Need a decent deal on a 9900k, trident-z, aorus pro z390, PSU and now potentially GPU!

why dont you go down the amd 3rd gen ryzen route, a 3700x, x570 mobo plus ram will be around the same if not cheaper than a intel build but the amd platform has scope to drop in the next gen stuff when it lands, intels 1151 socket has the 9900kf at the top but noting else.

a psu wont cost the earth and if i were you i'd rma that card for another replacment, that way you dont need to fork out more for a new one

 

[Avalon]

Thanks....i'm trying to look at all possibilities before RMA'ing a inherited card....

Nothing will fix a known/recognised physical defect. Either RMA it or get used to having an expensive paperweight for the feels. Whoever you inherited it from would surely prefer you had a working card than an a paper weight?