I NEED HELP WITH GRAPHICAL ISSUES!

[Trickster]

So, when I try to play games such as GTAV or Dead Realm, I'm getting these weird, glitchy graphics. After digging around for a few hours, I found that the problem was my Nvidia driver. However, I can't figure out how to make the glitching go away. Can anyone help me?

[Azza ☠]

What graphics card are you using?

What do you mean by glitchy graphics? Artifacting, spreading of random pixels or lines, etc?

You can download the latest Nvidia drivers from:
http://www.geforce.com/drivers

[Alexalmighty]

take a pic of the issues

[Trickster]

I have a GeForce 940M. When I'm in game, it's like a rapid flurry of glitchy lines and textures. In GTAV, it also distorts the text.

[Alexalmighty]

Originally posted by The 2000 IQ Killjoy Detective:

I have a GeForce 940M. When I'm in game, it's like a rapid flurry of glitchy lines and textures. In GTAV, it also distorts the text.

you might want to completly uninstall your graphic drivers - http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html and then reinstall them

[Trickster]

I don't have GTAV at the moment (I deleted the files because I thought it was a game issue), but I have some Dead Realm shots. http://s12.postimg.org/lhdrujwal/Glitch_2.png (I circled some of the visible tearings. They rapidly flash around, so it only captured some)

[Trickster]

I've already done that as well

[Azza ☠]

You will likely find your graphic card is either overheating or has damaged video memory.

Are you able to check the GPU (graphics card) temperature while running?

Or do you have an integrated graphics on your motherboard, you could swap other and test upon?

[Trickster]

It appears I have an Intel display as well, but it's extremely laggy in-game.

[Azza ☠]

Originally posted by The 2000 IQ Killjoy Detective:

It appears I have an Intel display as well, but it's extremely laggy in-game.

Swap over to it, and play a light graphic game. Bird eye view like Dota 2 would be fine with it. Lower the graphics and just test it out. Does it resolve the issue? It will most likely not have the issue, meaning it's a faulty graphics card (or just buggy graphics card drivers if really lucky). However, I believe it would be your video memory which is the issue, meaning you might be to replace the card (or oven set it, if really keen and have nothing to lose). If it's hardware based, you will probably find it builds up in corruption (glitches) more and more over time.

If not a faulty graphics card, replace the monitor cable with another, if possible, to test. Sometimes it's just a clipped cable shorting out a bit.

If not that, then check for overheating issues, remove the side of the pc case and play it opened up for testing purposes. This will ensure airflow isn't being restricted, etc. Monitor the temperature of the CPU and graphics card. Hot video memory can also cause those game artifacts, but it's more of a temporary issue.

[Damian]

You have a 940m my friend this is a very slow graphiccard :)
You can run out of VideoMemory aka Vram or its just slow.

Download HWmonitor and tell me what temps do you have on Graphiccard and CPU.

[Trickster]

My GPU temp is 39.0 C and jumpsto around 50.0 C when in game. I haven't had these graphical problems until now.

[Trickster]

Any of this info help?


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[Trickster]

It appears to be any games involving 3D graphics (as expected)

[Azza ☠]

Try disabling Screen space ambient occlusion (SSAO), change it to HBAO or off, under the game settings. Your graphic card semi-transparent chip might be the issue, if it's not the video memory or driver glitch.

Temperatures are fine, therefore it's not just an overheated artifacting glitch.

Black shadows and/or missing textures therefore can be a sign of actual physical damage (worst case, but most likely).

Honestly... I think it's time you look for a new/better graphics card to replace it.

[Trickster]

How fragile are the stupid things? This laptop is basically brand new :/