Graphics Error.

Good Morning Everyone.

1st, my pc specs:
Intel Core i7 2700K 3.5Ghz Overclocked to (8 x 4.7GHz)
ASUS P8P67 EVO B3 LGA 1155 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Motherboard
Corsair XMS3 8GB DDR3 2000Mhz High Performance RAM
PCI-E Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 580 3GB 384bit DDR5 DX11 Graphics Card

all this running on windows 10.

Now my problem is hard to explain and easier to show. attach please find vid of problem

Anyone that maybe can help me resolve this.

Its doesnt happen every time i play a game, but once it starts it does not go away till a restart. if i alt-tab out of the game and go bakc in, it will work fine for a couple of minutes then do it again.

Thanks

 

Welcome to Majorgeeks - have you checked that you have the latest drivers for NVIDIA GTX 580? You can do that in Device Manager or on the Nvidia website for that card. Also is DirectX 11 up to date?

 

Hi Max.

Yes, should have mentioned that in the original post.

All drivers are up to date, i double and triple checked that. I uninstalled everything relating to the screen card, reinstalled using normal methods, got same issue. Uninstalled everything again, installed everything using the Nvidia "app", same problem.

Just to also mention. the screen card does not over heat, never seen it go above 80

 

Your problem may be because Windows Update downloaded and installed a Graphics driver and will continue to do so even if you deleted the driver it installed. It will overwrite any custom driver you install. Check the instructions on this page:

https://www.howtogeek.com/223864/how-to-uninstall-and-block-updates-and-drivers-on-windows-10/

 

Check carefully first in Settings > Update & Security > UPDATE HISTORY and see if a WU installed graphic driver update shows there and the date.

 

I've formatted everything and gone with a clean install.

Will check and see if its more stable now

Thanks

 

should i still try and stop windows from updating the drivers?

and how can i be sure that the driver installed is one from the manufacturer and not one from the windows update?

thanks

 

Yes.

If you stop Windows from updating drivers first, it will no longer overwrite the manufacturer's driver you install.

 

thanks, but is there a way for me to check the current installed driver, if its the manufacturer or windows driver?

 

Yes. In Device Manager, expand Display Adapter by double clicking on it. Then right click on what shows below that header and select Properties. Click on the Drfiver tab at the top and the driver provider should show on the top line.