Artifacts in games when using 650M, not with Intel on-board graphics (video)

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So I encountered some pretty significant artifacts while playing Smite on my laptop. I used DDU to clear NVIDIA graphics drivers and played it with the on-board intel graphics processor, the artifacts were gone. I then installed fresh NVIDIA display drivers and used the 650M and the artifacts returned. Attached is a video, any ideas?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO5RDEuS7h0
 
The problem can be a few things here.

The 650M card of the laptop may be a add in card where it connects to a mini pci-e card interface of the laptop.
If the laptop is a few years old.

Then it may be a case of just opening up a flap on the underside of the laptop.
You will see the card with a clamp on it, and a flat copper heat pipe running off it where on the end to the edge of the laptop case you will see aluminium cooling fins. You may have to remove the laptops cooling fan to get to the cooling fins first.

Check the cooling fins for any dust blocking the fins and brush it out using a clean small paint brush.
If found to be clogged.

Then re fit the laptops cooling fan.
Then test the laptop again with a game to see if the screen artifacts have gone.

Or when inspecting the laptop when open, you may have to remove the cooling solution on the Mini Pci-e graphics card, clean off the old thermal paste on the gpu die and cooling contact plate of the cooler pad.

And apply some fresh thermal compound, them clamp the cooling solution back to the Gpu of the mini pci-e graphics card in the laptop.

For most of the time if the laptop is a few years old, it is down to dust clogging the cooling fins of the graphics card cooler.
And will take about five minuets to clear and brush away.

Allowing the Gpu on the graphics card to run cooler, and not produce graphical artifacts when playing games on the laptop.
 
Sounds good, I will get to that. I also should add that one of my friends 'may' have spilled beer on the laptop, this has not been confirmed. Not sure if it could cause this. Also this issue happens instantly upon game launch.
 
Just inspected the fans and cooling system o the laptop. This is very little dust build up, the laptop has very low hours on it as I only used it during travel in lieu of my desktop.