GTA V Weird red (Artifacts?) things all over the screen

[Forsete]

I recently reinstalled windows on my PC for personal reasons and i downloaded all my games etc.
I installed EVGA PrecisionX to overclock my GPU:
https://gyazo.com/687b7ea9728dcf1eda66758b61eda1ea

When I start playing GTA V, i get all these weird artifact like things on my screen. It is random, there is no pattern and it looks like red squares all over my screen. It is is really annoying.
I tried to take a screenshot, but am unable to capture it.
Also i have tried to reinstalled GTA V as i thought that might be the problem but that didnt help anything.

My specs:
OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64bit
CPU: i5 4690k
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Shadow Rock Topflow
GPU: MSI GTX 970 4GB Gaming
Motherboard: MSI B85-G43 gaming
PSU: Cooler Master B600 Ver. 2 (I know its a very low tiered PSU)
RAM: Corsair Vengeance - DDR3 1600Mhz 1x8 GB
Drive #1: Samsung 850 EVO - 250GB
Drive #2: Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM 1TB

I hope you will have a sollution for me :S

 

[jakegroves]

Well one thing is that a cheap (bad) psu is really pretty shitty for gaming its why we don't reccomend it it's not safe and this thing could be caused by fluxating in voltage at lower loads

(http://www.playtool.com/pages/artifacts/graphicscardmemory3.gif) is caused by video ram failing meaning some of data being stored on the ram is failing this one is pretty common.

Find us a picture of what it looks like on google or take a picture with a phone it will help us better.

 

[mp5mafia]

Lower your vram Oc

 

[Forsete]

Lower your vram Oc

I am uploading a video with the artifacting on youtube, as soon as its uploaded i will post the link in the thread. Could you look at it and say if you still think its because the Vram is too high clocked?

 

[Forsete]

Well one thing is that a cheap (bad) psu is really pretty shitty for gaming its why we don't reccomend it it's not safe and this thing could be caused by fluxating in voltage at lower loads

(http://www.playtool.com/pages/artifacts/graphicscardmemory3.gif) is caused by video ram failing meaning some of data being stored on the ram is failing this one is pretty common.

Find us a picture of what it looks like on google or take a picture with a phone it will help us better.

I am uploading a video with the artifacting on youtube, as soon as its uploaded i will post the link in the thread. I only have this issue with GTA V, can it still be Vram failure if its only in 1 particular game?

 

[mp5mafia]

It is most like
Y your vram clock set to high. You trying to run it @8050Mhz and only few people are lucky enough to get good enough chips for that. Also msi 970 has few vrams placed at the back of pcb without proper cooling these simply overheat

 

[mp5mafia]

Gta v is pretty heavy not only for the gpu but also cpu so yeah more heat could be a cause

 

[Forsete]

It is most like
Y your vram clock set to high. You trying to run it @8050Mhz and only few people are lucky enough to get good enough chips for that. Also msi 970 has few vrams placed at the back of pcb without proper cooling these simply overheat

What speed do you suggest i clock it to?

 

[mp5mafia]

Each gpu overclocks differently but in general it will depend on your cooling incl case flow.
I had full waterblock on my gtx 970 and had it set somewhere around 7800Mhz for everyday use.

 

[Forsete]

Each gpu overclocks differently but in general it will depend on your cooling incl case flow.
I had full waterblock on my gtx 970 and had it set somewhere around 7800Mhz for everyday use.

So you'd say i'd change the memory overclock from +520 to +300?

 

[mp5mafia]

Yes, and just work your way up till no artifacts.
Even then ones you find your best settings drop it a notch just to be safe in case you run into heavy gaming session and higher temps in your rig xD
Hope that helps

 

[Forsete]

Yes, and just work your way up till no artifacts.
Even then ones you find your best settings drop it a notch just to be safe in case you run into heavy gaming session and higher temps in your rig xD
Hope that helps

Thank you so much for your replay, it solved my problem. When im working my way up till no artifacts, am i able to change the settings while the game is still running or do you recommend shutting it down before doing so?

 

[mp5mafia]

You're welcome.

You can apply new settings as you go.
You gpu does this all the time boosting clocks up and down in real time accordingly to the demand.

 

[Forsete]

You're welcome.

You can apply new settings as you go.
You gpu does this all the time boosting clocks up and down in real time accordingly to the demand.

Okay thank you.

I have a question though. I performed all kinds of stress tests through PrecisionX and through OC Scanner X, but never any of the problems in GTA V occured. Not even when i ran a Vram Stress test which supposedly uses all my ram. So how can the problem only occur in GTA V? Does Rockstar use some sort of way that stresses Vram in a different way?

 

[Forsete]

You're welcome.

You can apply new settings as you go.
You gpu does this all the time boosting clocks up and down in real time accordingly to the demand.

Okay thank you.

I have a question though. I performed all kinds of stress tests through PrecisionX and through OC Scanner X, but never any of the problems in GTA V occured. Not even when i ran a Vram Stress test which supposedly uses all my ram. So how can the problem only occur in GTA V? Does Rockstar use some sort of way that stresses Vram in a different way?

 

[mp5mafia]

Heavy games are always the final test for stability.
stressing software will only stress individual parts of the system when games are more real life test when all the components are getting stressed creating more heat as well.