Just built my first desktop, however when I plug my cord ( sorry, I'm not sure what the technical name is, it's the cord that runs from the monitor to the back of your desktop into the GPU itself ) the screen on my monitor starts to stutter. At first I thought it was because I had to update the GPU driver,but that didn't solve anything. I tried a completely new cord ( my old one ) and the stuttering stopped. However it did stutter for a about 2 seconds randomly but this happened once after I swapped the cords. It seems alright for now, but I'm afraid that I have a faulty GPU and if so I want to swap it back to Newegg immediately. If you need to know what GPU I have it is a EVGA GTX 650 Ti BOOST 2Gb. I checked that the GPU was correctly in the PCI express slot and checked the six pin. Could it be possible that the motherboard tiself is bad? THanks again in advance.
How would a first time builder know if his GPU is faulty?
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Greatatlantic
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Complete system specs would be helpful.
Most builds can run off of integrated graphics, meaning unplug the GPU from the motherboard and plug your monitor directly into the motherboard. However, this is dependent on your CPU/motherboard combo. You can't run games with any reasonable success with integrated graphics, but it could strongly suggest the GPU is bad... or underpowered.
Full system specs, please!
Most builds can run off of integrated graphics, meaning unplug the GPU from the motherboard and plug your monitor directly into the motherboard. However, this is dependent on your CPU/motherboard combo. You can't run games with any reasonable success with integrated graphics, but it could strongly suggest the GPU is bad... or underpowered.
Full system specs, please!
Goodeggray
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If the mobo has the same video outputs you can plug the cable into the mobo video output and compare output. Not the quality but the stability. When you use the mobo output you are using the graphic of the cpu or the mobo if mobo has video.
hey guys my specs: ASRock Z77 pro3, I5 3570k, Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB, corsair CX 600WATT, GTX650 ti boost EVGA, Hitachi 1TB 7200 rpm. THanks for the responses. I tried plugging it in to the motherboard itself and the screen doesn't stutter, seems pretty stable.
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So you now know it's a gpu problem to make sure is a defect gpu move the gpu from the mobo and put it back and make sure it's seated well. One final test is getting another and see how it behaves and try out the gpu to rule out the highly unlike event of equipment mismatch.
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