Graphics Card issue: Flicker

[DonB]

I have a NVIDIA GT610 Card I bought from Amazon for a Custom Box build. The screen flickers light-dark-light I read on Toms Hardwware (Tomshardware.com) this is a sign the card is going bad.

Any help here? Thanks, DonB

[GPU Information] <- SIV64X - System Information Viewer V4.47 DONB-PConB

| Bus-Numb-Fun| GPU Description (N) Memory Core Shader Load Volts Temp Fans # [Y]V340.52 (r340_00) - ATI FX990/X990 (V4) Additional Details

[ 1 - 00 - 0 ] GeForce GT 610 500MHz 810MHz 1.62GHz 30% 1.04 77°C 67% 2 Discrete GPU in Power State P0 2GB 64-bit DDR3 Cores 48
PCIe x16@2 (x16@2) GPU-0 (Fermi) P-State V2 7416 2 [Y]Clocks 3 Current Default Minimum Maximum BIOS 75.19.55.00.10
P0 [Y]S0 0 [Y]GPU Core 810 810 270 1620
4 [Y]Memory 500 500 324 1000
7 [_]Shader 1620 1620 1620 1620
0 [_]Voltage 1040 mV
P8 [_]S1 0 [_]GPU Core 270 270 270 270
4 [_]Memory 324 324 324 324
7 [_]Shader 540 540 540 540
0 [_]Voltage 900 mV
Loads V1 72 0 [_]GPU Core 30 % Frame 34 % Video 0 % Bus 0 %
Cooler V4 1368 0 [_]Fan ALL Current 67 Minimum 40 Maximum 100 Policy Continuous
[Y]Current is Default ... 40 ... 100 Policy Continuous
[_]Tachometer Current 0 ... 0 ... 0 Control ADI
Temps V2 68 GPU 77°C (GPU Int)
Status V1 140 0 Voltage 1,040,000 µV
Volts V1 16588 0 0.900 1.040
Pipes 1:1 Partitions 1 TPC 0 SM NA SP NA

NVIDIA NVAPI Library, Version 340.52 C:\Windows\system32\nvapi64.dll V9.18.13.4052

GPU Device Description Current Average Minimum Maximum Current Average Minimum Maximum Samples [Dummy DVI]

GeForce GT 610 Memory 500MHz 433MHz 324MHz - 77°C 68°C 57°C 78°C 184
GPU-0 [ 1 - 00 - 0 ] Core 810MHz 604MHz 270MHz - 1.040 0.987 0.900 - |D|Overclock
Shader Cores 48 1.62GHz 1.21GHz 540MHz - NA - - -
GPU Utilisation @ P0 27 % 20 % 0 % 69 % 65 % 56 % 40 % 68 % |_|Continuous
2GB Frame Buffer 162MB 169MB 161MB 185MB

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[Digerati]

I have a NVIDIA GT610 Card I bought from Amazon

When? Is this card brand new? Did this card ever work right? Did the computer work fine before this card?

Sadly, you told us absolutely nothing about the computer this card is in. What OS? Note the graphics solution is often the most power hungry device in our systems. Did you verify your PSU is big enough? Many card require additional power connections too.

 

[DonB]

PLEASE allow me to appologize for this stupid mistake.

When? [2012] Is this card brand new? [Was went bought] Did this card ever work right? [Yes] Did the computer work fine before this card? [Yes, PC has on-board GPU]

Sadly, you told us absolutely nothing about the computer this card is in. What OS? [Win7x64, 16GB RAM] Note the graphics solution is often the most power hungry device in our systems. Did you verify your PSU is big enough? Many card require additional power connections too. [Yes: Thermaltake 750W Modular Power Supply. 80+ Bronze, bought: 2012]

 

[Digerati]

PLEASE allow me to appologize for this stupid mistake.

Thanks for the additional information. Note it is not a problem for us - a lack of information just creates delays for you.

The TT PSU is plenty big. 16Gb of RAM is certainly no bottleneck either. As a hardware technician, I always want to start at the wall and verify I got good power. So if me, I would swap in a known good power supply, or have that one tested. I would also make sure the interior is clean of heat trapping dust. 77°C for your graphics card is a little high, but nothing to worry about. GPUs tend to run hotter than CPUs.

Does the flickering happen with everything, or just youtube videos and the like?

If you go to the Start Orb and run dxdiag, any errors?