Desktop screen tearing and other seize ups. Graphics Card or Mobo or CPU failure

[JonSnowShoveler]

Ok, I simply can't tell if this issue is for my CPU/RAM/MOBO or my Graphics Card. Anyways, everything has been slowly getting worse. Images and webpages load slower than before, it's a visual thing. But It could very well be either the graphics card or some other hardware. I can't tell if it's a proccessing power issue or a drawing of graphics. Anyways, it's getting worse so that in games like KF2 my game will seize up for a split moment when my camera will change distances, like zooming in on my weapon sights. Also the graphics seem to be kind of jittery when moving the camera around.

Everything seems to be worst when it's not been loaded previously. Any kind of new images or windows on my desktop are loading a little slower, but once it's there they interact just fine.

Perhaps because of all the image reference I should assume it's graphics card, but how should I really know? I need some help with suggestions on software that might help me diagnose my PC for any major hardware failure.

I've done a full reinstall of my Win 7 64 bit Ultimate edition. All fresh drivers and software, the issue has only got worse than before the reformatting, which I did to fix the problem.

I wasn't actually having any graphical issues in game before the reformat, but instead mostly when I was loading websites, especially those with a lot of images like online tv show listings or google image results, etc.

Thumbnails of stuff seem to load slower, I see the stages of the image, more stages than I should witness. Including some feeling I get of grayed bordering while transitioning.

Also, pages seem to take longer to load. As in I will see the internet page loading icon in the tab of chrome just circle longer than it should. That seems less a graphics problem and more of a processing problem. It's like instead of my 120mbps down cable, I have DSL or something.

Copy and pasting this here article into google docs as a safety save is also taking longer for the paste action to complete than it should. Again, I can't tell if that's because it's taking longer for the graphics card to write the pasted information or if the process is delayed because of the CPU.

I ordered a new EVGA 980 Superclocked ACX 2.0 from Amazon already, because I don't have the $900 I'd need to get a 5930k i7, 16 gb ddr4, X99 mobo.

Oh yeah, almost forgot to mention, I'm getting visible screen tearing on my desktop. Even just now moving the scroll bar from left to right and right to left on my Win 7 Volume Mixer, you can visibly see screen tearing in the volume indications area. I'm not getting screen tearing noticeable in video games, just on desktop. Most noticeable when I move a window back and forth between my monitors really fast. As a matter of fact, the other day I was entertaining myself seeing how many segment blocks I can make with a window while sliding it back and forth on my monitors.

Here is my current system specs.

Power Supply: CORSAIR HX Series HX750 750W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI CrossFire 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready - http://goo.gl/EGwYdX

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge Quad-Core 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 - http://goo.gl/984Qic

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120 mm PWM Fan - http://goo.gl/ibcUIJ

Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard - http://goo.gl/3sD38C

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory - http://goo.gl/CwtSsb

Monitors: 2 x Acer H6 Series H226HQLbid Black 21.5" 5ms (GTG) HDMI Widescreen LED Backlight LED Backlit LCD Monitor, IPS Panel - http://goo.gl/9bRZeO

SSD: SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE500BW 2.5" 500GB SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - http://goo.gl/td163K

GPU: EVGA SuperClocked 02G-P4-2765-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 760 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support w/ EVGA ACX Cooler Video Card - http://goo.gl/cIu2Rb

Internet: 48 Mbps down, 11.62 Mbps up

Mouse: Razer Naga 2014 MMO Gaming Mouse - http://goo.gl/RXc9mv

Mousepad: Razer Goliathus 2014 Medium CONTROL Soft Gaming Mouse Mat - http://goo.gl/Siv6jt

Keyboard: Microsoft SIDEWINDER X4 Keyboard - http://goo.gl/UkuEs3

Headset: Sennheiser 363d

Computer Case: Rosewill THOR V2 Gaming ATX Full Tower Computer Case, support up to E-ATX / XL-ATX, come with Four Fans - 1 x Front Red LED 230mm Fan, 1 x Top 230mm Fan, 1 x Side 230mm Fan, 1 x Rear 140mm Fan - http://goo.gl/OxqEMe

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit - SP1

[JonSnowShoveler]

Ok, I have tested my hardware with two monitoring programs. I also tried to install the VGA drivers for the onboard graphics of my mobo, then swapped my monitors to that. I did not remove the graphics card when testing the onboard graphics. I don't know that I need to remove the Nvidia card, let me know if I must do that to get a true test. Anyhow, the results didn't change. I was still having problems.

Here are the results of the hardware monitoring. While monitoring, I was running a youtube video at 720p, a video clip from samples on VLC, 4 other tabs open, a couple of windows explorers open, viewing steam's store on steam, running both monitoring programs, teamspeak 3, while also playing Killing Floor 2.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HBR67s8cqAHKOZdlFg_ZJq_ArvenJC0N1EPznhgYzKM/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RWfjTBQZRwN6TY6UZhONI-sX2jlbJHbAIIwOtOQizAU/edit?usp=sharing

[DaveLembke]

That asrock motherboard has been known to have issues. If its still covered by warranty you might want to get a replacement board. Even newegg feedback shows 389 out of 1202 for 3 (eggs)stars or less with 222 ( 18% ) of them being 1 egg (star) instability of doa issues.

If memtest86 doesnt show any problems and you have tried different video card setup, then I'd pull the CPU, RAM, and Video card from the board and request a warranty replacement if thats available to you.

[JonSnowShoveler]

Thanks for the response. I'll look into getting a replaced motherboard, especially since right now I can't afford to replace the parts needed to change mobos. I have also yet to run MemTest86+ because it suggests I wait until I go to sleep since it will take so long. I'll certainly try to get that going tonight, I don't have anything to burn it onto so I hope it works on flash drive.

Do you know if all ASRock sucks or just this one version? I remember the Geforce 8800 GTX had major issues, I had to get mine replaced 3x before they just gave me a GTS 250. Doesn't mean that I shy away from Geforce products though, as they don't always have issues like that.

[DaveLembke]

I personally dont buy ASRock brand boards. I go with Gigabyte, ASUS, and Biostar. In that order from better end low cost to budget builds.


I avoid ECS, MSI, FoxConn, ASRock products.


ASRock generally has a price tag that is less than that of other brands as they cut corners with quality at times with lower cost parts to sell to those who look at price tags vs brands when purchasing motherboards.

I have seen some people happy with their ASRock builds while many others have odd issues that usually lead back to a motherboard issue vs memory or cpu etc.

Biostar I have bought for years and never had a problem with budget builds of their products, however they also offer a lower price tag because they usually use cheaper components such as lesser efficient voltage regulators that can heat up and overheat if CPU over clocked or max supported for motherboard etc.

[JonSnowShoveler]

Well, I figured out it's 100% not my video card. I uninstalled any and all things related to NVIDIA, especially the drivers, and then removed my graphics card, plugged the monitors into my onboard video, then rebooted. I installed my onboard graphics driver and things were still loading on web pages like they had been previously. I couldn't test in Killing Floor 2 because I guess the Intel HD drivers don't support it. Anyways, I canceled my order for the EVGA 980 SC ACX 2.0 from Amazon and instead placed orders for new CPU/Mobo/RAM.

I went with ASUS mobo, I didn't think to look at Gigabyte due to all the looking around I did confirming ASUS is solid.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00VUK55M2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

CPU i7-5820k: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MMLXIKY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

And of course RAM: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00PLER544/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Gotta have that CPU Cooler/Thermal Paste: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005O65JXI/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TOY9HN4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I've been working on this all day now, since like 5 AM EST and it's now almost 9:30 PM EST. I have everything ordered and I've checked the parts constantly and I'm certain everything is perfect with my new build. Now I just gotta save up another $500 for a 980. I also wanna pick up a 4tb HDD for storage.

I agree about the motherboard brands. I was looking into an MSI over ASRock, but then ran into people like yourself complaining how cheap and terrible their quality control is. I'm glad overall I went with ASUS. It's one of the main brands that Linus has videos on.

[DaveLembke]

Nice CPU/Motherboard/RAM combination.

As for myself I would have gone cheaper route, but thats just me. I'm cheap and try to reuse what I can to stretch the life of hardware etc. I would have just gotten a different motherboard that is socket 1155 of better quality and moved the CPU and RAM over to it and saved on not having to buy a new CPU and RAM, but you should be more than happy with the performance of that build with the 3 new components especially with that CPU combination and fast DDR4   

I'd list the RAM and CPU for sale on ebay or amazon to get some money back for them if your not going to use them. It might offset some of the price tag for the new hardware and help out with the cost of the 980 that you want. You could also sell the ASRock motherboard AS-IS not guaranteed to work and someone who has determination to fix it might buy it for $20. I have seen all sorts of parts sell that I thought would never sell when watching ebay auctions. One such auction was for a AMD FX-8350 4Ghz CPU with mangled and missing pins that sold for like $20. Someone must have been determined to solder on new pins etc for a cheap upgrade.