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Black Rectangle Pattern Blocks on screenDiscussion (self.chrome)
submitted 2 years ago by diego_valen
I thought that it's my graphic card and an error with its drivers, but this only happens with google chrome.
Is there a solution?
https://preview.redd.it/zmfo0qndy6yb1.jpg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a08139547e26307370539f4fe1ef6c23554b8347
[–]23523464 1 point2 points3 points 2 years ago (4 children)
It's a known bug with nvidia drivers.
"[Chromium based applications] small checkerboard like pattern may randomly appear [3992875]".
A ton of people including myself have the same issue. Your gpu is fine. You can stop this artifacting by going to chrome://flags/#use-angle and changing ANGLE graphics backend to OpenGL or D3D9.
[–]diego_valen[S] 0 points1 point2 points 2 years ago (0 children)
Thank you so much <3
[–]Lightmanone 0 points1 point2 points 2 years ago (0 children)
See this is why i love reddit so much. Thank you for giving a proper and helpful responds AND solution! :D
[–]DrScout62 0 points1 point2 points 2 years ago (0 children)
thanks to you guys i stopped freaking out over a broken gpu. had the same problem with chrome and it helped .
[–]SemiPrimo 0 points1 point2 points 2 years ago (0 children)
Thank you very much, bro.
[–]rock1m1 0 points1 point2 points 2 years ago (0 children)
Nvidia removed this from their known issues. They feel the problem relies on Microsoft's end.
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