issue doesnt exist if there's no graphics card in the tower or if i have the display drivers disabled

also no, my temps remain normal throughout

Alright so about a week or so ago I decided to be a complete fucking retard and put more ram into my motherboard slots that wasn't the same kind of ram I already had installed. The PC would boot up then shut off, so I removed the extra RAM and only went back to my original RAM, but then I ran into a problem.

Ever since then, I've been getting pretty nasty artifacts show up on my desktop/browser/discord (I haven't been on the PC long enough to try to see what happens when I'm playing games.)

It would originally start with my computer loading into a completely black (or sometimes light blue) screen where my PC would be completely frozen and I'd almost never be able to get onto the desktop unless I booted into safe mode or plugged my monitor into the integrated graphics port on my motherboard and disabled/uninstalled my Nvidia drivers.

There would be rare times when my PC would actually make it to the desktop without me having to do anything, but then after the desktop loaded things would glitch and I'd start to see artifacts and then the PC screen would just go black and freeze like before.

I ended up resetting the CMOS by taking the motherboard battery out and placing it back in, and that seemed to help a significant amount, but the problem still persists to a degree.

Now I can load to my desktop without issue every time, and things will appear to be stable, but it will almost always artifact either 10-20 minutes later, although the PC will never freeze anymore.

This is what it looks like when I have chrome open and it decides to artifact. (Thats not my help question, I was just on that page while searching for a solution)

https://i.imgur.com/8IvZyje.png

Those little colored pixels on the bottom right blue image show up on my desktop and tab windows when I'm browsing files too. This never happens when I load into bios or start the PC up and only happens after I've loaded the desktop and am making use of my graphics card. It's not like any other kind of artifacting pattern I've seen when searching google, so I don't know how to properly diagnose what the problem is.

So did I somehow fry my graphics card by putting RAM in wrong or is this some other problem? If I had to guess myself I'd say my VRAM went bad somehow from putting the other RAM stick in and it just ended up frying the card, but I honestly have no actual idea and I'd like to know what the problem is before I go out and get another graphics card only to find that this problem would keep happening.

For reference, I've never overclocked the card before and I've only had it for about 3 years, so I know overclocking it isn't the problem, and I've also done a memory test and both my RAM sticks read without issues. Either way, I'd really appreciate some help diagnosing what the problem specifically is as I'd love to start using my gaming PC again cuz I can barely stand playing on this worse rig.

You know what you can learn from playing against cheaters? Not to fucking play them because it's a stupidly unrealistic scenario that is so far removed from anything you would EVER run into in any properly supported competitive league that it's literally stupid to even suggest.

Valve doesn't ban these assholes so its up to the community to alert proper server owners to get them removed. That's why people are posting "10 different links of proof to justify themselves".

Tell ya what. Since you believe playing against cheaters is a learning experience, feel free to allow them to play in every ultiduo tournament you help organize from this point forward. They're not ETF2L or ESEA officials, so what's the problem? All these terrible players gotta learn at some point right?

You know what the difference between all these examples you listed is and the issue I'm bringing up? Not only are the scenarios listed far more serious than arguing over a server setting in a videogame, but none of these scenarios require you to even operate at a loss afterwords. They're no-brainer decisions. There are literally only benefits from protecting your house/data/wearing a seat-belt.

You enable the level restriction to keep out a few hackers and suddenly all the people who used to frequent DM with a steam account below level 5 no longer get to play there and the server stays empty for far longer into the evening/night.

if people want to cheat that badly they're going to find a way to bypass the requirement anyways like mister funnybunny up there. these are the same people who throw away money to cheat in the first place, so what's a few more bucks for a leveled steam account?

NA DM is more dead than now from the level requirement than it ever was because some 12 year old decided to test his premium cheats there.

since people are cheating in DM regardless can we lift the steam level restriction so the servers are actually alive before 7pm?

looking forward to seeing YO|O make his competitive debut after we unban every weapon in the upcoming seasons

cut back on soda intake

hopefully quit it all together cuz that shits poison for your body

bump

really could use more tryouts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYBZrRCCrXE

bump

lots of sleep

the more i sleep the less i have to be conscious and think about things that plague my thought process

bump!

if you wanna know how long youve been connected you can just type status into console and it'll tell you

https://i.imgur.com/ZOBlB7g.png

real chads only

your crosshair will always be on someone no matter what. the game plays itself