A modern gaming graphics card is showing pixilation on screen and is occasionally rebooting a PC without prior notice. Which of the following symptoms is MOST likely being experienced?

The correct answer is B. Card overheating. Pixelation (visual artifacts, corrupted graphics) combined with unexpected/spontaneous reboots are the hallmark symptoms of a GPU that is overheating. When a graphics card exceeds its safe operating temperature, the GPU throttles performance, produces rendering artifacts on…

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AOld drivers
BCard overheating
CImproper slot installation
DResolution mismatch

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Pixelation (visual artifacts, corrupted graphics) combined with unexpected/spontaneous reboots are the hallmark symptoms of a GPU that is overheating. When a graphics card exceeds its safe operating temperature, the GPU throttles performance, produces rendering artifacts on screen, and-if temperatures remain critical-the system performs a protective shutdown or reboot. Old drivers might cause stability issues or visual glitches, but the combination of both symptoms together strongly points to thermal problems rather than software, installation, or resolution issues.

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