I'm using an MSI GE66 Raider with an Intel i7-12700h and an RTX 3070ti. Lately, I've been noticing some strange graphics issues when I'm using integrated graphics mode. I see random artifacts like rectangles and other weird characters sometimes appear, and occasionally, letters just disappear from the screen. Here's a link with some images to illustrate the problem: [https://imgur.com/a/YOkErL0](https://imgur.com/a/YOkErL0).
I had a similar problem with web browsers, but it went away after I disabled hardware acceleration. However, turning off hardware acceleration in Windows settings didn't seem to help with this display issue.
I've been dealing with this since 2023 but managed to work around it by using the discrete graphics mode until now, when I decided to troubleshoot more seriously. I've tried several things:
1. Booted into safe mode—no artifacts there.
2. Performed a clean boot, but the issue returned.
3. Ran a memory test, and everything checked out fine.
4. Used DDU to uninstall both Intel and Nvidia drivers and reinstalled them, but that didn't fix it.
5. Disabled multi-plane overlay (MPO), which also didn't help.
At this point, I'm out of ideas and really need some assistance. Does anyone here have any thoughts on what could be causing these issues or suggestions on how to fix them? I'd really appreciate any help!
Update: I reached out to Microsoft tech support, and they indicated that it seems to be a hardware issue with the integrated GPU, which aligns with my suspicions. At least it won't impact the CPU, so that's a relief!
2 Answers
Honestly, the 3070ti has its issues, but if everything's running smoothly in discrete mode, then it's not necessarily the root of the problem. Seems more like a glitch with the integrated graphics.
Have you checked if you replaced the IME drivers along with the Intel GPU driver? Sometimes it's easy to overlook those during a clean installation.
IME? I just went ahead and did a clean uninstall of the Intel driver, so that should have cleared out any related software, right?
I don't get that—discrete mode is working fine for me, both with and without hardware acceleration, so I doubt it's the 3070ti.