Glitch > reset

[violet ether]

more and more frequent this sh................................t

Contextualizing, whenever I'm using the computer this glitch appears which forces me to reset. The problem is that it has become increasingly frequent (only today it was 5 times easily) and I don't know what it can be anymore, whether it is SSD or pulseaudio failing or ... I don't know

My mint is 21.3

My memory and swap fill very easy, especially when I am using many apps simultaneously

I can't tell if it's video card's failure too (I don't understand hardware much)

[obsidian anvil]

But I can. Your graphics card is failing.

[violet ether]

I should know ... thanks for the info

[obsidian anvil]

Strands of false colours usually point to a failing memory chip.

[violet ether]

Thank you, I will invest in a new

[obsidian anvil]

Sorry to bring bad news. Feel free to ask here when you find an offer, we can check if it's worth your money.

[violet ether]

ok. Good to know that it is nothing involving software (I mean, system settings)

[obsidian anvil]

Unlikely. The pattern is consistent with a hardware failure. After reset, it cooled down a little, but once it heats back up, it glitches again.

If you want to rule out software, just liveboot a different distro and run some benchmarks.

[violet ether]

Using many software simultaneously has to do with the graphics card fail?

[obsidian anvil]

No. Hardware degradation is a fact of life. How old is that graphics card?

[violet ether]

I can't even say how

They gave me the used video card, but I don't know her age to this day

[obsidian anvil]

If the system is up, run inxi -Gxxxz, and I'll tell you how old it is.

[violet ether]

This one looks good at me, I don't intend to buy a super video card too, but if there is a better price

[obsidian anvil]

Polaris is fine. There is a chance that a used card has been part of a mining rig, but they usually have quite a bit of life left in them anyway. If you can, compare to a new RX6600 - a bit more performance, less power draw. But probably quite a bit more expensive.

[violet ether]

Yes, I will give a good research on all this.

[violet ether]

sc19@sc19-System-Product-Name:~$ inxi -Gxxxz Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA GP108 [GeForce GT 1030] driver: nvidia v: 575.64.03 pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 4 ports: active: none off: HDMI-A-1 empty: DVI-D-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1d01 class-ID: 0300 Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1 Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 101 s-size: 483x272mm (19.0x10.7") s-diag: 554mm (21.8") Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 102 size: 477x268mm (18.8x10.6") diag: 547mm (21.5") OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 575.64.03 direct render: Yes sc19@sc19-System-Product-Name:~$

[obsidian anvil]

That actually came out in the same year as the RX570. But the RX570 is a lot faster.

[violet ether]

Yes, my video card is actually more cost-effective, that's what they told me too