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    Cpu or Gpu crapping out

    So for the past couple of weeks my cpu usage has spiked up into the 80s and 90s when I'm playing XIV. It's causing models in the game to do the AC unity thing were parts of the model just dont load so I just get hands and feet attached to nothing and some things not loading at all.

    My cpu and gpu temps have remained unchanged through all of this but just for the sake of it I removed my cpu fan and removed all the thermal paste and did a fell reinstall.

    What I want to know is this my CPU crapping or my GPU dieing and pushing loads onto the cpu? Running a Radeon 390 and an I5 6600k.

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    Easiest way to test that is buy a new GPU, replace your current one, see if the problem goes away. If it does, it was your GPU. If it doesn't, it's your CPU and you can return the GPU.

    Other possible culprits: mobo, PSU.

    Don't over think it though, just replace the vidya card.

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    Uh, no. The easiest way to find out if your GPU has issues is ATItool. Scan for artifacts, if the fur cube has any yellow dots it's a sign your GPU is not doing what it's supposed to do.
    Just in case, scan your HDD with HDTune, SMART values should be OK and the health scan should show no bad blocks.
    CPU issues, kinda hard to diagnose. But the usual stress test with prime95 over an hour or so should at least show that it's still performing instructions as expected.

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