Hello borgcube636! Have you tested with any other games/benchmarks? Would you be able to post screenshots of any artifacting occurring in other programs?

I didn't have time last night to test out other games, but I'll do so tonight and report back. Thanks

EVGATech_AdamB
Hello borgcube636! Have you tested with any other games/benchmarks? Would you be able to post screenshots of any artifacting occurring in other programs?

Ok, I tried 3DMark Firestorm which displayed some really bad issues (screenshot: imgur.com/a/IeMCKTy) CS:GO had a lot of little green dots flickering.

Yeah, I'm thinking its just a bad card. First time that's ever happened! I guess I should start the RMA process unless anyone else has another suggestion?

Interesting... I am using a DP cable. However, it was working just fine with my GTX 960. I'd try a different one as part of troubleshooting though.

I also have a 2070 XC Ultra. I ran benchmarks with 3DMark and Superposition. No artifacts. Fans kicked on and I couldn't even hear them. Did the most I could with the free versions of each program, and I couldn't get the GPU temp over 62 degC. It didn't even break a sweat.

how old is your displayport cable ?  did this happen since you downloaded the new drivers ?  did you try to go back to the older version drivers ?

My DP cables are essentially brand new...I have two Samsung 28" QLED monitors that I bought earlier this year that came with their own cables which worked great. When I got the card 2 days ago, I installed it in place of my GTX 970, and everything was fine. 2 days of playing games completely maxed out, no issues. Then when the problems started last night, I tried lowering graphics settings, rebooting, etc, then noticed there was an update that had just come out (I think yesterday) for NVIDIA. I downloaded the update and installed, and the same problems occurred. So I downloaded a fresh copy from the site, but this time I used the "clean install" option. I didn't try DDU, but I've also never had anything but my GTX 970 in here since I did my fresh Windows install earlier this year (I try to do a clean Windows install every year or two). If problems persist with the replacement Amazon card (which will be arriving tomorrow, yay Amazon customer service) I'll give that a shot, however, I have a feeling that after the card got "stress tested" by running some games maxed out, that may have caused the flaws to appear rather quickly. 

UPDATE: New card received Wednesday night...so far, everything is good. Weird though...packaging styles were very different...both had the same print on the outside, but my original card came in a plain black cardboard box with a thin NVIDIA cardboard "sleeve" over it, whereas the replacement card came in a MUCH nicer thick cardboard box that pulled apart (top and bottom) at the middle. The first box was not what I would have thought of for packaging on a high-end card. Wonder if that's replacement packaging the use for repaired RMA devices or something?