should have previewed that first i guess... hmm sorry
I have been having these screen blotches, apparently they were not tied into my artifacting problem because that is gone now, but the blotches are not.
The blotches come up in Windows 8.1 when i pull out the charms, right clicking sometimes does it, and it will flicker over video, but not in a game.
They will not screen capture so I had to take pictures of them with my phone so that i knew i wasn't going insane.
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this is my build
amd fx-8320 Black
corsair h80i cpu cooler
2 x 8GB corsair vengeace pro 2133mhz <span style="font-size: 14.4799995422363px;">cl10
<span style="font-size: 14.4799995422363px;">m5a97 r 2.0 mobo
<span style="font-size: 14.4799995422363px;">samsung 840 evo ssd
<span style="font-size: 14.4799995422363px;">r7 260x dc2oc 2GB video card
corsair obsidian 750d case
<span style="font-size: 14.4799995422363px;">blu ray burner
seasonic x-850 gold psu
<span style="font-size: 14.4799995422363px;">some corsair silent series fans for
<span style="font-size: 14.4799995422363px;">Air flow ( because i know this will come up)
<span style="font-size: 14.4799995422363px;">2 140's front fans pulling in
<span style="font-size: 14.4799995422363px;">2 140<span style="font-size: 14.4799995422363px;"> top fans out
<span style="font-size: 14.4799995422363px;">h80i (push/pull 2 fans)on rear blowing out.
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CPU temp, 18c
GPU temp, 45c (regular windows operation)

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