# Nvidia GeForce GT 730 Problem

**URL:** <https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/nvidia-geforce-gt-730-problem/3771>\
**Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\
**Created:** [August 10, 2021, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/nvidia-geforce-gt-730-problem/3771 "2021-08-10T06:22:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![desercat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/desercat/32/1192_2.png) [@desercat](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/desercat)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/nvidia-geforce-gt-730-problem/3771/1 "2021-08-10T06:22:42Z")

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I noticed that I was having problem with my Nvidia GeForce GT 730 graphics card: I’d be working then suddenly the screen would go dark followed by a Flash and then resume normal operations. The problem would randomly occur. This is NOT good for someone who is an epileptic. Back in the days of CGA monitors 🤓 I had a Grand Mal seizure that was so violent that it ripped the muscle right off the bone in my upper left arm, and I have not forgotten that.

I figured this “flashing” was due to some bug in either CentOS 8.4, or openSUSE, or a test version of Rocky Linux. It was not until my sister was cussing up a Blue Streak about having the same problem on her Windows 10 machine and when I asked her what graphics card she had running and she said a GeForce GT 730 I suspected that something _may_ be wrong. When Somerville Tom who also had a similar problem with a GeForce GT 730 I knew I had to get rid of that card – I can not afford to have another Grand Mal seizure precipitated _maybe_ by my graphics card. _IF_ you happen to have a GeForce GT 730 and you are having this “flashing” problem it could be due to the driver, or any of a number of things including refresh rates or some other thing. It also might be the card itself.

I just bought a NEW graphics card that I hope will take care of the problem: An Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti w/4GB of GDDR5 VRAM made by ASUS. It was allegedly here in the United States but the Tracking Number says Taiwan – pisses me off to no end, as I bought it because it specifically because it said “Ships from the United States”. Hopefully it does not take 2-4 months to get here as other stuff from China has taken. BTW depending on how you define “cheap” and “expensive” compared to graphics cards that cost well over $1,000, and most costing in the $400 - $700 range, at $269.89 this was a good buy, that said it still cost far, far more than I would have liked to spend, given this is Workstation, not a Gaming rig, or Multimedia rig. That said living in the Age of a Global Pandemic, where everything is done over ZOOM, Skype, or some other video conferencing mode, a graphics card with a little more “OOMPH” can’t be a bad thing… so long it stops “flashing” 😁 me.

D’Cat

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**Author:** ![brian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/brian/32/5777_2.png) [@brian](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/brian)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 4:06am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/nvidia-geforce-gt-730-problem/3771/2 "2023-08-25T04:06:56Z")

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Closed on August 25, 2023, 4:06am UTC