The GPU on my Mac Studio is Faulty

These are user-to-user forums, Apple is not here, these forums are not official Apple support. None of use here are Apple employees.

If you think there is a problem you need to take the Studio to an Apple Store or an Apple authorized service center for examination and warranty service.

Since it appears you did not purchase the Studio directly from Apple you would need to contact the retailer you got it from about returns and exchanges.

Bottom line? No one here is in a position to offer any help since you are so convinced it is a hardware issue.

You're not talking to Apple or Adobe Support here. We're just other customers, like yourself. I suggest that you contact Apple and/or Adobe.

Official Apple Support

Apple Store Online - Apple

https://helpx.adobe.com/support.html

I am not trying to make light of your problem, but you have done nothing to determine what the problem might be, you just guessed Apple GPU Hardware.

If you were to contact Apple support, which I recommend, they would FIRST ask you to update MacOS and all your software to the latest versions, to avoid spending time identifying problems that have already been found and fixed.

Next they would have you run the User diagnostics.

For fast recurring, easy-to reproduce problems, running in Safe Mode (which excludes many third-party add-ons) can help determine whether third-party add-ons are part of the problem or not.

The more rigorous version is to check for up-to-date backups, ERASE your drive, re-install ONLY MacOS, and test in a bare-all Apple system (before you re-install all your third-party add-ons.

if no smoking guns up to that point, and no panic reports, Apple would probably tell you its NOT a Hardware issue, it's a problem with your added software.

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By far the easiest way to cause instability, bad behavior, and sometimes crashing is to install ANY third-party speeder-uppers, Cleaners, Optimizers, or Virus scanners. or a VPN that you installed yourself.

¿anything like that installed?

snailcruncher wrote:

I know, I'm just hoping that Apple staff may occasionally look in.

sorry, NO.

Apple problem solvers are expressly prohibited from replying here, unless they are part of the Community Support team, whose replies are tagged with that status.

The only way to get the attention of Apple's crack team of problem solvers is to contact support, work through initial steps like the ones I outlined, and ask to file a Bug Report.

They want to file that Bug Report complete with a description of the simplest setup that can reproduce the problem.

snailcruncher wrote:

I'm not at all convinced it's a hardware issue, but I am trying to get to the bottom of it. It is possible that it is Adobe-based but as with Apple the only way to flag this up is to post on the support forum

If this is due to faulty hardware, the way to "flag this up" is to call Apple while your computer is still within its warranty period (and preferably while it is also within its return period).

Not to post something in a user forum, and hope that an Apple employee might happen to see it … and then might happen to call it to the attention of the service/support department.

What Display(s) and what connection(s) are you using?

Connect a display to Mac Studio - Apple Support

The new Mac's are very picky when it come to HDMI and DisplayPort cable quality.

Plus they are down right finicky, when it comes to DVI and VGA adapters and adapter cables.