HD3870 Radeon issue

[maratheftis]

Just build a new pc the other day with vista business, Powercolour HD3870 ATI Radeon from OCUK,2 gig ram, Inte core Quad etc etc...

I have ready reviews about my graphics card and overall it's an ok-good card that should somewhat support most of the games out there in nomral settings
Playing World in conflict at the moment at 1280x1024 at medium settings...
there is no lag in the game etc.,..but i see flashing lines...dotts, vertical lines that come and go. flashign texture etc.. it's strange...like a bad tv signal..that gets interrupted every now and then

i installed the latests drivers but that doesnt seem to solve th problem..any ideas at all?? the rest seems fine desktop looks ok,,videos and online seem to be fine...and perform fine aswell
any ideas?

 

[melbourne720]

Thats a problem with the graphics card, its either overheating or needs replacing.

 

[TheMorningStar]

it could be driver related though. i would atleast try a reinstall of the game gfx card drivers and the like before sending it back. what are your gfx card temps idle/load?

 

[maratheftis]

it could be driver related though. i would atleast try a reinstall of the game gfx card drivers and the like before sending it back. what are your gfx card temps idle/load?

erm,,,i dont know,how can i find that out? is there an app i can do that with?

well i will try the following before sending back:
1.test in other game (downloaded half life2 demo to test)
2. install the new directx 10.1 since it is supported
3.unistall the drivers and re-intall the new ones from amd.

if that is not solved i will need to send it back

 

[alastair79]

Just had a quick look at the release notes for Drivers 8.2 and it shows the following:

Known Issues Under the Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
The following section provides a summary of open issues in the latest version of Catalyst™. These include:

World in Conflict: Text corruption may be noticed when playing the game on a system running Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 30 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31619


Not sure if your on XP64, but you can see issues for your card here:

https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/gamesite/Catalyst_82_release_notes.html



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[Phil2008]

Just build a new pc the other day with vista business, Powercolour HD3870 ATI Radeon from OCUK,2 gig ram, Inte core Quad etc etc...

I have ready reviews about my graphics card and overall it's an ok-good card that should somewhat support most of the games out there in nomral settings
Playing World in conflict at the moment at 1280x1024 at medium settings...
there is no lag in the game etc.,..but i see flashing lines...dotts, vertical lines that come and go. flashign texture etc.. it's strange...like a bad tv signal..that gets interrupted every now and then

i installed the latests drivers but that doesnt seem to solve th problem..any ideas at all?? the rest seems fine desktop looks ok,,videos and online seem to be fine...and perform fine aswell
any ideas?

The latest drivers ar rubbish with my 3870 also, I also get artifacting in games what I think your experincing too. Use 7.11 drivers, cos they work perfectly with any of my games, accept theres a huge performance drop in crysis

 

[and0r]

You should try the beta drivers, really great stuff in everything (you also get AA in dx9 mode for U3 engine games like bioshock).

Just google them

 

[Datamonkey]

and0r

what beta drivers? what version 8.3's??

 

[maratheftis]

ok...

Just had a quick look at the release notes for Drivers 8.2 and it shows the following:

Known Issues Under the Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
The following section provides a summary of open issues in the latest version of Catalyst™. These include:

World in Conflict: Text corruption may be noticed when playing the game on a system running Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 30 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31619


Not sure if your on XP64, but you can see issues for your card here:

https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/gamesite/Catalyst_82_release_notes.html



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nope am on Vista 32 bit..

@Speedy
"The latest drivers ar rubbish with my 3870 also, I also get artifacting in games what I think your experincing too. Use 7.11 drivers, cos they work perfectly with any of my games, accept theres a huge performance drop in crysis"

hmmm how do i get that? is that from the cd (not sure if it has the 8.2 ones) do you have a URL for this?

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Catalyst 7.11's

http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/vista32/commonprevious-vista32.html

 

[Phil2008]

Has the 7.11s fixed all your problems? Just dont run crysis, it will depress you

 

[maratheftis]

Has the 7.11s fixed all your problems? Just dont run crysis, it will depress you

ok this is what i did..

unistalled the drivers and when and got the 7.11 one speedy suggested....same old story...exactly the same stuff... randoma flshing lines,flashign texture,
tried this on Half life 2 and world in conflict even on 1024x768 same old crap...no joy

installed directx 10 same thing..
removed the card and put it back in again same old story..
updated the card to the latet drivers and catalyst..same thing..
worrh mentioning that the temp of the card is 30-34 idle, 40 just after i close the game...

it can't be my LCD right? is a sharp 19 inch.,,dint do this before,,or any other circumastances..
also for some reason in the catalyst app, the autotune settings etc seems to be locked why?

ihave a feeling is the card...prob dodgy..because i am sure it shouldnt make these problems and play these game with not so much trouble right? i have already requested an RMA from OCUK,,which i got and will send the card back to them..