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AMD problems

jamesaltria said:
Haha finally a thread that prefers Nvidia.
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The moment 3D is mentioned AMD fall off to the way side. There is simply no competition at all.

Maybe if they took it seriously (and I can't really blame them for not, I mean 3D will never be mainstream) and actually took it on themselves then maybe they could compete.

But Nvidia have pumped millions of dollars into it and it shows.
 
With regard to the original issues with the 7970, is this a fresh Windows installation, or are you still using the one that previously had Nvidia drivers installed. Just wondering as I've seen a lot of posts from people with issues after going Nvidia to AMD that those who just have AMD don't have. They can't all be the AMD owners simply not noticing the issues. I am wondering if Nvidia are leaving behind remnants that conflict with the AMD drivers that an uninstall/sweep aren't catching.

Do you have a spare HDD you could do a test install of Windows, AMD driver and the game to see if the issue's still there?
 
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Have the same problem as the OP, I originally thought it was down to a borked OS install, as I moved to Windows 8 at the weekend and it seemed to sort everything, then today the random slow downs (visually, frames remain the same) followed by the odd random artifacting in very un-stressful games.

Personally I think its down to heat, my 7970's are reference and hot runners, ~80+c standard fan profile with stock clocks. Failing that then I'll move back to 12.10, now the initial 'omg look how high my FPS is' drama over 12.11 has passed the cracks are starting to show in the driver for me.
 
SkodaMart said:
I am suspecting that that damage was not courtesy of the Royal Mail :D

The large hammer being a major clue! :p

'Striker Extreme' indeed!

Your 750i seems to have served you well though?
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The 750 isn't without its issues :| but its the best of a bad bunch if you wanted SLI on an LGA775 socket. Once nVidia bring out a GPU that isn't a mid-range card with go-faster-stripes I'll prolly do a whole new system.
 
pgi947 said:
Have the same problem as the OP, I originally thought it was down to a borked OS install, as I moved to Windows 8 at the weekend and it seemed to sort everything, then today the random slow downs (visually, frames remain the same) followed by the odd random artifacting in very un-stressful games.

Personally I think its down to heat, my 7970's are reference and hot runners, ~80+c standard fan profile with stock clocks. Failing that then I'll move back to 12.10, now the initial 'omg look how high my FPS is' drama over 12.11 has passed the cracks are starting to show in the driver for me.
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Crikey your cards run hot. I've yet to see my WF 7970 cards go above 60c.
 
I would bet every penny in my bank acc. that whatever problems Weehamish is having have been caused by his own actions. This is the same guy who went through 4 different 7850s before realising that the 'defective' cards might not have been defective after all and the problem was with his rig. I own a 7970 and the only time I've had those artefacts is when I was overclocking with insufficient voltage/cooling.

Weehamish, you're a nice bloke but you don't half talk some rubbish about GPUs.
 
Yes its a full new build no Nvidia card has been in this machine. Important starting to wonder if the pci e slot could have been damaged and this is why its not constant? If a tiny bit of the slot is damaged would it cause this or would the card just not work?

I could try the card in the other slot to see if it changes tonight. But if one slot is broken i will want a new mobo.
 
weehamish said:
Yes its a full new build no Nvidia card has been in this machine. Important starting to wonder if the pci e slot could have been damaged and this is why its not constant? If a tiny bit of the slot is damaged would it cause this or would the card just not work?
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Do you still have your GTX 660?

Why not give that a try instead?
 
weehamish said:
Yes its a full new build no Nvidia card has been in this machine. Important starting to wonder if the pci e slot could have been damaged and this is why its not constant? If a tiny bit of the slot is damaged would it cause this or would the card just not work?

I could try the card in the other slot to see if it changes tonight. But if one slot is broken i will want a new mobo.
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LOL, anyone hanging one of those monster cards unsupported from the slot is going to suffer damage sooner or later !
 
Jakus, not really its well supported theres no bending at all, but i mean when its been put into the slot it could have damaged something?

The 660 is at my mates.

I do have 2x 7970s atm though as they sent one for me to try out to fix other problems with farcry 3 but its a game issue not the card.

I will try the games again and see if they artifact and if they do will try the other card but first try the same card in the next pci e slot.
 
Surprising how light in terms of weight these 7*** cards are, compared to Nvidia 6** cards - well comparing the equivelent Gigabyte variants.

What is your full system specs now Weehamish?
 
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weehamish said:
Jakus, not really its well supported theres no bending at all, but i mean when its been put into the slot it could have damaged something?

The 660 is at my mates.

I do have 2x 7970s atm though as they sent one for me to try out to fix other problems with farcry 3 but its a game issue not the card.

I will try the games again and see if they artifact and if they do will try the other card but first try the same card in the next pci e slot.
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Why did you have to use a hammer :D

You just win the pools or something, last time we talked I was helping with a new midrange card into some old hardware with a gtx275 and you were low they made you buy a new psu ! (obviously not required)

I do recall reading you came buy the big Direct CU card but I got the impression it was the dogs nuts, sorry to hear it did not stay that way..see if you didn't have any mates with nvidia cards you would not be disappointed, maybe :)
I think you may have figured out why Nvidia is able to rip us off now ;)
 
weehamish said:
I will try the games again and see if they artifact and if they do will try the other card but first try the same card in the next pci e slot.
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Take a screenshot of these 'artifacts'.

I don't think you're doing a very good job of describing what your problem is so no-one is going to be able to help you.
 
Thats the thing rusty they are so fast you cant take a screeny of them :\

Ive just played Skyrim there and got 0 maybe i was just having a dodgy day. Im gonna try 1 hour on all the games i played the other day and see if they reoccur.

I never installed it unsupprted? Its held by 3 screws on the case.

My full Rig is this

NZXT Phantom Black 820 Enthusiast Full Tower Case
Asus P8Z77-V Motherboard
8GB Corsair PC3-12800 1600MHz DDR3 Memory
ASUS Radeon HD 7970 3072MB Direct CU II Graphics Card
Intel 240GB 330 Series Solid State Drive
1000GB 7200RPM Hard Disk - 6Gbps
Corsair CX 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified PSU
Noctua NH-D14 Ultimate Performance Quiet CPU Cooler
Intel Core i5 3570K Processor Overclocked to 4.7GHz
 
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