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6950 problem with drivers

WobblerJW

WobblerJW

WobblerJW

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i got a new 6950 today from OCUK and it seems fine until i install drivers and then i get stuff like this
CorruptedScreen.jpg


does it appear i have a duff card or just drivers being pants?
 
yeah i did try the ones MSI supplied and yeah using the 64 bit versions downloading 11.5 atm so hoping them are ok but i am unsure
 
its brand new its never been tampered with and it has 2 incoming fans blowing air to it and on idle it can sit at 35c (but my 4550 can sit at 45c idle and is ok and thats full of dust and ****) on load i never get a chance to check as it doesn't give me enought time to check will monitor it tomorrow again but i am not holding much hope on it
 
thing that is strange is it is fine if i don't install drivers as it will never do the corruption thing but as soon as i install the drivers it starts tearing and corrupting and in places u can see dodgy pixelating and this is in normal windows idle mode :<
 
i just tried it again 10 minutes ago and it lasted less than 2 mins then the drivers crash or freezes the whole pc up and i even tried to see if it was a heat problem and ramped the fans to 98% and tbh that made it worse. tried the resitting of it and also had a little sniff at it and to me its not the same smell as the currently installed and working Gfx (sniff tests are good if u know what burnt components smell like) and the PSu is 800w but can't see a name on it and it artifact even on desktop
 
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i would understand if it was overclocked badly it would do that but undervolting?

getting new psu then will send the gfx back if its the same
 
1. you never know both might be faulty in a way and plus i need a psu to still in old pc to sell it
2. i never play with voltages
 
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