7850 - Screen flickering?

[Vanhishikha]

Hey guys, I've gone ahead and bought some new parts as of recently and one of these parts was the AMD HD 7850, installed it and all was good until I noticed that on dark backgrounds there's like moving lines behind the screen? It's really annoying while gaming and I don't know what's going on or how to fix it?

I thought it was a cable problem, so I replaced my DVI wire with a standard VGA wire and no change.

I really want to fix this problem as it's really annoying.

Any advice?

 

[Orcvader]

What drivers are you using? Could try rolling back.

Have you tried a different monitor just in case it could be the card/monitor combo not liking each other?

 

[Vanhishikha]

I uninstalled the old AMD drivers from my 5770 and then I installed the 7850 drivers.

I tried it on my 1080p TV and it seems.. okay? I didn't see any lines really. so it's pretty messed up.

I blew the sockets/adapters and re-plugged and going to go and try out now, but this is quite the annoyance :/.

 

[Orcvader]

Were the drivers from the disk? Try the 12.3 drivers: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/previous/Pages/radeonaiw_vista64.aspx

On the other hand, try get another monitor to test with, not a TV, the TV could have it's own settings to "fix" this. And try the monitor on another PC just in case.

 

[Vanhishikha]

No change the lines are still there while gaming, I got the drivers off the AMD website, but I guess I could re-install, it might do the world of good.

You never know! Will report back after installation.

 

[Vanhishikha]

Back!

Okay so I tried another monitor and the same flickering occured, so I came back to the TV monitor, while using a VGA or DVI cable with the TV it flickers, but If I switch to a HDMI cable, then the flickering stops.

Is it likely I have a dodgy GPU? :S please advise.

 

[areksnumbr1sxylady]

My monitor used to flicker in games on VGA, then I changed to DVI and all went good

 

[Vanhishikha]

My monitor used to flicker in games on VGA, then I changed to DVI and all went good

I'm currently using a DVI to VGA cable, sadly my current monitor does not have a DVI output. :/, so I guess that puts me in a tight spot right there. :/

 

[Vanhishikha]

Another further note is that it is much more noticable when playing games and not so much when not.

edit: I think the best course of option is that I'm going to have to send it back under RMA and ask for a replacement :/.