7xxx series, how many of you suffer this problem?

[LtMatt]

True. More often than not it's user error, agreed.

It just wouldn't be my first check that's all .

Agreed. Don't get me wrong if i was having problems id be starting my own thread trying to get to the bottom of it.

The only issue i have at the moment with AMD drivers is an issue with flash video flickering for a brief second as i refresh a browser page.

Apart from that these are the most stable and fastest fps drivers from AMD ive ever used. (latest 12.8 WHQL release)

 

[Rusty0611]

Sometimes it needs a thread to flush out the issue. A lot of people reporting problems in the 12.8 thread.

To be fair to nVidia you don't normally get all this code regression in their drivers like you seem to with AMD. That's partially where the stigma comes from. nV have their own issues though!

Alas, I don't wish to start another argument

 

[LtMatt]

Sometimes it needs a thread to flush out the issue. A lot of people reporting problems in the 12.8 thread.

To be fair to nVidia you don't normally get all this code regression in their drivers like you seem to with AMD. That's partially where the stigma comes from. nV have their own issues though!

Alas, I don't wish to start another argument

No argument here i haven't used Nvidia drivers since i had an mx440.

 

[Rusty0611]

No argument here i haven't used Nvidia drivers since i had an mx440.

I switch regularly and only had some scaling problems with 4850 crossfire but SLI scaling was just as bad back then.

 

[LtMatt]

I switch regularly and only had some scaling problems with 4850 crossfire but SLI scaling was just as bad back then.

I still remember the dark days. 2900xt xfire owner.

 

[spoffle]

Hmmm where's Tommy and Spoffle now?

This is why I can't take you seriously. I haven't said AMD don't have problems,

If I were to act like you, I'd go on about "all those stuttering problems" that "everyone" who has a 6XX suffers with, and how that is representative to the nVidia experience. Or how about those nVidia drivers that irreparably damaged some 9800 GTXs, or GTX590s?

I'm however sensible, I don't think some people who have had 6XX stuttering issues, are indicative of the overall nVidia experience, or worthy as a disclaimer to anyone looking to buy a 6XX.

You should put some effort in to avoiding continually using strawman arguments.

 

[Rusty0611]

This is why I can't take you seriously. I haven't said AMD don't have problems,

If I were to act like you, I'd go on about "all those stuttering problems" that "everyone" who has a 6XX suffers with, and how that is representative to the nVidia experience.

I'm however sensible, I don't think some people who have had 6XX stuttering issues, are indicative of the overall nVidia experience, or worthy as a disclaimer to anyone looking to buy a 6XX.

You should put some effort in to avoiding continually using strawman arguments.

LOL you actually took it seriously. It was tongue in cheek son. Calm down, calm down.

Nice to see you replied to that than trying to help people though

I like the way you write all of that to what was a tongue in cheek comment.

Not again, leave this thread before you plague another

 

[spoffle]

LOL you actually took it seriously. It was tongue in cheek son. Calm down, calm down.

Nice to see you replied to that than trying to help people though

I like the way you write all of that to what was a tongue in cheek comment.

Not again, leave this thread before you plague another

Ah right, "tongue in cheek"? If you say so.

Why are you suggesting I calm down? By refuting what you've said, that suggests I'm not calm?

So, so, I'm at fault for not "realising" that your comment was "tongue in cheek", and you also somehow "know" that I'm not calm?

OKAY BRO.

 

[Rusty0611]

It was obvious. Hence these responses:

Hmmm where's Tommy and Spoffle now?

You need to mention Nvidia in the title

lol

It's OK you mis-interpreted it. Move on.

 

[Cold_And_Miserable]

The only issue i have at the moment with AMD drivers is an issue with flash video flickering for a brief second as i refresh a browser page.

Who said it's the drivers?

I believe it's a hardware level problem with the 7xxx series.
IE9 and Firefox randomly crash. Even the reset button locks up. I never had anywhere near this much trouble even with unstable overclocks on the 5xxx series.
I think it crashed during bootup 1 or 2 times a while back too and other strange behavior plus artifacting in games never present on 5xxx cards.

 

[Randomface74]

it's flash hardware acceleration

 

[Bobmunkhouse]

I have had this kind of crash..... I'm browsing the internet and then suddenly the screen just goes blank (Light Blue) and hangs.......Wish someone knew how to fix.....

 

[LtMatt]

Who said it's the drivers?

I believe it's a hardware level problem with the 7xxx series.
IE9 and Firefox randomly crash. Even the reset button locks up. I never had anywhere near this much trouble even with unstable overclocks on the 5xxx series.
I think it crashed during bootup 1 or 2 times a while back too and other strange behavior plus artifacting in games never present on 5xxx cards.

I've never had any crashes.

I use chrome, i haven't downloaded or installed any versions of flash as chrome has a version of flash built in to it.

Give it a try.

 

[arknor]

True. More often than not it's user error, agreed.

It just wouldn't be my first check that's all .

the only OC in my system is because my gpu is an OC edition

aero turned off
firefox HW acceleration turned off.

had a grey screen watching a movie with vlc media player the other night and HW acceleration is enabled in vlc media player

i could still hear the movie but the screen stayed grey until i rebooted

 

[dpmcalli]

Hmm how widespread is this issue? Im very close to picking up a 7950 but this tread is putting me off a little.

 

[arknor]

Hmm how widespread is this issue? Im very close to picking up a 7950 but this tread is putting me off a little.

probably not that widespread seeing as it doesnt seem to have been talked about much on other forums

 

[dpmcalli]

Thanks, Ill try not to let it sway my purchasing decision then.

 

[arknor]

found this on another forum

When the 12.6 beta drivers got released, there was a change that caused the 2d voltages to be set at 0.79v instead of the normal default of 0.84v (which was the voltage in all previous drivers). However, ever since this change, there are serious bugs (maybe related to the change, I honestly don't know) which cause the card to crash, often in 2D, with either a Gray screen of death, or strangely vertical striped lines, followed by a hardlocked black screen and fan at 100% speed. This usually will happen on the desktop, or on game loading screens (or finishing screens) where the video mode changes, although this seems to be random. One person was able to use an OSD (possibly logitech keyboard?) and he found that when the crash happened, the card had ramped up to 3D speeds, BUT the voltages were still at 0.79v (the 2D speed), so this may be the cause. So it seems to happen when the card kicks in to 3d speeds, but is using 2d voltages for some reason. 12.5 beta drivers and all older drivers were unaffected.

 

[shankly1985]

My only issue I have had is driver stopped responding but that was a bad OC I needed more voltage. I then was getting it in Sony vegas and been fixed since I updated to 12.x July 12th.
I do get the random screen flicker tho.

 

[Cold_And_Miserable]

I've never had any crashes.

I use chrome, i haven't downloaded or installed any versions of flash as chrome has a version of flash built in to it.

Give it a try.

It's not flash.

It crashed this evening while viewing this forum which has no flash in IE9.

Random flickering and minor but noticeable artifacting occurs in games such as Crysis and Mass Effect such as flashing white lines, squares, foggy red areas, stuttering, all of which wasn't there before on a ATi 5870.

I've had at least 2 or 3 crashes during boot-up too.