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AMD problems

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I've got a 7970 and although it runs everything with good fps it doesn't at all seem stable?

Problems in games is mostly stuttering even at 60 fps games don't seem smooth? Using 3d party software fixes some of this but not all games.

Some games such as AoE 3 is unstable in battles and the fps is all over. Also the game is stuttering all the time unless played in widowed mode. The stuttering could be with nvidia too though.

Im getting artifact spikes randomly in all of my games. They are big spikes across the screen and happen in almost every game I've played so far. I have 2 7970s atm and tried both and both do the same thing.

I want to keep the 7970 but the drivers are really bad there's no point having high fps if the game has random artifacts occurring all the time. I want to wait for the official 12.11 but how long will it be and will it even fix these problems? Some people may not notice them as they are pop up and are gone so if out blink or even see it its like huh what was that then carry on but over the last week I've seen it happen in loads of games.

My choice now is move to a 680 i know they have random bugs too but nowhere near as much as AMD cards, or keep the 7970? The swap won't cost me anything so what do you think i should do?
 
Im on 12.11 so its these im having issues with.

My mate and bro both using Nvidia cards and i used one before switching and i just seem to have no problems with them. Benchmarks are perfect for the 7970 and on paper it looks the best but when gaming its just not what id expect.

Its not cooling i have the asus direct cu2 it never goes above 60C on full load. Im always using vsync as the frames go mental like 3k+ on some games during menus. I have to use 3rd party software on some games as AMD doesn't have the option in ccc unlike Nvidia control panel.

The 12.11 official has to be soon though?

The 680 looks worse on paper but it performs nearly the same and it has no vsync issues and no stuttering issues.

Its not tearing its defo artifacts and they are so random its hard say what's causing them apart from drivers.
 
How can it be my fault if i haven't changed anything and its a new build?

I've already pointed out some issues people didn't notice until i pointed them out. Some people don't even think some things are problems but they are.

The artifacting that's happening is so random and happens in most games from borderlands 2 to skyrim to AoE3.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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
 
The system is built perfect lol?

Place i got it from wins all the awards each year for its systems ;) and has really good rep.

Im still trying to make them happen again but seen nothing so far except in AoE3 but i think that game is just made badly.
 
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