Artifacts only in firefox?

[Rob Turbo]

I recently bought a sapphire hd 7850 oc edition, the other day I noticed artifacts in firefox, a triangle shaped chequer pattern in the upper right, across the menu/address/bookmark bar.

If I switch to a different program then back to firefox it goes away, even if I switch to something that doesn't cover the affected area, or even if I switch to the firefox downloads box.

Is this likely to be a graphics card fault or a firefox fault?

I'm not 100% sure it ONLY happens in firefox, it could pop up in games but come and go so fast that I don't notice. It's happened about 4-5 times in the last week. If I remember, next time it happens I'll take a photo.

I hope it's not the card, I'm just starting to get into a few games that the built in graphics in my 3570k just won't handle well at all!!

 

[Rob Turbo]

Just had a thought - Print Screen!

When it next happens, I'll hit print screen and see if the chequer pattern is there still, if it is, it's firefox, if it isn't, it's the card!

 

[Diagro]

Yea i get that with facebook chat :/ only on FF

 

[iv-tecman]

Yeah had this happen to me with firefox and waterfox. Resolved it by disabling use GPU accelerator and this cured the issue..

Bit of a wierd one, facebook chat and google preview plugin for firefox did it loads to the point I searched out a fix for it..

Must be a problem with AMD drivers, it happened soon as I went to 13.11..

 

[Rob Turbo]

That's a relief! As long as it's not failing/faulty hardware.

I'm currently using CCC 13.1, I might try the 13.3 beta, it hasn't happened for a while now though!

 

[Ciao bella]

Thanks i had the same problem.

 

[Locky]

yep I get the same problem with FF since 12.11, I just disable the accelerator. doesnt affect how firefox runs.

 

[Locky]

if we all collectively report it, it might get fixed?

 

[Orcvader]

I actually noticed this when I did a clean install of Windows 8 on my laptop with the ones Windows found in Windows update (not 100% sure what ones they were). Installing 13.1 over the top seems to have fixed it though.