Graphical errors?

[matthab]

Hi Guys

I bought my 5870 in March and its been a great card so far. Recently for about a month my card has shown some weird graphic errors on windows 7 desktop. If I reboot it will dissapear and wont resurface but they could appear if I reboot at any point.

I will get screen shots when I next see it but its things like the wallpapers appear fragmented and task bar writing is all scrambled.

I have updated drives from 10.2, 10.4 and 10.6. I think its either Software or Power issue as I have never seen It in games or when the GPU is under heavy load.

What do you think?

This is the PSU a PC Power & Cooling 1000 watt http://www.pcpower.com/power-supply/turbo-cool-1kw-sr.html. Mine was an ex demo unit I got for free from my ex employer about 2.5 years ago.

Matt

 

[matthab]

Have the issue with every driver. I originaly thought it was down to 10.4 and waited till 10.6 but it hasnt gone.

 

[matthab]

Thats my issue. Its an intermittened fault and DOESNT show in the bios yet. A restart will fix the issue. Making me think its software or a PSU problem. Im not quite at the RMA stage yet but I am thinking of buying a new 1000watt with modular connections just to rule out possible PSU issues.

The card under load when no artifacting is present work fine for hours and hours.

 

[matthab]

Ive seen it when the system is warm. Such as a update reboot. Ive tried it through the HDMI and multiple monitors. The issue is incredibly random hence why im not near RMA stage yet.

Im thinking its either my ageing 680i or my PSU.