Is This Artefacting?

Turbanation · 2 Aug 2006 at 02:12

Is This Artefacting? *screens*

I have a Gainward 7900GTX.

GFX Core Temp is about 40-41 C.

I already know I have a faulty stick of RAM PC randomly restarts during gaming andd other activites and I also get the 'blue screen of death', maybe could be linked w/ Arfefacting?

A strange line also follows Captain Price in COD2 on the 2nd Brit mission in the rain.

Zefan · 2 Aug 2006 at 02:24

You've got a 7900, there's LOADS of problems with them. It's the RAM on the card that causes the artifacting, try returning all clocks to stock, or even reducing the RAM speed to see if it fixes this.

Sudden · 2 Aug 2006 at 04:29

when that happened to me, it took me many months to figure out, but finally found out that it was overheating. the fan on *** card wasnt spinning. Not with a 7900, with a Geforce 4 Ti 4600, but that was the cause.
I'd take a look at it, in case it is.

Efour · 2 Aug 2006 at 04:37

From my experiance that looks like heat problems.

Artifacting looks more like a 2d snow shower at the extreme end or when the Video RAM goes bad a Checkerboard effect of pink/green pixels

FreeStream · 2 Aug 2006 at 09:30

7900 says it all. RMA it, this is the first stage IIRC.

Zefan · 2 Aug 2006 at 10:27

Concorde Rules said:
7900 says it all. RMA it, this is the first stage IIRC.

Absolutely, it's so definitely not overheating, he even explains that in his first post.

dafloppyone · 2 Aug 2006 at 10:38

heh I like that soilder slide.... THE LEPROCY OF GAMING

Zefan · 2 Aug 2006 at 10:39

dafloppyone said:
THE LEPROCY OF GAMING

:|

=assassin= · 2 Aug 2006 at 11:21

OT: That soldier on the ground looks well scary!

Naffa · 2 Aug 2006 at 11:32

Looks like you were 'unlucky' enough to get one of the 7900GTXs from the poor batch.

LoadsaMoney · 2 Aug 2006 at 12:05

Yup RMA time im afraid, 7900's are buggered

, i told you PinkFloyd that it wasn't just the GT.

lay-z-boy · 2 Aug 2006 at 12:17

that COD2 guy looks seriously freaky :eek:

Turbanation · 2 Aug 2006 at 12:37

So is it a defo RMA or could it be something that I can solve?

Not a heating issue at all, what is it then?

LoadsaMoney · 2 Aug 2006 at 12:46

Turbanation said:
Not a heating issue at all, what is it then?

Its a buggered 7900, as they are all buggered, even Nvidia have said they are all buggered.

Zefan · 2 Aug 2006 at 12:49

LoadsaMoney said:
Its a buggered 7900, as they are all buggered, even Nvidia have said they are all buggered.

Far too true.

Try to get a refund or something if you can and buy an eVGA one, they're not buggered.

elite · 2 Aug 2006 at 12:54

think im having the same problem, would i be able to RMA it and add the extra for a 7950?

cheers

lay-z-boy · 2 Aug 2006 at 13:19

unless you are with evga i don think so, you have had yours for ages anyway

Turbanation · 2 Aug 2006 at 14:20

The Artefacting is rare even in-game.

I have never noticed artefacting in Windows though.

Cyber-Mav · 2 Aug 2006 at 14:31

dead card. run ati tool on it.

Turbanation · 2 Aug 2006 at 14:41

Whats ATi Tool?

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=7475462&postcount=5669

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=7475468&postcount=5670