My Display looks terrible, HELP!!!

[Clintb18]

Ok,

So I just finished building my first ever PC specs are as below:

Corsair CMX8GX3M2B1600C9 XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 Mhz

AMD FX8320 Black Edition 8 Core

Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 Motherboard

Asus Radeon HD 7850 2GB GDDR5

Corsair CX750 750w PSU

Zalman MS8000 Case

Once built, I turned it on and noticed straight away something was wrong with the display? I'm not sure how to explain it so have included some pictures of the issue. I'm not sure if it's the graphics card that's the issue here or what so need some help as I'm stumped.

I've installed the drivers that came on the disk with both the MoBo and Graphics card but the issue is still here. I'm running my monitor via VGA on a DVI adapter, I tried running it through my TV via HDMI but got no signal.


Anyone got any idea?

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[Hyburnate]

Correct the resolution?

 

[Clintb18]

Correct the resolution?

The problem isn't the resolution, i've got that set to 1600x900 which is right, the problem is the colours, they only real noticable colours are bright ones such as red, blue, yellow etc, like so:

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[Hyburnate]

Adjust the monitor settings? Looks like the brightness is up quite a lot too.

 

[Clintb18]

Adjust the monitor settings? Looks like the brightness is up quite a lot too.

I've tried that too. The graphics card is installed properly and is working according to windows with drivers up to date etc.

 

[Hyburnate]

Reseat the graphics card. Open Device Manager and see if there are any warning signs.

 

[Clintb18]

Reseat the graphics card. Open Device Manager and see if there are any warning signs.

Will try that now

 

[Clintb18]

Also, does it matter which PCIEX slot it goes in? I had it in PCIEX16_3

 

[Ripshod]

If your monitor is being recognised correctly by the bios then your colours and that should be sorted. Other than that I'd suggest following post #6 tbh.

 

[Hyburnate]

Also, does it matter which PCIEX slot it goes in? I had it in PCIEX16_3

If you're using that slot, then that's fine

 

[Space Monkey]

The problem isn't the resolution, i've got that set to 1600x900 which is right, the problem is the colours, they only real noticable colours are bright ones such as red, blue, yellow etc, like so:

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That pic shows 800x600?

 

[Clintb18]

That pic shows 800x600?

Yeah I changed it since that picture to 1600x900

 

[Clintb18]

If you're using that slot, then that's fine

I reseated and put the card in the slot in your picture, the problem is still the same

 

[mmj_uk]

Do you have the cable plugged into the DVI port labelled VGA? imo it's either your cable or VGA to DVI adapter.

 

[Sasahara]

Looks like a poor quality VGA cable to me.

Does the cable have Ferrite Cores one each end? They tend to help reduce interference.

It could also be an incompatibly problem with the card and monitor, some old monitors had problems taking a VGA connection though a DVI adapter.(Even though it shouldn't be a problem) This is quite rate though.

 

[BaDBoY_uK]

Crap cable. Replace

 

[Confused Stu]

I'd agree it's going to be cable or monitor issues, definitely not GPU from those pics. Do you have another cable/monitor/PC you can try to narrow down the problem? If not, where in the country are you - if you're near me I can bring over some spares and we can swap them around to find the issue.