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New Build - Faulty GPU?

KillerBot

KillerBot

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I've just put myself a rig together (specs in my sig) and am noticing a very annoying thing with my graphics (MSI Radeon 6950 2048). When I play in full screen I get a horrible flickering whenever there is any fast movement (i.e. a cutscene).

I've spent the past two days trying to figure out why using all my searching tricks, found post after post of people having the same problem but no mention of a fix or the good old "Never mind; I fixed it" posts which really make me mad :(

My initial setup was DVI and 1080p, this is what I've tried so far;

- HDMI connection - Doesn't fill screen (turned off scaling to rectify) and leaves all my colours looking weird and text blurry (couldn't correct).
- VGA connection - Same problem with lines appearing horizontally (like DVI)
- Mini Display Port to VGA Adapter - As above
- Mini Display Port to DVI Adapter - As above
- Borrowed a second monitor from work - Same problem

If I play in windowed mode then the lines don't appear so really not sure what's going on. Should I return it and ask for a replacement or would I have the same problem?

Any thoughts or suggestions would be great, pulling my hair out at the minute. Really want to get into my game but the cutscenes annoy me too much and spoil the experience some.

Help :mad:
 
so it's only during gaming? have you tried stress testing your components yet? try a cpu test and a gpu test, might not show anything but it's worth a go
 
Not really used it for anything else yet other than gaming. Not done a stress test yet, not even sure how to be honest. Completely new to the PC gaming arena. Is there just a piece of software I can run and look out for artifacts and whatnot?

To clarify; it is only when it's full screen. Windowed mode (almost fullscreen bar the borders) runs perfectly fine at high spec whereas full screen jutters even in medium (didn't try low).
 
try heaven 2.5, it's a benchmarking tool and mainly gpu based,you could ude that to check for artifacts etc, have you ruled out the monitor?
 
whipgeez said:
try heaven 2.5, it's a benchmarking tool and mainly gpu based,you could ude that to check for artifacts etc, have you ruled out the monitor?
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I've just been using Furmark that I found via Google. When full screen the flicker isn't quite as pronounced but it's definately there. Unticked the full screen box and let it run windowed, no flicker but it did seem to stutter every so often.

Will give Heaven a try and see what that does. Need fast movement really as the Furmark is quite a smooth scene whereas the flicker seems to occur when fast things are happening.

As for ruling out the monitor, I'm using one borrowed from work that the guys use for designing and it's doing the same thing that my own does. Could try a 3rd but I really don't think it is the monitor.
 
i wouldn't bother with furmark, use heaven instead

if it keeps happening phone the company you bought it from and tell them what's hapening and see if they recommend an rma
 
Just ran Heaven. Put it into free walk mode and it seemed fine until I'd look up and down fast. When looking up fast I get a funny line flash in the top part of the screen (about an inch down the screen) and when I look down I get the same thing at the bottom of the screen.

I brought it from overclockers so can contact them. Can I RMA it though as it came with a free steam code and I've already used that :( Am thinking I should have stuck with the GTX560 I originally went to order.
 
You should download GPU-Z (version 5.3) and run it. this will tell you what temps the card is running at and what speeds the core and memory are running. The card runs at 250Mhz when at desktop. 500 Mhz when playing a video and 800Mhz when gaming (if your card is not overclocked. Just make sure the card is running at those speeds.
 
Just tried it running Dirt 3 and Witcher. Core clock is 850Mhz whilst game is on (MSI version comes OC'd a little), 250Mhz when on desktop and 500 when playing a video.

Logged it to file and the highest temp it hit was 59c at a 80% load. Both still had the problems. Tried Dirt 3 windowed and once again it played perfectly fine, am absolutely stumped for ideas.

Got to head out now but if anyone has suggestions I'll try them when I get back in a couple hours. Otherwise will call OC tomorrow and see what they say. Was hoping to get some hours in this weekend but looks like that could be a no go unless I want to play without utilising all of my screen :(
 
try ocuk technical support on the phone tommorow, may be an issue that they know how to resolve, could be something wrong with win7, might be worth a clean install
 
Just called their technical support and was told all graphics cards do that to some extent and that unless it's crashing there's nothing they can do.

That can't be right surely? If all Graphics Cards did that I imagine people would stop buying them.
 
Finally found a way to force vsync in The Witcher and it looks to have resolved the problem! Had to download RivaTuner and run the D3DOverRider.exe. Puts a black border at top and bottom of screen but animations run perfect!

Why such a hassle though, think console gaming has it's perks :)
 
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