Possible faulty 7970 Lightning?

[whizzedoutwoz]

Hi folks,

I got this card today and have experienced a problem with it, after I installed the card and installed the 12.7 beta drivers and it works perfectly fine in windows, but when I try anything extensive like a newish game like Witcher 2, Secret World, SWTOR the games work fine for 5-10 seconds and then all of a sudden they start to stutter and the sounds gets all distorted, although I ran Men of War Assault Squad and it ran perfect.

Also on desktop when I open some windows there is a strange flicker at the bottom of the screen, i have 2 videos here to demonstrate the problem.

Please watch the 720p versions as you can see the problems better.

My specs are

I7 3770k
Asus P8Z77-V Pro
16GB DDR3 2133MHz
128 Hitachi SSD 830
500GB HDD
150GB HDD
OCZ 550W 80 Bronze PSU
I use the onboard sound from GPU

What I have tried is a fresh install 12.7 beta and 12.6 drivers but the problem still remains, removed everything except SSD and run bare minimum, problem is still there.

Any suggestions would be most appreciated?

 

[Gregster]

Go further back on drivers. Some people report 12.4 seem to be the best.

 

[Rusty0611]

Are the clocks at maximum while this is happening? The in game stuttering?

 

[whizzedoutwoz]

Go further back on drivers. Some people report 12.4 seem to be the best.

I will try this.

Are the clocks at maximum while this is happening? The in game stuttering?

The clocks are at the factory setting I ran GPU-Z and it said 1070mhz all the factory settings, all temps and fan speed was ok, I just tried a new HDMI cable and the other DVI port also a new DVI adaptor and then ran SWTOR but it does the same thing, game works perfect for 5-20 seconds then sound crackles and distorts then the game start to stutter the more you continue the worse the stutter becomes.

I tried 12.4 same thing, I put the card in the other PCI express slot and same thing, I am out of options any ideas?, I tried Witcher 2 again and on the loading screen I got aload of flickering lines, and in game worked fine for 40 seconds and then same problem . the sound is like radio static.

 

[jimhaumman]

write to support center see what they will say
are older games all right?