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Screen tearing / Artifacting

marc69

marc69

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Hi guys,

I'm getting strange things all over my screen - Link to a video is HERE

Do you think I should RMA the card?

My rig is:

I5 2500k @ Stock
Asrock Z68 Extreme GEN4
8GB Gskill DDR3 1600mhz
128gb SSD
1TB Mechanical Drive (Gaming drive)
750w XFX modular PSU

I play CS:GO as well and I don't get these graphical glitches. I've also run haven / furmark and again they don't appear. Seems to only really happen in BFH.

Tried all the drivers etc.

Just wanted an opinion if you thought it would be worth sending it back to gigabyte.

It's a Gigabyte R9 280X Windforce 3X. I've updated the VBIOS as well to Gigabytes latest.

Temps all stay below 65c.

If you google "Gigabyte r9 280x artifacts" there are so many articles relating to the same problem but I just wanted a second opinion really.
 
Can't seem to recreate it in heaven 4.0 to be honest or CS:GO. I do however get a green line shoot down my screen when booting and a white line shoot down my screen when changing resoloution.

Don't know if any of these also point to a graphics card failure
 
I do have a TV with HDMI, I guess I could give that a go. I have replaced the DVI lead and that didn't help things.

Sometimes I can play for a while without issues and sometimes its instantly there.
 
Thing that worries me is the same green line that shoots down the screen in POST. This is before any drivers even load and it doesnt happen using onboard graphics ruling out monitor.

Just noticed you have a 280x too... Maybe these cards cant handle the factory overclocks?
 
Thanks for posting goose. Would be really interested in knowing the results when you use the other card. Seems strange that we all have 280x and suffer from exactly the same issues.
 
Seems strange though if the new card is running the same drivers and you don't have the problem now? Surely that points to card failure?

Keep me updated if you don't mind bud. So close to sending this back
 
Played a few hours today with a mate and didn't get any of the crazy screen tearing. I did lower the core to 1000 instead of 1100.

Maybe it's just the game, I don't know.
 
I have GTA v now and can confirm I get the same black tearing. I also get flashing again. Think its time for an RMA unless any if you guys have found a fix?
 
Bit of a bump guys.

Just wondering if you guys have managed to solve the problem?

I've set up an RMA but I'm genuinely wondering if its the card at fault. I've run MSI kombustor for 2 hours with no problems :(
 
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