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Garonazz

Garonazz

Garonazz

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After some time, I decided to renew this issue as now ive managed to check everything that was possible.

Ghosting. In 3D Animations I get Gray flickering lines, as if it's tearing, and in stuff like Furmark a single black line aswell.
The lines are Horizontal.

Ive ruled out everything thats hardware related.

Had Phenom II X2 555 BE, now X4 965 BE
Had GTX 460, NOW gtx 560 Ti
Had a 760G AMD mobo, now 870-770 AMD
Checked different memory
Checked different power supply
Checked different adapters
Checked different PSU cable
Checked different monitor cable.

Still get it.

I managed to get used to it, but I really want to get rid of it.

I checked my Monitor at friends house with my previous GTX 460, no problems.

What can it be after all this hassle ?
 
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The lines scroll up and down, very visible in dark areas.

Drivers from 266.xx to 270 now, still the same. No SLi.
 
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It sounds like you'v tried everything.

Is it basically a new computer now?

What things are the same as before?

It must be one of them.

Maybe its a setting in windows, that is incorrect. Set the refresh rate correctly in windows and on the monitor.
 
Monitor has a VGA slot, im using the adapter that came with the card.

Refresh rate set at 60Hz which is the natural rate set to the monitor. Monitor drivers up to date.

Basically apart from the PSU which was tested with other one, RAM, HDD and CD Drive everything else was upgraded and still the same.

This included 2x RMAing GTX 460, same problem. GTX 560Ti now and still same so its definitely not GPU

So, kind of yes it is a new computer.

We used the adapter at friends house and he's running as same res and refresh rate as me, he had no problems.
 
Right, wavy lines (or horizontal scrolling ones in your case), when using a VGA cable, pretty much guaranteed to be interference lines.

Have you tried moving your entire PC and screen somewhere else in your house and seeing if you still get it? There could be wiring in your wall causing it, or just another electrical item near your PC that is causing the interference.

Speakers are a big culprit if they aren't shielded properly, try moving them away from your screen, and the cable.


Does your VGA cable have ferrite cores at both ends? (will be like a bulge just after the VGA connector).

Like this:

gf-vga-mm.jpg



If not, go get a new cable that does. Should clean your signal right up.
 
Will check for ferrite cores when I get back home.

There's nothing near my computer that could itnerfere with the signal, Ive tried removing the speakrs and moving my home hub away, no difference.

I changed the monitor cable twice, and what was strange I, Like I said, used the same cable at friends house and he had no interferance at all.

Hmm?
 
sounds like monitor, maybe take your hole pc to your mates and plug into his monitor

edit, I see you have tried the monitor at a friends, hmm, don't know what to say, can you not try a dvi monitor
 
Its a bit of a long shot, but you could try a bios update on your mobo.

The logic, being the card interfaces with the pcie ports on the mobo, and there might be some kind of incompatibility?

Aslo make sure your running all the latest drivers (chipset), and update windows etc...
 
Problem is not visible on pictures.

I did try updating BIOS ages ago and from the driver CD the new mobo had. Nothing.

No chance getting a AMD GPU.
 
PLEASE read the entire thread and especially the FIRST post.

My monitor has been tried at friends house, mine and his, nothing happened there that I experience home. Also I tried a monitor from a HTPC I got and still the same. This is at home.

Thanks ;)
 
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