HD7970 Artifacting

Hey, I've just recently bought a new card and am experiencing terrible graphic issues, I've tried the 13.9 and 13.10Beta drivers and I still keep getting this, not sure what else to change or where to change it any ideas or suggestions would help greatly, my previous card was N570GTX and it was running everything flawlessly, so this was a huge disappointment...

Here is a picture of what its doing http://imgur.com/oDyUUXP


Another annoying thing is, it doesnt show both lines on garuda anymore

Return the card. Only thing I can suggest.

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Originally Posted by Imoye

Return the card. Only thing I can suggest.

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THIS x100 if you purchase a card and you have artifact off the gate with stock clocks then yea you return it if this started after owning it outside companys return policy RMA it.

Another possibility is your 570GTX drivers weren't uninstalled completely (if at all) intefering with your 7950. Also, you could try the 13.8 (can't remember exact number) catalyst drivers instead of the beta versions.

Ouch, that looks bad. Looks like it's a defect with the card itself. I own a HD7970 myself and haven't had any of the issues you've mentioned. I'd suggest what most of the others are suggesting, return it.

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Originally Posted by mythicrose

Another possibility is your 570GTX drivers weren't uninstalled completely (if at all) intefering with your 7950. Also, you could try the 13.8 (can't remember exact number) catalyst drivers instead of the beta versions.

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Windows does not load drivers for hardware that's not installed. Better to leave the old drivers installed since if the new hardware doesn't work you won't have to reinstall everything.

If you are only experiencing an issue with this game, but if other software/games run fine and issue free, then it's most not likely the card. I really think if the card was bad you would be experiencing BSODs all the time and be seeing artifacts all the time. But I agree if it's not working properly for whatever reason, return it for a refund before your stuck with a card you can't return.

You need to make sure that your computer can handle the card as well... Just because your computer can handle the graphics card doesnt mean that your computer can handle processing the graphics... You can't really get a clear answer without specs, my best guess would be that your trying to run the game in HD and the processor can handle it giving you that issue... Laraul is correct if it was the graphics card then everything on the computer would most likely be messed up...

By computer, more specifically, your cpu. Check your gpu temp, if you're hitting 100c then that'll cause it. If you don't have enough power, that can cause it. If those two things aren't the problem, you've got a bad card and should return/RMA it asap.

100% bad card...

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Originally Posted by nasomi

By computer, more specifically, your cpu. Check your gpu temp, if you're hitting 100c then that'll cause it. If you don't have enough power, that can cause it. If those two things aren't the problem, you've got a bad card and should return/RMA it asap.

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This is the best answer imo. But really, don't ever use beta drivers. Also, before you return the card, do try to unplug and mount the card back on - properly, and boot it up again to see if it happened again. (I am presuming you uninstalled your old drivers for your previous card, right??)

If you do discover it's your power issue. Just return and get yourself a new replacement card (and say you got a defective one, as an excuse) after all, you don't know if you really did mess up the card you are holding. Then get a new PSU for the replacement. :P

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Originally Posted by HumsterMKX

100% bad card...

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At least say 80-85% lol, you ain't god.

I have a 7970 as well and have seen exactly what you're seeing. I've tried both the beta drivers and the revised 13.9 drivers. The revised ones have seem to stop most of the issues. I see this in no other game. There have been constant problems in this games graphics engine since beta with textures doing what you've shown here. I even posted several screen shots to no avail in the beta forums. I'm surprised everyone here says bad card, yet no one has asked, "do you see this in any other game?" That would be a better question than just "RMA it".

I see no change in the artifacts OC'd or at stock clocks. There are some other things you should look into. Make sure your PSU is up to spec for the card. This game loves to run cards at 100% for no reason, then bog in areas where it just had no issues. There are lots of threads about graphic issues with this game. Search the web as well. I'm running just fine on the revised version of 13.9 which came out in late Sept if I remember right. Check all your bases on your PC as well. But I'm in the camp that this is the game causing your problems, not the card.

Well the reason is that a faulty card might only artifact in one or two games, and be fine in others. It doesn't mean it isn't faulty. When a card is artifacting and you can't find a solution within reasonable time, then the best thing to do is to return the card.