Graphics Tearing/Bug Ingame and out of games (NEW PC) - Hardware & Software

I recently bought a new computer and after a few days of setup and then jumping into games such as Arma 3 and Company of Heroes 2 I noticed similar graphical issues in both games. Parts of my screen would be stuck with boxes that pop in and out of the screen. They are not dead pixels because I've tested for that. The boxes are usually grey or a similar colour of something on the screen. At times there is also textures that have turned bright blue with multiple lines across them, like a farmers field ready for seeding. I began to notice it wasn't exclusive to the only two games I have on my PC. My Firefox web browser would also get the same box issue, it only seems to be an issue with the browser and none with my desktop itself. [U][B]Screenshots:[/B][/U] [url]http://imageshack.us/f/109/qrlr.jpg/[/url] [url]http://imageshack.us/f/834/1kvv.jpg/[/url] [url]http://imageshack.us/f/198/5do2.jpg/[/url] [url]http://imageshack.us/f/37/qkhl.jpg/[/url] [url]http://imageshack.us/f/594/itib.jpg/[/url] [U][B] Build:[/B][/U] [I]AMD FX 8350 8 CORE 4GHz AM3+ Asus Sabertooth990FX AM3+ Mbd Thermaltake ToughPower GRAND 1200W - 80 Plus GOLD, Active PFC 14cm fan, SLI and ATI Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black SATA3 64MB Team 32GB (4x8GB) DDR3 1600MHz C9 Dark Asus ATI EAH7950 3GB TOPS PCIe [B](<--- The Graphics Card)[/B] Windows 7 Ultimate[/I] Here's the list of what I have done: I haven't got spare parts to test so trial and error / process of elimination is out of the window. Formatted, started over twice. Updated the latest graphics drivers. Checked if any wires/the card itself was loose. Called the I.T guy who I bought this off, refund will be difficult to get even if the product is confirmed faulty from the manufacturer (I really regret buying from this dude). So I'm not bothering sending back to them because it'll cost me an arm and leg and be back at square one. Thankyou so much if you can help, it would be greatly appreciated!

I am not 100% sure but i think the graphics card is faulty, some contacts might be loose causing this. You COULD fix it in theory by burning your graphics card. However i don't recommend this as you can destroy it. (worth a try, though) [url]http://lifehacker.com/5823227/save-dying-video-cards-with-a-quick-bake-in-the-oven[/url]

[QUOTE=EndOfTheWorld;41074960] Called the I.T guy who I bought this off, refund will be difficult to get even if the product is confirmed faulty from the manufacturer (I really regret buying from this dude). Thankyou so much if you can help, it would be greatly appreciated![/QUOTE] This is why you either buy from a known store if you are buying a prebuilt, or build yourself. It does sound like there is a problem with the GPU. Have you got any mates where you can try your GPU in their machine, and their GPU in yours to see if the problem still exists. [editline]18th June 2013[/editline] You could also try using an overclocking program to turn the GPU clocks down a bit - the guy may have o/c'd the GPU too high.

[QUOTE=cartman300;41075405]I am not 100% sure but i think the graphics card is faulty, some contacts might be loose causing this. You COULD fix it in theory by burning your graphics card. However i don't recommend this as you can destroy it. (worth a try, though) [url]http://lifehacker.com/5823227/save-dying-video-cards-with-a-quick-bake-in-the-oven[/url][/QUOTE] I wish I saved the post about why baking your card is really dumb and irreversibly damages the card. NEVER put your video card (or other electronics components) in the oven to try and fix them, it's hazardous to both your hardware and your health. The problem that people try to fix with stuffing the card in the oven are cracked BGA joints on the bottom of the GPU due to poor quality solder and the bad nature of the BGA mounting process in general. The thing is that it never works. Solder melts between 600-700F, which is impossible for nearly all conventional home ovens to get to. The reason why it appears to work is that even though the solder doesn't melt on the cracked joints, the heat causes them to expand just enough to make a weak working connection. Though this connection can fail at any time. The other problem is that the GPU and other parts are not rated to be heated up to 700F for 10-30 minutes, they're only rated for that temperature for 1-3 [B]seconds[/B] on a BGA reflow oven. All parts of the video card are damaged if you do the oven trick, especially the capacitors. Oh and the thing about your health, cooking a video card in the oven burns all of the left over industrial solvents on the PCB and in the solder. So basically you now have a oven lined on every surface with carcinogenic compounds which then permeate into any food you cook in there next. [B]Anyways OP,[/B] I've been hearing lots of reports of HD7950/70s having driver problems that cause certain games to have artifacting or other weird problems. The only solution I've seen so far is try the latest beta (not official) drivers and that should fix most of the problems. If it doesn't, try a few of the older catalyst releases in the later 12 branch (don't go back too far because the HD7000 series wasn't supported in earlier driver releases.)

Thanks for the replies guys, really really REALLY appreciate it. [B]rhx123[/B], I'll check out whether it's been Overclocked or not - good idea never thought of it. If I can't any luck with that I'll wait out for the newer cards to go cheaper, buy a beast card in 3 months time maybe. This shit is so fucking annoying but it still runs fine, it's basically like someone's drawn a 2 inch cock in the middle of my screen and I have to shift things around it to see what I'm doing, other than that it actually does "Work". (Sigh) Thanks again guys, I'll post on this thread again if I do resolve it.

For reference, the reference clock for a HD7950 is 860 MHz. I've seen cards as low as 830 MHz and factory overclocked cards as high as 950 MHz. Memory speeds are all over the map, depending on the refresh rate of whatever GDDR5 chip the manufacturer used. AMD overdrive should let you set the clocks and fan speed on your card, you just need to download it from the AMD website.

Forgive me if this has already been mentioned (I've skimmed over the thread) but you could try the card in a different PCI-E slot on the motherboard.