Recent content by Jimmy Gibbs Jr

Hey thanks for posting again and for uploading the pics. I know what you mean, I remember baking a 1800XT a few years back. However, that MSI was a brand new card and I sort of demand a perfectly working item when I spend good cash for a new gpu (if It's a driver thing or a mobo compatibility...

Sapphire 7850 arrived today. Works like a charm, with latest Catalyst (13.12). Metro 2033 doesn't care if I use DX9 or whatever, It doesn't glitch, Skyrim doesn't glitch, Borderlands doesn't glitch, Fallout auto-detects ultra high setting and .... doesn't glitch. No flickering in firefox...

I am inclined to blame the MSI OC version (or that one particular card which was probably a dodgy individual). If the Sapphire 7850 non-OC (arriving on Monday) is also iffy I suppose it's either my mobo compatibility with the 7850 series or some sort of thing that I haven't figured out yet...

I have packed the card and I'm ready to ship it. The retailer offers to replace the card, give me a full refund or send another card (and I'll just pay the difference). I just noticed that almost all cards are 7-10€ cheaper if I get the 2gb version instead of the 1gb. Same model either OC or...

Thank you all for the replies. I was prepared to do a clean win7 install tonight just to exhaust any other possibility before I RMA the card. I will actually do that If i find the time. I have installed/reinstalled/wiped/cleaned drivers in all possible ways and tried 13.1, 13.12 and 12.6 WHQL...

Hi everyone. I have to share my pain with some more experienced users in case I might find out the right thing to do. My specs: ASUS H87 PLUS i5 4570 3,2 GHz 8GB RAM Gskill 1600 PSU OCZ 600W SAMSUNG EVO SSD 120GB Windows 7 64 bit Two days ago I upgraded my Sapphire 6670 1GB DDR5 to an MSI...