AMD cards and Unigine Heaven

[doomdesire86]

Didn't know whether to post this in computer help or here...

Anyways, so here's my problem. 2 days ago I believed I had slight artifacting while using my browser, and with a bit of help from another forum, I was able to download unigine heaven and test it out. Yesterday it seemed to work find with about 3 times running through the benchmark. Went to test again today, and on the first run, I noticed a single flash. This happened about 3 other times during the course of a few other runs through the benchmark. Should I RMA the card? I've heard that this is a common problem with AMD drivers and Unigine Heaven, is that true?

It looked exactly as in this video, except maybe a little less noticeable

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7k9aAhTSDE

My card is a 7850. Psu is a CX500

Do you guys have any insight? Any help is much appreciated. This computer is brand new and the card is under 2 years warranty. I also tested OCCT. Without error check enabled it ran fine and I did not notice any artifacts, but when I enabled error check the fuzzy doughnut wouldn't even move and gave me hundreds of thousands of errors?

Thanks in advance

EDIT: I'd also like to point out that as soon as I minimized the browser the artifacts went away. I thought it was probably a driver crash related to flash...

 

[Jaydip]

What about some real games?you can download and run 3d mark as well.

 

[doomdesire86]

Unfortunately as I have just dropped 1K on this computer I have no money for games. I plan to purchase Battlefield 3 when I get my next paycheck, however. I took your advice and I'm downloading 3Dmark11. I'll tell you guys if I notice any artifacts.

Thanks for your help man, I appreciate it!

 

[Jaydip]

No problem,let us know how it goes.There are some other benches as well like lost planet 2,stalker cop etc.

 

[doomdesire86]

Alright, so it ran through everything, and I'm happy to report that I noticed zero artifacts. I was only able to run the basic version, but that was enough to stress my computer to the point where I had an average of ~20 fps.

Should I be okay?

 

[Jaydip]

dp

 

[Jaydip]

I think so yes.You can also download some demos from steam and give it a try.

 

[lopri]

Happens to both my GTX 670 and HD 7950.

 

[Borealis7]

...real games ... 3d mark

i lol'ed.

 

[Jaydip]

 

[doomdesire86]

Happens to both my GTX 670 and HD 7950.

That's sort of a relief knowing it's probably just a software glitch then..

Anyways, thanks for the replies, everyone :thumbsup:

 

[cmdrdredd]

Yeah Heaven always has random spots it has a flashing texture or two.

 

[doomdesire86]

So the little checkered pixel things popped up on my browser again. Took a screenshot, posted on paint, and it did not appear on the photo. Wouldn't that mean it would be my monitor, then? Also, as soon as I minimize the browser it goes away.

 

[doomdesire86]

So I just noticed that I had another strange thing pop up...this time the screenshot did capture it.

http://postimage.org/image/3ovt4g293/

It's the grey line that goes through the first tab. It would stay there even if I exited that certain tab, and even if I moved the browser window, it would follow the top left of the browser, and not stay at the top left of my monitor screen. Wouldn't an artifact just stay on the screen and not move regardless of the applications running?

I know it's just a little line but it's freaking me out...