- Sep 23, 2003
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Guys,
If you've noticed an increase in issues where your trusty old video card has started to have issues, or you possibly received a new ATi card and all of a sudden you have artifacts, I believe I have figured out why.
The issue is related to the drivers / catalyst manager. How do I know?
I've had a 5770HD for the past 2 years. As of the last month or so, it has had artifacts. I attributed this to a card that has just had its years put to it (I was not the first owner) so I ordered a new 6850.
Just got it today and popped it in. Yep - issues from the get go. I uninstalled drivers, reinstalled, updated to latest, etc. In the meantime I monitored the temps via HWMonitor and noticed that what it would do is heat up to 75c then go blank and turn back on near 65c, heat up to 75c then go blank (IE cool down), then go back to 65c again. Nothing worked... UNTIL...
I simply uninstalled the Catalyst Manager and let Win 7 pick my drivers (They are dates 11/9/11). Popped on the exact same game (SC2) and ran HWMonitor in the background...
Not only did it never artifact, the temperature never went above 71c, thus never artifacted and also never crashed.
Whatever is causing this issue is in the new drivers AMD has released. I'm certain that this cause my 5770 to run too hot and has now caused permanent damage, which caused me to order the 6850 to begin with. Unfortunately I didn't figure out what was going on until the 6850 arrived.
I hope this helps someone else, and you can probably confirm by using my same test. Turn on a graphic intensive game (My choice - SC2, I picked any cinematic) and run HWMonitor on a second screen and just watch your temps go up. Uninstall Catalyst Manager and you'll likely see different results.
If anyone can confirm this will be excellent.
Thanks.
If you've noticed an increase in issues where your trusty old video card has started to have issues, or you possibly received a new ATi card and all of a sudden you have artifacts, I believe I have figured out why.
The issue is related to the drivers / catalyst manager. How do I know?
I've had a 5770HD for the past 2 years. As of the last month or so, it has had artifacts. I attributed this to a card that has just had its years put to it (I was not the first owner) so I ordered a new 6850.
Just got it today and popped it in. Yep - issues from the get go. I uninstalled drivers, reinstalled, updated to latest, etc. In the meantime I monitored the temps via HWMonitor and noticed that what it would do is heat up to 75c then go blank and turn back on near 65c, heat up to 75c then go blank (IE cool down), then go back to 65c again. Nothing worked... UNTIL...
I simply uninstalled the Catalyst Manager and let Win 7 pick my drivers (They are dates 11/9/11). Popped on the exact same game (SC2) and ran HWMonitor in the background...
Not only did it never artifact, the temperature never went above 71c, thus never artifacted and also never crashed.
Whatever is causing this issue is in the new drivers AMD has released. I'm certain that this cause my 5770 to run too hot and has now caused permanent damage, which caused me to order the 6850 to begin with. Unfortunately I didn't figure out what was going on until the 6850 arrived.
I hope this helps someone else, and you can probably confirm by using my same test. Turn on a graphic intensive game (My choice - SC2, I picked any cinematic) and run HWMonitor on a second screen and just watch your temps go up. Uninstall Catalyst Manager and you'll likely see different results.
If anyone can confirm this will be excellent.
Thanks.
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