ATI Radeon HD 5770 Artifacts

[Sladeownsyou]

Been having this issue fro a few days now, and wondering if anyone knows how to fix it, xfx suggest driver issues, and heat issues, which are not the problem, reinstalled drivers, cleaned them, haven't seen the gpu over 45 degrees C yet.



-System-
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-770T-USB3
CPU: AMD Athlon II x2 240
PSU: Corsair 650tx
OS: Windows 7 64-bit

if you need any more info just send message or post below, im gonna be RMAing this monday, but if i cant find someone who can fix the issue if it isnt the actual gpu itself, that would be great.

 

[Udgnim]

can try increasing 2D clocks on your 5770

 

[brandonb]

Yeah I hear that is from a lack of power or clocks on the gpu (due to ATI wanting to save power and effectively underclocking the gpu too much in 2d mode). If it gets too low it causes those artifacts. Usually a reboot fixes it or you can try what Udgnim said. I wouldn't RMA because your next one will probably have the same issue... You could probably find a bios update for the video card which increases the 2d clocks.

 

[Sladeownsyou]

Yeah I hear that is from a lack of power or clocks on the gpu (due to ATI wanting to save power and effectively underclocking the gpu too much in 2d mode). If it gets too low it causes those artifacts. Usually a reboot fixes it or you can try what Udgnim said. I wouldn't RMA because your next one will probably have the same issue... You could probably find a bios update for the video card which increases the 2d clocks.

I also have the same problem in 3d games, and while playing sc2 today, i had random pixels that where blink big blue and red circles, at first i thought it was like buttons in the background, but when it started on faces, more and more pixels are showing up, and also now these flashing single pixels, the diameter of the blink is around a 1/2 inch, and they are perfect circles, would a bios update with fast 2d speeds help the problem in the 3d stuff or am i better off RMAing if im having the same (but much worst) problem playing 3d games aswell?


Edit: got a Screen Shot

 

[Udgnim]

card is probably overheating in SC 2

there's a possibility your card got damaged while playing SC 2

here's a thread about it: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2093991

 

[Sladeownsyou]

card is probably overheating in SC 2

there's a possibility your card got damaged while playing SC 2

here's a thread about it: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2093991

problem started 2-3 weeks ago, and i haven't seen my card go over 59 Degrees C i always run a log with GPU-z. If it was the SC2 overheating/ to many frame rate issues i wouldn't be here, today was the first time ive play sc2 on this rig, was testing to see if the artifacts would come up here and also its a very known issue since beta, you can just vsync and it solves it.

 

[dualsmp]

Have you tried pulling the card out of the PCI-E slot to reseat it? Not sure if it's going to help.

 

[Sladeownsyou]

Have you tried pulling the card out of the PCI-E slot to reseat it? Not sure if it's going to help.

Heres a list of things i have tryed

Upclocking the "energy save mode" to 400 mhz (2d/3d artifacts still viewable)
Removed and cleaned twice from case (reset)
Changed power connections
Updated, Downgraded bios/drivers from xfx
kept a week long log of temp, never broke 59 C with load (crysis/hl2/tf2/borederlands/dirt2/benchmarks)
Keep GPU-z up to watch if it leaves "energy save mode" which it does when 3d engines come up (games...etc)
I've contacted manufacture, they told me to try the drivers.
Cleaned reinstalled drivers multiple times.

What i havent tryed:

changing the voltage, cant find software for this card to do it, umm, a 650 psu should be more than enough for this card, but i dont have anything bigger to try it out on


More info: this are no artifacts on bios screens, no artifacts when no ati driver is installed from what ive seen. ive forum dived everywhere possible and had pretty much the same response over and over. And i have tryed everything, so it look liek RMA is the only option. This card seems to have trouble with a lot of people, but it also seems to work amazing for others, maybe its my set up. But hopefully an RMA will get me a less broken or a card that will like my set-up better.