ATI Sapphire HD 6850 Problems and Artifacts

[Azacel]

Hello everybody... I'm just new here, sorry for my english. I need some help please. I just bought a new PC with the next configuration:

ASUS Crosshair IV Formula
Phenom II X6
Patriot "G Series" Sector 5 8gb (2x4gb dual channel)
ATI Sapphire HD 6850
OCZ Vertex II 60gb
OCZ GameXtreme 700w
Corsair H70 Cooling System

I'm having troubles with it. I don't know if it is video or ram. I think is video but concerning to PSU. if some one has seen this before and can tell me what it is i would apreciate it.

The best example i have is when i open chrome and run the new addon of angrybirds automaticly video crashes, blue or color vertical lines appear then screen goes black and PC frezze. Is weird becouse i can play Splinter Cell Conviction at AAx16 all setting at high for about an hour and system does not crash, some times it crashed instantly.

This is close picture to the monitor of the video artifact.

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I downloaded last ati drivers, last flash player, las chipset driver, not yet update BIOS but i will try that today.

 

[dx11101]

Download coretemp64 and run prime95(free also) in balanced mode for a good 30 min. I have seen computers with bad ram start failing prime 95 workers within seconds. Keep an eye on your temps while prime 95 is running. I have seen inadequately cooled rigs overheat on prime95. If you pass prime95 you know it is probably not the cpu or RAM that is the culprit. You could even run it overnight if you want to be really really sure.

Make sure you update your sound drivers as I have seen motherboard CD drivers cause instability in the past.

If your system can handle prime 95 but then crash in other places it has to be a driver/software conflict unless something is defective. I like to assume the hardware is good until all avenues are pursued.

-also unistall any overclocking and autotuning utilities that come with your motherboard CD.

-make sure prime 95 isnt still hiding in your taskbar after you close it because might keep running after you close the window

 

[NoQuarter]

Sounds like bad graphics card, probably the video ram. Unfortunately I can't get Chrome to stop using GPU acceleration in that Angry Birds game even with it disabled in the about:flags and using the --disable-accelerated-compositing command line option.

edit: ok, run chrome.exe with these command line options:
chrome.exe --disable-webgl --disable-accelerated-compositing

That will disable all GPU acceleration so if Angry Birds is stable after that you can be 99% sure it's a GPU issue.

 

[Azacel]

Thanks! i'll try those test tonigth when i get home! thanks again!

 

[Azacel]

Thanks, last night i ran furmark, prime95 and gpu men test. Taking in mind that my vga crashes in seconds before i ran chrome and angry birds i just ran every test for about 30min, i though that if there is something really defective it would crash instantly in an heavy stress test. But when i finished all test with no crashes i opened again chrome and angry birds, firefox and IE9 loading in every one heavy flash webs, youtube, favorite web awards, and pluf! crashed!. I don't understand, PC does not crash on heavy stress test or heavy gaming settings but it crashes on web browsing. Also i tried installing different versions of ATI drivers, in the mean time, testing and loading windows on safe mode i test web "heavy" if there is "heavy' web browsing and computer did not crashed. Also i tested "heavy" web browsing without no vga driver installed, only de generics that windows install, so there is no high resolutions and no aereo, etc, and i did not have crashes. I'll run tonight memtest for RAM and try to update motherboard BIOS. I am really frustrated with this random crashes.

 

[Arkadrel]

does not crash on heavy stress test or heavy gaming settings but it crashes on web browsing.

could be software related? when was the last time you reinstalled windows? or your firefox ect?

try removeing your browsers and reinstalling them.

 

[Azacel]

Is a brand new PC all components are new, fresh install of all softwares...

 

[dualsmp]

Maybe try to disable Spread Spectrum in BIOS.

 

[NoQuarter]

Thanks, last night i ran furmark, prime95 and gpu men test. Taking in mind that my vga crashes in seconds before i ran chrome and angry birds i just ran every test for about 30min, i though that if there is something really defective it would crash instantly in an heavy stress test. But when i finished all test with no crashes i opened again chrome and angry birds, firefox and IE9 loading in every one heavy flash webs, youtube, favorite web awards, and pluf! crashed!. I don't understand, PC does not crash on heavy stress test or heavy gaming settings but it crashes on web browsing. Also i tried installing different versions of ATI drivers, in the mean time, testing and loading windows on safe mode i test web "heavy" if there is "heavy' web browsing and computer did not crashed. Also i tested "heavy" web browsing without no vga driver installed, only de generics that windows install, so there is no high resolutions and no aereo, etc, and i did not have crashes. I'll run tonight memtest for RAM and try to update motherboard BIOS. I am really frustrated with this random crashes.

Did you try Chrome with the command line options to disable GPU acceleration?

Also I would suggest running memtest86+ to test your system memory. prime95 often finds memory errors but it doesn't thoroughly test it like memtest86+.