Geometry and Graphics corruption (R9 280X) - RMA?

[Arkanius]

Hi everyone
I bought a Gigabyte R9 280X last week (Windforce 3x) and I've been getting corruption inside my games at random (Sometimes after a while. Sometimes I get nothing). I have tried both the WHQL drivers and the Mantle Beta drivers and I get the same results. Sometimes, changing from windowed mode to fullscreen fixes this temporarily. I have searched about this problem and got no good results. Some people say it's VRAM corruption and that I should RMA.
Others say its a driver issue and that I should try other versions.

What gives? What should I do?

Images:

Not my image:

 

[el etro]

Things you can try to do:

1)Changing PSU;
2)Changing Driver(uninstalling with reg cleaner);
3)Increasing Fan Speed at afterburner;
4)Increase voltage at afterburner;

 

[Arkanius]

Things you can try to do:

1)Changing PSU;
2)Changing Driver(uninstalling with reg cleaner);
3)Increasing Fan Speed at afterburner;
4)Increase voltage at afterburner;

1) I have Corsair AX750
2) Will try the Driver again (With driver cleaner correct?)

3) & 4) I shouldn't have to do them. If that solves it I should still ask for an RMA correct?

 

[el etro]

1) I have Corsair AX750
2) Will try the Driver again (With driver cleaner correct?)

3) & 4) I shouldn't have to do them. If that solves it I should still ask for an RMA correct?

1) Try another PSU, or put it in a friend machine;
2) Yes. DDU auto uninstalls everything...;
3) If if want to workaround or find the problem, is both good things to try.

 

[mnewsham]

I shouldn't have to do them. If that solves it I should still ask for an RMA correct?

If I did that on this last build I would have had to return the GPU and RAM as both would not operate at 100% performance at stock voltages so i had to bump both up a tad, no big deal. Now if I had to really crank up the voltages I would have been a bit annoyed, but if it's just a tiny bump in voltage (.025v for the RAM and a bit less for the GPU.) I don't particularly care.

 

[nwo]

When I get video card artifacts, I usually think it's a defective card. However, that was proven not to be the case several times in my recent past.

It could be a driver issue. I've had artifacts in both desktop (while GPU mining) and gaming usage. Uninstall the drivers you have now, and install a different (older) version. I've found 14.1 to be extremely buggy. Rolling back to 13.11 or 13.12 solved the issue.

It could be a PSU issue. I've had an issue with my Corsair TX750 where I would get artifacts/screen flickering while gaming and random PC restarts with my 7970/7950. Try another PC or PSU if you can.

 

[Arkanius]

When I get video card artifacts, I usually think it's a defective card. However, that was proven not to be the case several times in my recent past.

It could be a driver issue. I've had artifacts in both desktop (while GPU mining) and gaming usage. Uninstall the drivers you have now, and install a different (older) version. I've found 14.1 to be extremely buggy. Rolling back to 13.11 or 13.12 solved the issue.

It could be a PSU issue. I've had an issue with my Corsair TX750 where I would get artifacts/screen flickering while gaming and random PC restarts with my 7970/7950. Try another PC or PSU if you can.

My PSU is a AX750 from Corsair
My previous GTX275 was working flawlessly and with OC.

I'll try another PSU.

Drivers did nothing to solve the problem.
Last step will be the voltages increase.

 

[el etro]

Last step will be the voltages increase.

If you don't know the overclocking rules, there it go:

1) Increase voltage in very little microvolts increments;
2) Test your overclocked card with a stressing game and not with furmark: Ex: Crysis 3 with 4xMSAA or more.

 

[nwo]

If the PSU thing doesn't workout, it's clearly a defective card. If you are not OCing it, you should not have to mess with the voltage in order to get it stable. You should RMA it.

 

[ColonelBlimp]

If the PSU thing doesn't workout, it's clearly a defective card. If you are not OCing it, you should not have to mess with the voltage in order to get it stable. You should RMA it.

Good advice. A guy at work has had 2 Sapphire Toxic 280's, both showed horrendous artifacts so they went back.
He switched to the Asus DirectCU 280x which is also factory over clocked and this artifacts as well yet it's flawless when underclocked to standard reference clocks (1000/5000) and at 1070/6000 but not at the advertised 1070/6400. Seems to be an issue with memory, has the latest BIOS. My own XFX DD 280x has never had an issue but then it's reference clocked.
The Asus is going back as well, if you pay extra for an overclock then you shouldn't have to down clock to get it to work.
He's now getting a 770.

 

[TeknoBug]

I had to RMA an XFX 7850, was getting black artifacts and bootup screen had huge white vertical lines. Last time I saw weird stuff like those in the screenshots, I was using the Nvidia FX cards which were god awful, all 3 FX cards I used had the same effect and it all went away once I got an ATI X700Pro at the time.

Hopefully it's a driver or PSU issue, RMA'ing sucks sometimes.

 

[Arkanius]

I had to RMA an XFX 7850, was getting black artifacts and bootup screen had huge white vertical lines. Last time I saw weird stuff like those in the screenshots, I was using the Nvidia FX cards which were god awful, all 3 FX cards I used had the same effect and it all went away once I got an ATI X700Pro at the time.

Hopefully it's a driver or PSU issue, RMA'ing sucks sometimes.

I have managed to do a quick swap of the card for a new one with my vendor. Since it was only 1 week old they promptly traded it.

1. Better performance noticed right away in GW2
2. Fans are at a consistent speed while ingame or under load. It didnt happen before.
3. No artifacts so far. (3 hours in)

So yeah, it seemed it was faulty. I'm using the same drivers right now.

 

[tweakboy]

Looks like the VRAM has gone south. Put fan faster on vc. gl