Help weird graphic glitches ATI 5870

[mistermister]

I received an ATI 5870 and it plays games like Borderlands/Modern warfare 2 just fine with no glitches.

But with Crysis Warhead and Starcrafts I'm getting weird lines everywhere. I took this video to show you guys:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmw910no-oM

I have no desktop corruption, and other games seem to run fine.

Could this possibly be because my power supply is underpowered?

My bad guys here is my system info

Antec Earthwats EA-650 650w max
Antec 900 case
Two hd's
ATI 5870
Intel E6850 core 2 3.0ghz
ASUS IP35 pro
4gb patriot ram
SB elite pro

 

[TemjinGold]

Seeing as you didn't bother to tell us which power supply you have, YES it definitely means your power supply is underpowered.

 

[jackstar7]

But seriously, list your specs.

 

[tweakboy]

Cant help you if we dont know your specs. Let us know and well take it from there.

What type of lines ? artifacts you mean ? Then that is heat issue on the BGA memory chips,, open your case side door and cool your room with AC and try again, but really we need your info so we can really help you to fullest to get this resolved. Thanks good luck,

God Bless

 

[mistermister]

My bad guys here is my system info

Antec Earthwats EA-650 650w max
Antec 900 case
Two hd's
ATI 5870
Intel E6850 core 2 3.0ghz
ASUS IP35 pro
4gb patriot ram
SB elite pro

 

[Bill Brasky]

"Antec Earthwats EA-650 650w max" That's a pretty nice power supply, and I'd be amazed if that was really the problem. Plus, 650 watts are more than enough for your system.

Have you been monitoring your gpu temps at all? Use gpu-z for that, and alt-tab to check temps during the curruption. GPU-Z

Those errors look like a faulty card to me. But since Borderlands and MW2 are fine, I'm thinking that perhaps Crysis and Starcraft stress your card more exposing a flaw in the way your heatsink was mounted. Either way, I think you need to start filing an RMA request.

 

[mistermister]

what GPU temps should I be seeing? Thanks!

 

[Bill Brasky]

I don't have a 5870, but the Anand article says 89C @ load. I'm checking if they state ambient temps now.

edit: I can't find the ambient temps in the article, but I assume 22C. Anyway, their test system drew 401 watts at load. I didn't check the specs, but its probably similar meaning your system is well in range of that Antec PSU.

Also, I jumped the gun earlier. Is your card still under warranty?

http://www.anandtech.com/show/2841/26

 

[cusideabelincoln]

If you turn down the settings in Warhead and SC2 do the glitches go away?

 

[lavaheadache]

if you are using 10.6 or 10.7 drivers that could be the problem too. i would try out 10.5's

 

[mistermister]

If you turn down the settings in Warhead and SC2 do the glitches go away?

No.


Also GPU temps are just fine floating around 60C

Card is not under warranty

 

[mistermister]

if you are using 10.6 or 10.7 drivers that could be the problem too. i would try out 10.5's

uninstall 10.7 and installing 10.5 now

 

[mistermister]

no luck with 10.5 either

 

[HalfCrazy]

Try uninstall the 10.5 drivers and then install the 10.4 drivers. I'm running two 5870's in a crossfire setup in my gaming PC. When using the 10.5 and 10.6 drivers they would make games random crash.

I'm currently trying out the 10.7 drivers to see if that fixes my problem. If not, I'll reinstall the 10.4 drivers which I had nice luck with.

 

[faxon]

No.


Also GPU temps are just fine floating around 60C

Card is not under warranty

are you sure? every manufacturer that makes 5870s gives at LEAST a 1 year warranty. did you get it used? this is why i always get lifetime warranty now on GPUs, and XFX cards if im buying used since the warranty is transferable

 

[CurseTheSky]

When all else fails:

- Remove any and all overclocking / overclocking programs, fan speed control, etc. for your graphics card.
- Uninstall all graphics drivers.
- Download and install a program called DriverSweeper
- Reboot into Safe Mode
- Run DriverSweeper. Let it clean all remnants of previous drivers.
- Restart and boot into normal Windows. Download latest display driver directly from ATi (without CCC). Give it a shot and see what happens.