Hardware:
-New MSI HD7870 GPU
-Old Venturer TV used as desk monitor (using DVI to VGA adapter to connect)
-46" Philips HDTV (using HDMI)
Issue:
I recently built a gaming PC and went with the MSI HD 7870, I have it setup to two TV's as monitors and it's been running great. To be completely honest I can't recall if this problem was present from the start, or only started after the last time I cleaned the dust out of the PC. I have rechecked all the connections and everything seems to be well connected inside and outside of the PC.
I have tested both TV's and neither TV has this problem with any other device. I have even disabled one monitor at a time to see if it's the GPU, but when only 1 monitor is enabled, there is no line.
The strange thing is, it was originally on the 46" TV, however it has now moved to the smaller 22" TV. I've checked every setting possible, and there doesn't seem to be any way to stop this one line from scrolling the TV.
Another strange thing is this only happens when there is a lot of movement, whether it be playing a game or watching a youtube video, the line only appears with a lot of action on the screen.
I've checked all the tv settings, making sure they are both running at 60hz, and nothing got accidentally turned on.
This was never an issue on my old HD4350 card, so the 7870 should have no trouble on the same setup.
Through enabling one at a time, I've found the auto-adjustment in the GPU software will put the smaller TV on 1440x900, and the bigger TV it'll switch to 1080p.
The only conclusion I can come to is that because one TV is so old that it doesn't have support for the "p" resolutions, and I'm wondering if the GPU would have an easier time if I bought a new desk monitor that supported DVI 1080p. That way I can set it to duplicate at 1080p for both, and not have to scale the 46" TV up using GPU scaling.
I've also tried updating every driver, it's all up to date. I've also kept an eye on the temps, GPU barely even reaches 60C and the CPU never reaches 40C, also checked all my power cords for the whole room and made sure there was no interference.
Nothing is overclocked either.
Do you think a new monitor would help in this strange issue, or is there something else I can try?
-New MSI HD7870 GPU
-Old Venturer TV used as desk monitor (using DVI to VGA adapter to connect)
-46" Philips HDTV (using HDMI)
Issue:
I recently built a gaming PC and went with the MSI HD 7870, I have it setup to two TV's as monitors and it's been running great. To be completely honest I can't recall if this problem was present from the start, or only started after the last time I cleaned the dust out of the PC. I have rechecked all the connections and everything seems to be well connected inside and outside of the PC.
I have tested both TV's and neither TV has this problem with any other device. I have even disabled one monitor at a time to see if it's the GPU, but when only 1 monitor is enabled, there is no line.
The strange thing is, it was originally on the 46" TV, however it has now moved to the smaller 22" TV. I've checked every setting possible, and there doesn't seem to be any way to stop this one line from scrolling the TV.
Another strange thing is this only happens when there is a lot of movement, whether it be playing a game or watching a youtube video, the line only appears with a lot of action on the screen.
I've checked all the tv settings, making sure they are both running at 60hz, and nothing got accidentally turned on.
This was never an issue on my old HD4350 card, so the 7870 should have no trouble on the same setup.
Through enabling one at a time, I've found the auto-adjustment in the GPU software will put the smaller TV on 1440x900, and the bigger TV it'll switch to 1080p.
The only conclusion I can come to is that because one TV is so old that it doesn't have support for the "p" resolutions, and I'm wondering if the GPU would have an easier time if I bought a new desk monitor that supported DVI 1080p. That way I can set it to duplicate at 1080p for both, and not have to scale the 46" TV up using GPU scaling.
I've also tried updating every driver, it's all up to date. I've also kept an eye on the temps, GPU barely even reaches 60C and the CPU never reaches 40C, also checked all my power cords for the whole room and made sure there was no interference.
Nothing is overclocked either.
Do you think a new monitor would help in this strange issue, or is there something else I can try?
Thanks for replying and helping, you get the thumbs up igbc.
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