still getting artifacts after rma my graphics card

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Recently i was getting artifacts when playing some games with a r9 280x.

After making this thread

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2028621/graphics-card-problem.html

and getting some help, I decided to RMA the graphics card.

Got a new one friday and decided to give it a test run.

now after 15 minutes I get even more artifacts...

I've uninstaled and then instaled the drivers, tried the non beta drivers,

I was thinking that it might be because of the PSU but its a XFX pro XXX 750W that ssould be more than enought to handle the card unless its a defective one...

I got the pc built with parts that i chose but i wanted to avoid seding it back.

any thing you sugest i do before i have to resort to sending it back

Thanks in advance
 
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You should be able to unlock voltage control and monitoring through Afterburner settings, not sure what the stock voltage for a 280x is though

Do you have another display (monitor or TV) to test your system on, or a friend or spare rig to test that card in? I'd find it hard to believe receiving two problematic cards as well
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Its possible you got a bad power supply. Check your voltages with a hardware monitor during a gpu-intensive benchmark. That will narrow down or eliminate the power supply possibility.

Also, before you do that...check and make sure the power cables to the video card are securely connected and not damaged. If its a modular power supply be sure all your cables into the psu are snug as well.

Whats the model and brand of your psu?
 
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A bad PSU will only cause instability with shutdowns and the like, they won't cause artifacts

You could underclock that 280x to 1000MHz on the core and 1500MHz on the memory using Afterburner and see if that makes a difference, you probably would have to send it back again regardless though D:
 
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You think its another graphics card thats broken again?
I find it hard to believe that i got 2 bad graphics cards in a row...

Could it be a motherboard problem?
The psu is semi-modular and I've tried with the non-modular and the modular cables.
Also tried with the card in a diferent PCI-e slot.

Does msi afterburner shows the voltage or do I need to use another program, also what is suposed to be the correct voltage?
 
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You should be able to unlock voltage control and monitoring through Afterburner settings, not sure what the stock voltage for a 280x is though

Do you have another display (monitor or TV) to test your system on, or a friend or spare rig to test that card in? I'd find it hard to believe receiving two problematic cards as well
 
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Its a new computer so no other drivers except the ones from amd.

Would undervolt void the waranty? i'd rather not mess with that stuff.
I'm using a old 22' VGA monitor with an DVI-I to VGA adapter. Could it be the monitor fault or the adapters fault?

going to use the 12.2 uninstaller and reinstall the drivers again to see if that happens again.
 
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That's why it'd be a good idea to test it on different displays and/or different systems

Just had a look at your original thread, do these artifacts appear if you're using the Intel HD 4600 that comes with the 4670k?

I'd leave it at its stock voltage, maybe try lowering its core clock to 1000MHz and memory clock to 1500MHz and see if artifacts are still appearing
 
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Tried a diferent monitor same thing, also reinstaled the graphics drivers.

Tried playing Leagues of Legends using only the integrated graphics on my processor and with that had no problems.

Anymore sugestions?
 
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I don't mind underclocking, but wouldn't that void the waranty?
Also at full load the temps are 76-77 is that normal? And It doesn't stay at full load, it keeps bouncing from 99% to 63% don't know if thats suposed to happen...
 
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Don't think they can tell since you can just reset the clock speeds afterwards and as long as you're not modifying the card's BIOS

Those temps are reasonable for full load (I'd start worrying once temperatures hit 85C or so) , however the fluctuations between 63-99% is odd

Either way it seems that the replacement card would be problematic as well, graphical artifacting is usually the GPU, and since you did not experience any with your integrated graphics, it should definitely be the 280x (that's some pretty bad luck)
 
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