Massive problem with video card

themobaguy · Oct 16, 2014

Hello. I recently bought a new PC and for the GPU I am currently using a Sapphire Dual-X r9 280 3GB. The problem I am having is that when I am playing a game after a certain period of time my screen turns of for a moment and then it turns on again but this this it is all pink and blue and yellow. Basically it is not the colour that it should be.

Any ideas?

Dlee13 · Oct 17, 2014

Do you have a second monitor to test it on? Are your temps normal during gaming and do you have your GPU overclocked?

sam80jr · Oct 17, 2014

are you sure its not the cable or connection? try wiggling the cable near the connection to your gpu and monitor end of cable and see if the color changes, if so its a loose connection. If that doesnt work, try replacing the cable - it could be a bad cable...thats the usual suspect when it comes to this type of discoloration. If that still doesnt fix it...it sounds like its a bad solder job on the video port to the gpu - especially if this started happening right after installing a new card. If so, RMA that thang...

themobaguy · Oct 17, 2014

I have a second monitor to test it on but it doesnt have a HDMI so I cant test it cause I dont have a VGAtoDVI converter. My temps during gaming on the r9 280 are around 70 degrees Celsius and my GPU is only factory overclocked by Sapphire. I can battle this problem only with disconnecting and then reconnecting my HDMI cable to the monitor or if I am in a game to Alt+Tab. The strange thing is that it only does that when I am gaming or watching video online or a movie - both processes use some of the GPU and thats why I thought it might be a GPU problem.

cowboydude99 · Oct 17, 2014

HDMI is a digital connection. There shouldn't be any problem with the cable. You should get nothing on your screen it then cable was bad.

Are you using an adapter? Can you try another connection type, DVI or VGA?

themobaguy · Oct 17, 2014

No, I am not using an adapter. I cant try another connection type because my GPU doesnt have a VGA out and I dont have a VGAtoDVI at the moment.

sam80jr · Oct 17, 2014

i didnt know it was a digital cable when I wrote that post first of all, second of all, DVI is a digital connection and it happens to dvi cables all the time, so youre wrong.

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