Are my 6970's cfx dying?!?

[ambizro]

Hello,
So recently i notice very very rarely that when i tab out of a game or sometimes while playing. I only play sc2 at the moment.

i get like a flashing sorta horizontal bar that moves up to the top of the screen and stays there. i tab out and close game and when i reload it its still there.

also sometimes i get like a wierd split screen effect while playing. again these are all very rare occasions. but its all fucked up when it splits and not really able to see whats going on.

any idea on whats up?

i have crossfire setup 6970's oc'd to 980 / 1475 / 1.3v 24/7 on both. i5 760 at 4.2 and 8 gig ram 1000W psu ect.

i am not really experiencing any other problems.

 

[trihedral]

Have you reverted back to original clocks?

If the lines are still there, uninstall the drivers, download driver sweeper and clean out all the graphic & display registry files that you have.

Try installing the new AMD ATI HD 6XXXX 12.1 Preview driver, if not, then the 11.12.

If there is still an issue, especially after conducting a whole system wipe (Like reinstalling windows), then you should try and use onboard vga or find another graphic card for cheap just to see if it's the card. If you still get the lines, you might want to look for a new monitor.

 

[ambizro]

IF I RESTART MY PC THEY GO AWAY. I AM BACK TO 11.9 I THINK NOW. SO FAR SO GOOD. I WAS ON 11.11

 

[briansklein]

Any time you tab out to do another task You utilize ram not your GPU so im going to assume your ram is struggling making the transition back to phase 1. Try running Memtest to see if any of your ram sticks are going on you. I just had similar issues with graphics glitches and have learn after years of dealing with graphics glitches that it is almost always a ram issue not so much a GPU issue. Usually if your GPU is struggling doing a task your screen will lock up and force a restart to go back to normal. But I am just a peon so I hope this helps.

 

[briansklein]

LOL at getting a new monitor. DONT DO IT!!

 

[nforce4max]

If you feel that there is a need and your cards are degrading then it is best you back off on the clocks a bit. Beyond that it is likely software or as one had said ram/vram related.