For about a week I have been having a strange graphical issue. Occasionally, I will have a random pattern of flickering pixel like artifacts on the screen and their individual sizes vary. More or less they have a green color, but I believe that varies on the background color. Sometimes it happens briefly when the PC is just starting up and the desktop is loading, other times it can be triggered by certain programs (Windows Media Center and the Minecraft launcher for example). Even more strange, it usually goes away after a short time and it will eventually stop doing it entirely after the computer has been running for a bit (heat related, needs a 'warm up' time??).
I have checked different monitors and even tried using HDMI instead of DVI, nothing helped. I do have the latest Catalyst 12.3 64 bit drivers as well. I have even did a reg clean in case fragments of my Nvidia drivers were leftover from when I installed my new card.
And yes they do show up in a screenshot, some of the artifacts are circled (poorly) in blue:
I do realize that that wallpaper is probably the worst to look for pixel artifacts, but you can see what I mean on the Minecraft launcher window.
My system specs:
Motherboard: ASUS P67 Sabertooth
GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 6870
CPU: Intel Core i5 2500k 3.30GHz
RAM: 8Gb VisionTek DDR3 1600MHz (2x4Gb)
PSU: Ultra 450W LSP
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
I have checked different monitors and even tried using HDMI instead of DVI, nothing helped. I do have the latest Catalyst 12.3 64 bit drivers as well. I have even did a reg clean in case fragments of my Nvidia drivers were leftover from when I installed my new card.
And yes they do show up in a screenshot, some of the artifacts are circled (poorly) in blue:
I do realize that that wallpaper is probably the worst to look for pixel artifacts, but you can see what I mean on the Minecraft launcher window.
My system specs:
Motherboard: ASUS P67 Sabertooth
GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 6870
CPU: Intel Core i5 2500k 3.30GHz
RAM: 8Gb VisionTek DDR3 1600MHz (2x4Gb)
PSU: Ultra 450W LSP
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit