New GPU-Screen flickering

[nerokyrie]

so i purchased HD xfx 7850 2GB. and CM 625 extreme 2 psu.. total 19k(345 dollars)

i have some issues.

my screen is flickering somewhat during boot up and in games.

any ideas why it would b?

 

[nerokyrie]

wohoo..

200+ views and no replies.

Plz, help...

 

[Terronium 12]

First up, help me to help you by filling out the system specs with everything you're using in your current rig.

It could be any number or combination of things that's causing the issue: could be the PCIe connectors, insufficient power, a connector missing, etc.

 

[nerokyrie]

MB: DG31PR
CPU: Intel E4500 2.2Ghz
SMPS: 625W Cooler Master Ex2
RAM: 4GB
OS: Win 7
GPU:xfx HD 7850 2GB

 

[AddRAM]

You have installed the latest drivers, correct ? You should be ok with the PSU but I would have gone to 650.

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/radeonaiw_vista32.aspx

http://xfxforce.com/en-gb/Products/...-HD-7000/AMD-Radeon-HD-7850/FX-785A-CDBC.aspx

Newegg.com - XFX Double D FX-785A-CDFC Radeon HD 7850 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

 

[nerokyrie]

You have installed the latest drivers, correct ? You should be ok with the PSU but I would have gone to 650.

AMD Catalyst

AMD Radeon

Newegg.com - XFX Double D FX-785A-CDFC Radeon HD 7850 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

yes i have latest drivers installed.

This is what they replied,xfx staff

[Me]] I`m seeing screen flickering issues when playing games. I purchased this product yesterday only. It flickers on boot upscreen, windows 7 logo screen and in games.

[XFX staff] HI, Please find suppliers for replace, thanks!

 

[Erick Aguilar]

In short.
Ask to have it replaced.

 

[nerokyrie]

I took my system to the shop to have it tested and there wasn't any screen flickering with their monitor. Hence, they didn't replace it. But, when I came back to my place, I still see a bit of flickering in COD4 MP game but no more during boot up.

My monitor(View sonic 17 Inch LCD) works fine with my old gpu(Nvidia GT 220) but not with this new GPU.

I'm just having all issues since I purchased this new GPU. Really dishearted.

 

[Erick Aguilar]

Turn Vsync on the game graphic options, and force it with the GPU's control center.

 

[nerokyrie]

Turn Vsync on the game graphic options, and force it with the GPU's control center.

After a lot of playing around, on this seemed to work.

But still the question is, why screen flickers when vsync is off?

My monitor isn't that good?

 

[carwiz]

It could be the card is over-driving the display. Vsync-on will limit refresh rates to the speed of the display. With Vsync-off, there's no limit to frame rates but the display may no be able to handle it; Hence the flicker.

 

[nerokyrie]

The AMD site says:

64-bit operating system highly recommended

AMD Radeon

I'm running x86 OS, will installing 64-bit help me in any way?

 

[carwiz]

64-bit Windows will allow you to have more memory which helps everything and does speed some processes up. Windows won't have to page some processes out to disk as frequently. You do meet the "minimum" requirements but more memory always helps. Review the specifications of your system to be sure you can add more memory and make sure it's the same type/model installed already.

Also, your link is for a video card that doesn't match your specs. So providing more info with accuracy will help.

 

[ickymay]

I had this issue on a dell monitor for a customer a few weeks ago and I solved it by going into the monitors menu and reseting it to default

 

[nerokyrie]

64-bit Windows will allow you to have more memory which helps everything and does speed some processes up. Windows won't have to page some processes out to disk as frequently. You do meet the "minimum" requirements but more memory always helps. Review the specifications of your system to be sure you can add more memory and make sure it's the same type/model installed already.

Also, your link is for a video card that doesn't match your specs. So providing more info with accuracy will help.

Here are my specs:

MB: DG31PR
CPU: Intel E4500 2.2Ghz Core2Duo
SMPS: 625W Cooler Master Ex2
RAM: 4GB
OS: Win 7
GPU:XFX HD 7850 2GB

I know that I have purchased a GPU that is bottelnecked coz of my Specs. But, never knew that it will give such screen issues.

I updated My System Specs in my Profile.