Haxomatic
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System Name | Junker |
---|---|
Processor | AMD Phenom II 965 X4 |
Motherboard | Asus M4A785TD-V EVO |
Cooling | Air |
Memory | OCZ Special Ops Urban Elite PC12800 4GB |
Video Card(s) | XFX 9650 |
Storage | Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB |
Display(s) | LG L227WTG |
Case | Thermaltake Armor Series B |
Audio Device(s) | Onboard VIA Chipset |
Power Supply | Corsair TX850W |
Software | Windows 7 x64 |
So I recently purchased a XFX 6950 after seeing the article for flashing them into a 6970. I was stocked to find the UPS box was not half destroyed from them usually playing a round of soccer with it pre-delivery.
TL: DR - Question 1: Artifacts show up in 1 single game in 1 scenario is it a driver issue or can it be a hardware issue. (See Video Link Below)
TL: DR - Question 2: My video card doesn't sit right in the slot, the pci-e clip will not hook properly if I screw it down it pulls to the left from it naturally being seated away from the back slot of the case.
My post has 2 questions but I'll start with the more applicable one first since the second one seems to pose no future threat (Unless stated otherwise).
I installed the card and had 1 issue (This will be covered in the second question. Installed the new drivers, booted up fine, played some games, and all went perfectly well. I know you're expecting a "But" coming but there really isn't one. I played WoW and got great frames on ultra (minus the cpu cap since my crappy 965BE is holding WoW back). I played Bioshock 2 all the way through and had no issue. All max settings, max resolution (1680x1050, my monitor sucks ). Played Black Ops and still no issue. Then I played Red Faction: Guerrilla and noticed something that made my blood run cold. Watch the video below for a narrated video of gameplay of me showing what stopped me dead in my tracks.
(EDIT: The video looks odd for 10 seconds, for some reason youtube doesn't like my encoding scheme with H.264 with 2-pass 2500 Bitrate)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeXGaNygpi8
After watching this video does this look like a video card hardware issue or perhaps driver issue or the ever harmless and expected game sided issue. As I've said I experience this no where else. I've used Furmark and saw no problem, also I used 3DMark11 and it ran smooth without any noticeable artifacts.
My second question is can cards sometimes fit snug in the pci-e slot? My prior card was flush with the slot and my case but this big beast of a card was a bit pulled away from the back of the case. I applied some pressure (not too much but i got nervous) to get it to align with the screwholes so I could tighten it down. Unscrewed it kinda tilts to the right away from the back slot when the case is on its side. I also must state the fact that the pci-e clip cannot clip for me to tighten it down properly... if I dont screw it in it clips in but its about half a cm from the case near the screwed clip. I know it isnt a motherboard mounting issue because my last card fit perfectly in there and didn't tilt away. I could post some picks describing the issue if this doesn't seem clear enough. Tightening it down is putting a bit of pressure on the pci-e slot. Could this be an issue later or can the mobo take that type of applied pressure? Also is sitting just offset by a fraction of a millimeter cause any damage to the card due to this issue?
Any help would be greatly appreciated, I hope I was descriptive enough to give a pretty clear picture of my 2 issues. I can attach pictures if it can help with question 2.
TL: DR - Question 1: Artifacts show up in 1 single game in 1 scenario is it a driver issue or can it be a hardware issue. (See Video Link Below)
TL: DR - Question 2: My video card doesn't sit right in the slot, the pci-e clip will not hook properly if I screw it down it pulls to the left from it naturally being seated away from the back slot of the case.
My post has 2 questions but I'll start with the more applicable one first since the second one seems to pose no future threat (Unless stated otherwise).
I installed the card and had 1 issue (This will be covered in the second question. Installed the new drivers, booted up fine, played some games, and all went perfectly well. I know you're expecting a "But" coming but there really isn't one. I played WoW and got great frames on ultra (minus the cpu cap since my crappy 965BE is holding WoW back). I played Bioshock 2 all the way through and had no issue. All max settings, max resolution (1680x1050, my monitor sucks ). Played Black Ops and still no issue. Then I played Red Faction: Guerrilla and noticed something that made my blood run cold. Watch the video below for a narrated video of gameplay of me showing what stopped me dead in my tracks.
(EDIT: The video looks odd for 10 seconds, for some reason youtube doesn't like my encoding scheme with H.264 with 2-pass 2500 Bitrate)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeXGaNygpi8
After watching this video does this look like a video card hardware issue or perhaps driver issue or the ever harmless and expected game sided issue. As I've said I experience this no where else. I've used Furmark and saw no problem, also I used 3DMark11 and it ran smooth without any noticeable artifacts.
My second question is can cards sometimes fit snug in the pci-e slot? My prior card was flush with the slot and my case but this big beast of a card was a bit pulled away from the back of the case. I applied some pressure (not too much but i got nervous) to get it to align with the screwholes so I could tighten it down. Unscrewed it kinda tilts to the right away from the back slot when the case is on its side. I also must state the fact that the pci-e clip cannot clip for me to tighten it down properly... if I dont screw it in it clips in but its about half a cm from the case near the screwed clip. I know it isnt a motherboard mounting issue because my last card fit perfectly in there and didn't tilt away. I could post some picks describing the issue if this doesn't seem clear enough. Tightening it down is putting a bit of pressure on the pci-e slot. Could this be an issue later or can the mobo take that type of applied pressure? Also is sitting just offset by a fraction of a millimeter cause any damage to the card due to this issue?
Any help would be greatly appreciated, I hope I was descriptive enough to give a pretty clear picture of my 2 issues. I can attach pictures if it can help with question 2.