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5850 display flickering - 2 or more screens

what is wrong with my AWESOME 5850?

  • hardware issue. return to store.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • software issue. expect ati/amd fix.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • software issue. fix yourself.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • nothing is wrong :(

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • eyefinity is awesome

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • cheese

    Votes: 0 0.0%

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hi guys.

as the title really.

i started using 3 screens on my 5850 recently, and with even a 1mhz overclock, everything goes to hell.

this video shall explain.
cant get embedding to work, so heres a link:
http://youtu.be/snFPpkFMVcQ

just wondering if there is a hardware issue.

thing being, i love the card, and it overclocks like a bugger, games run perfectly at 900mhz core, 1150 mem.

but the desktops flickers everytime the clocks change, or something moves across the screen.

it has started happening, albeit somewhat reduced, even with amd overdrive completely disabled.

i have tried the fix that involves editing the overdrive profiles, and this works SOMETIMES, other times its horrible. battlefield bad company 2 suffers extremely badly on the main menu and loading screens.

if i do need to return this card, has anybody heard of any issues with the 6xxx series along these lines?

thanks for any help.
 

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i get that with afterburner, just set your clocks and close it, dont let it run in the taskbar
 
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tried that, still happens.

and im not using afterburner.
 

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Uncorrectable hardware error, still happens at times with my 6950's(most notably when GPU-accelerated video is played).
 
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Uncorrectable hardware error, still happens at times with my 6950's(most notably when GPU-accelerated video is played).

well thats a kick in the teeth......
is it still common with the 69xx series or is it still "a limited number"?

was wondering if i return it to get a 6950. i believe thats about as close as i can get. unless a 6850/6870 is about the same. i got this card for about £140

loving eyefinity though, and to me that is a much better reason to have an ati/amd card than physx and cuda is to have an nvidia.

ill see if i can get a pic/vid of how bad it is while playing BFBC2
 
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