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    Draw distance sucks - faulty card?

    Ok thanks. I ran Unigine Heaven and it looks great and there aren't any errors. Neither does 3dmark11 nor Furmark, Atitool or Kombustor. I think that's sufficient evidence that it's just crappy drivers, otherwise I must have seen something by now in one of these programs. I guess I was just...
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    Draw distance sucks - faulty card?

    Sorry to double post, but I just noticed something. When I put the clocks stupidly high on my card, AtiTool doesn't report artifacts but they are indeed visible in the software, so the error checking thing isn't relevant. I didn't visually see any throughout it though when I ran my standard clocks.
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    Draw distance sucks - faulty card?

    Ok I made some videos so maybe it's easier to understand. Making youtube compliant videos from fraps recordings that show in 1080p is a chore and has taken ages to find good software..but I finally did it :D Please make sure to view all the videos in 1080p so you can see :D Ok so this one...
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    Draw distance sucks - faulty card?

    Ok well I've been to the pub for a few beers so I don't trust myself messing about with FRAPS or whatever's used for recording stuff. But I'll describe it as best I can and upload a video or something tomorrow after work :D 1) If you have a rock or something in front of you. You could be at a...
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    Draw distance sucks - faulty card?

    Sorry man I meant 12.11 BETA (I figured that 12.11 would be stable by now and they'd be working on December's release, which is why I got confused) I haven't taken any pictures yet but when I play FEAR3 or the Doom 3 rerelease I don't get any visual errors whatsoever. It's only in Far Cry...
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    Draw distance sucks - faulty card?

    I got a new 7950 IceQ edition yesterday. I haven't been PC gaming for a while, so I can't remember what's normal. But in the games I've tried (Crysis, AC: Brotherhood, Far Cry 3) I can see a bunch of stuff (particularly shadows) rendering whenever they're 20 feet in front of me. It's...
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    4870x2 runs hotter until high-performance mode is used

    You are right. When I boot up, the 2nd GPU *only* is stuck in 3d speeds. Not sure why and I can't seem to find any setting which fixes it, but after running a quick 3D app, this fixes it and the speeds go back to normal. Thanks for the idea. Now I just need to find a way to fix this...but at...
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    4870x2 runs hotter until high-performance mode is used

    Thanks for your reply :) I used the Antec Nanosilver Formula 6. That is a good suggestion but if I leave my PC for like 12 hours then the temperature doesn't go back up. I can't see how it could consistently do this each time by the same temperature and only before/after a game is run (and...
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    4870x2 runs hotter until high-performance mode is used

    I own a 4870x2 and recently reapplied fresh thermal paste and pads and I know for a fact that these have been done correctly. The issue isn't so much the temperature, but rather the fact that the temperature seems to be inconsistent. I used to use the default ATI driver-based fan control and...
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    4870x2 won't display at 1680x1050 at all!

    Nope it was originally a plug and play monitor so it doesn't come with any drivers. Since the EDID chip broke it isn't really plug and play anymore and everything has to be forced :( I found this option in Windows display settings, and it works.... I can't believe how I have been so stupid...
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    4870x2 won't display at 1680x1050 at all!

    Thanks for your response. I tried what you suggested with no luck :( I'm at the point now where I can't possibly see it being software related, due to the fact that even a reformat to a different OS with different drivers won't fix it.
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    4870x2 won't display at 1680x1050 at all!

    Sorry about that, I put my system specs on for you :) As I said it has worked fine before, and I've owned this card since January without any problems. I'm going to try the card in a friend's system in a few hours to try and isolate the problem. If it works fine then I can only guess that the...
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    4870x2 won't display at 1680x1050 at all!

    Thanks, it's been bugging me for hours why I couldn't post here :)
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    4870x2 won't display at 1680x1050 at all!

    Hey I'm new here as I heard very good things about this forum when it comes to technical support and such :) Hopefully you can help me. My monitor's EDID chip has been broken for a while, so I manually force 1680x1050 through the Catalyst Control Center. This has not been an issue in the past...
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