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Is anyone having trouble with Sapphire Trixx and overall GPU instability in Windows 8/8.1?

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Hello guys,

Recently, I have moved from windows 7 to windows 8.1, and I'm having trouble getting any overclocking app to work.

My card is from Sapphire (an HD 6950 that came with unlocked shaders out of the box), and I have used Sapphire's own OC tool, Sapphire Trixx.

However, the strange thing is, the card is unstable even at stock voltages, something that did not happen in windows 7.

I have tested every version of it, including the latest v4.8.2, but it simply doesn't work in windows 8. Sometimes it just crashes after opening it, sometimes it opens normally, but as soon as I adjust a slider, the screen goes black and I have to hard reset the computer.

I have tried other OC tools, such as MSI afterburner, but they don't allow voltage control, something that didn't happen it windows 7.

Is anyone else having similar problems?
 
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Hello guys,

Recently, I have moved from windows 7 to windows 8.1, and I'm having trouble getting any overclocking app to work.

My card is from Sapphire (an HD 6950 that came with unlocked shaders out of the box), and I have used Sapphire's own OC tool, Sapphire Trixx.

However, the strange thing is, the card is unstable even at stock voltages, something that did not happen in windows 7.

I have tested every version of it, including the latest v4.8.2, but it simply doesn't work in windows 8. Sometimes it just crashes after opening it, sometimes it opens normally, but as soon as I adjust a slider, the screen goes black and I have to hard reset the computer.

I have tried other OC tools, such as MSI afterburner, but they don't allow voltage control, something that didn't happen it windows 7.

Is anyone else having similar problems?

Just an idea. Tried "Run as Administrator"?
 
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Just an idea. Tried "Run as Administrator"?

Actually, no :) I have tried running it by resolving compatibility issues through.
 
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Running as Administrator didn't change the situation :/
 
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I'm using v4.6 with Windows 8.1 and latest beta drivers with no issues. What drivers are you using?
 
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Latest Beta Catalyst 14.3 BETA 1.0 and Trixx Version 4.8.2.

I might give 4.6.0 another try, even though it also did crash.
 
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Latest Beta Catalyst 14.3 BETA 1.0 and Trixx Version 4.8.2.

I might give 4.6.0 another try, even though it also did crash.

It's possible that your HD 6950 doesn't like the new beta drivers. Try going back to stable v13 drivers and see if you still get crashes.
 
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You should use Trixx 4.04, preferrably the modded one at that. The lastest Trixx is rather bugged with cat 14.1+.
 
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