Rma 7970?

[grandpatzer]

I played Saints Row 3 fine but I had a session 1h20min and once I get to the trojan wores episode once I get up to roof to kill snipers I get artifacts.

I had small OC 999/1375 so I put back to 925/1375 so stock and still same episode on roof sniper I get artifacts?!

Should I RMA or is it the game, seems like the artifacts comes only in Sniper roof moment.

Here you see agressive artifacs

 

[MrK6]

Sometimes a game can act funny, or the driver interacts with it funny. The easiest way to troubleshoot whether it's the card or software is to try different software (e.g. another game).

 

[lavaheadache]

I'm inclined to think this is not the card but more a driver issue since this result is repeatable and only happens in this spot, also notice that it doesn't affect the HUD

 

[Despoiler]

I'd wait to RMA. I've had some major corruption issues in a few of my games. The new RCs and pre-WHQL drivers have fixed them.

 

[MrTeal]

Put it back to stock and run it through Furmark looking for artifacts. Keep an eye on temps while you do it, but if it's artifact free in Furmark it's likely not the card itself.

 

[wahdangun]

no, don't RMA'ed. i think it was driver problem or software conflict.

 

[Despoiler]

Just a heads up. A new BIOS got released for my Gigabyte board that has some video card compatibility fixes in it. It cleared up the rest of my game artifacts and some other minor video card related issues.