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Artifacts or bad cable?

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by DXR88, Sep 12, 2010.

  1. DXR88

    DXR88 Regular member

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    notice the posted picture,i bought this Sapphire 5770 to replace my aging dual 3870's. the thing is i had my dual 3870 hooked up via the VGA threw a DVI adapter never had this issue. the new 5770 that i got only has one DVI and HDMI, either connection looks the same as the posted pic now comes the trick if i piss around in the CCC panel and play with ATI OD the HDMI corrects itself only if i move the memory clock up 1 or down 1.

    DVI stays the same no matter what i do. i noticed to day that the DVI cable that came with my 17 inch panel Doesn't have the Single Solid metal prong the one that is dead center of the 4.

    i really don't want to RMA it.

    also forgot to mention if i use the DVI to VGA adapter this whole mess Goes away. maybe my new monitor doesn't like the Digital Signals...Works fine for the PS3 and X360 though.
     
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    uhhh.....what exactly is yoru computer doing in the picture? i see no problem with it. or am i just missing it?
     
  3. DXR88

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    holy crap that's weird...i see that now too.

    how can i describe it, discoloration of certain images usually button links including my start menu items. full windows sometimes have a kind of wavy texture in the background. and text seems to be blurry not like a smeared blur more like a sinking into the background blur.

    like i said DVI to VGA works fine, but i want to use a digital to digital connection.
     
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    perhaps my computer's doing it to since i can't see anything wrong with pic, however the wavy line thing mine's been doing (also using a 5770) i'm really starting to think the 5770's just don't like vga monitors.
     
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    thanks for the pin-out reference DDP. i'm going to try and grab a friends DVI cable,dont think that's going to help much as i get the same issue threw an HDMI connection.

    i think it might be my flat panel. i'm going to poke threw it a bit...i'll let you know what oozes out of it.
     
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    huh. this might actually be similar to what's going on with mine, but i only have noticed the wavy texture, i was told that switching to a digital monitor instead of VGA might fix it, but haven't tested it yet.
     
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    ok i RMAed it. there was a bug in the GPU that messed with the Clock presets, So said the tech. I've seen bad fabrications but I've never heard of a buggy fabrication i guess it could be possible

    i think a little RBE and a custom bios would have solved the problem, but i didn't want to take the chances.

    luckily i still have my old 3870 to fall back on, but my god its like i was missing something that i didn't know what i was missing.
     
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    You can't printscreen artifacts, only you will see them! :p
     
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    i know that now....at least i tried
     

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