zoob
Well-known member
Hey guys,
Experiencing an issue with my 290X. I am getting strange artifacting in Unigine Valley where it shows up like little ansi art symbols over the screen: ░ ▒
Are there any good tests I can run to check for GPU RAM stability?
Here's what happened:
My original card had a failed fan.
Sent it for RMA earlier this year and got one that artifacted.
This card got little use so I wanted to run some stress tests before getting rid of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPy8EJeVpOQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG5qMWU9NsE
Sent that one in for RMA and got this one that is even worse:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRblUoyKeu4
Am I unlucky or am I getting bad 'refurbished' cards back? All three cards use Elpida RAM.
The first RMA card I tested on two different systems, X99 and Z87, stock settings, Windows 10 64Bit, Catalyst 15.7 and 15.8 beta.
The second RMA card tested in only one system Windows 10 64bit Catalyst 15.8 beta.
I'm tempted to grab a spare HDD and test a clean Win7 install but it all seems like a waste of time.
Thanks for reading all the way to the bottom.
Experiencing an issue with my 290X. I am getting strange artifacting in Unigine Valley where it shows up like little ansi art symbols over the screen: ░ ▒
Are there any good tests I can run to check for GPU RAM stability?
Here's what happened:
My original card had a failed fan.
Sent it for RMA earlier this year and got one that artifacted.
This card got little use so I wanted to run some stress tests before getting rid of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPy8EJeVpOQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG5qMWU9NsE
Sent that one in for RMA and got this one that is even worse:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRblUoyKeu4
Am I unlucky or am I getting bad 'refurbished' cards back? All three cards use Elpida RAM.
The first RMA card I tested on two different systems, X99 and Z87, stock settings, Windows 10 64Bit, Catalyst 15.7 and 15.8 beta.
The second RMA card tested in only one system Windows 10 64bit Catalyst 15.8 beta.
I'm tempted to grab a spare HDD and test a clean Win7 install but it all seems like a waste of time.
Thanks for reading all the way to the bottom.