Getting artifacts with my r9 280

[TheHusk]

Is there something that could cause artifacts in most games that isnt related to the graphics card aging? i'd prefer not to have to buy a new one right now. mostly im getting random textures appearing like in this image: http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/6373076/img/6373076.png.

 

[Michael Hurtle]

Is there something that could cause artifacts in most games that isn't related to the graphics card aging? i'd prefer not to have to buy a new one right now. mostly im getting random textures appearing like in this image: http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/6373076/img/6373076.png.

Sadly no. not many fixes have been found to fix this issue.

BUT, if you can try to lower your GPUs clock rate, or if possible try to use another GPU if you have one, but most artifacting is graphics related so i doubt its any of your other hardware causing this.

If none of this helps you may have one last resort, and that literally is putting your GPU in the oven.......
i will link you to a tutorial.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar2_60xpHFA

if you dont believe me i have an article for you to read that will explain why this works (sometimes)
http://lifehacker.com/5823227/save-dying-video-cards-with-a-quick-bake-in-the-oven

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1421792

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php/606658-THE-OVEN-TRICK-WORKED

Hope i Helped you narrow down your chances to your GPU to return to its working order 😀

 

[Crazymonkey3]

I've had the same problem with my r9 280x 3gb OC from sapphire all I did to fix it was to downclock a bit and the artifacts disappeared, almost. I would get them rarely, like once a month. Restarting the game would fix it for me.