I recently bought a GIGABYTE 7970 and something weird has come up. So far I've only played a few games, one of which is Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon.
The games run fine, infact they run amazingly, until I leave the actual game.
When I exit the game, the desktop will last maximum 2 minutes before the screen starts bugging out ridiculously until the screen will either go black, white OR completely striped. The computer freezes along with it as I can't get Windows to shut down properly by single-pressing the power button, but I have to hard reboot the computer by holding the power button.
When I sometimes reboot, the Windows login screen looks like its been hit with a hammer; A lot of the screen is covered by black rectangles and bugged out pixels until the screen sometimes goes black, white or striped. Sometimes it even BSODs
After trying again, the screen looks fine. I can start up a game and play for a matter of hours. Upon exiting again, the screen bugs out, dies and I have to reboot again.
I've been trying to RMA but Newegg and GIGABYTE have been fucking me over repeatedly and my warranty is just about to finish.
What do you guys think, and if there is a solution can someone please help me. I'm desperate at this point
(UPDATE: I'm going to try RMAing with Gigabyte after calling them, hope it goes well. But I'd still like some input from you guys on this thread)
PS: Heat is not the factor because the hottest my card has ever gone under stress is 66C
System Specifications:
8GB DDR3 GSkill Ripjaws RAM
XFX 80+ Bronze 650W PSU (Non-Modular)
GIGABYTE 7970 3GB (Factory OCed to 1000/1375 mhz)
MSI Z77A-GD55 Motherboard
Intel Core i5 3570k 3.4GHz w/ stock cooler
NZXT Phantom Full ATX Tower Case (White)
The games run fine, infact they run amazingly, until I leave the actual game.
When I exit the game, the desktop will last maximum 2 minutes before the screen starts bugging out ridiculously until the screen will either go black, white OR completely striped. The computer freezes along with it as I can't get Windows to shut down properly by single-pressing the power button, but I have to hard reboot the computer by holding the power button.
When I sometimes reboot, the Windows login screen looks like its been hit with a hammer; A lot of the screen is covered by black rectangles and bugged out pixels until the screen sometimes goes black, white or striped. Sometimes it even BSODs
After trying again, the screen looks fine. I can start up a game and play for a matter of hours. Upon exiting again, the screen bugs out, dies and I have to reboot again.
I've been trying to RMA but Newegg and GIGABYTE have been fucking me over repeatedly and my warranty is just about to finish.
What do you guys think, and if there is a solution can someone please help me. I'm desperate at this point
(UPDATE: I'm going to try RMAing with Gigabyte after calling them, hope it goes well. But I'd still like some input from you guys on this thread)
PS: Heat is not the factor because the hottest my card has ever gone under stress is 66C
System Specifications:
8GB DDR3 GSkill Ripjaws RAM
XFX 80+ Bronze 650W PSU (Non-Modular)
GIGABYTE 7970 3GB (Factory OCed to 1000/1375 mhz)
MSI Z77A-GD55 Motherboard
Intel Core i5 3570k 3.4GHz w/ stock cooler
NZXT Phantom Full ATX Tower Case (White)