R9 280X Artifacts (BAD)

[Omniscience]

My friend recently got an XFX R9 280X and put it in his new system. Without drivers, his display actually looks fine, but with drivers of any kind artifacts appear on the screen. In the desktop screen there are tons of small flickering blue lines, and in games there are a bunch of white triangles that litter the game's screen. No drivers have worked so far, for more than a few minutes or until we enter into a game. Is it a messed up card, or is there a solution?

 

[Anonymouselite5]

Go into AMD CCC and go to Overdrive.

Set the memory clock down 150mhz and see if that makes a difference. This often happens on r9 280x's as they are clocked too high.
Other than that I would return your card for a new one. RMA.

-good luck

 

[Omniscience]

Go into AMD CCC and go to Overdrive.

Set the memory clock down 150mhz and see if that makes a difference. This often happens on r9 280x's as they are clocked too high.
Other than that I would return your card for a new one. RMA.

-good luck

How would clock speed only affect the 280X when it has drivers? It shows no artifacts when no drivers are installed, which tells me it's a software problem.

 

[Anonymouselite5]

When no drivers are installed you aren't actually using the card to it extent. You're just running a display through it.

So when you downclocked the memory any changes? at all?
If not I would look at a bad card.

 

[robkat]

I have Asus 280x top, also had heavy artifacting without any positive solution untill today. I have flashed bios from asus 280x non top with core 1000 and memory 1500 - all artifacts dissapeared. Instructions there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwXcl1GqZRA

 

[Coolboy951]

download MSI afterburner go to settings and turn on voltage and the app will restart and crank the voltage up 10-20 more and try again