R9 280x DirectCU II Top Artifacts!!

[d1versify]

HEllo i just upgraded from an 7870 to the R9280X-DC2T-3GD5

I followed these steps for drivers

1. Ran Catalyst control center from C:/ AMD and did a custom uninstall. Removed all
2. Restarted computer
3. Ran Driver Fusion and deleted everything from AMD
4. Restarted computer
5. Installed latest 13.12 R9 drivers from AMD site

I get artifacts (shapes, lines , squares) flashing everywhere in screen , when in Chrome, in Dota 2 and Planetside 2. Haven't tested in more games , but I guess it will be the same.
The card will need a replacement? I have a Corsair CX600 , AMD FX 8350, Corsair Vengeance 2x4gb 1600 mhz
I read somewhere about GPU bios update. I ran the GPU ASUS TWEAK software that came in with the CD, and i tried to update something but i got a message ROM programming fail. But then it seemed to installed the update and forced me to restart the computer.
But still i get artifacts.
What do you suggest?

[Vlammenzee]

@Dejan99x, i have the same problems when i play Gta4, i just downclock the hell out of my card when playing it, 1025/1050 or even lower if needed to get it to run stable, and it sucks you recieved a E1Y card, mine is a e2y card, with lowering clock speeds and applying heatsinks to vrams it made my card a bit more stable, we're not supposed to do that though as it should be able to run on default speeds, but yeah i agree with you on trashing the card lol 🙂

[wilflare]

my local distributor is offering S/N E3Y... for replacement
is this a good batch?

[nuclear465]

wilflare wrote:
my local distributor is offering S/N E3Y... for replacement
is this a good batch?

I am getting a S/N E5Y... for replacement. I wander if that's a good batch too ?!

[Dejan99x]

@Nuclear: Report us if E5Y will have any issues.

I again contacted my reseller and they finally promised me refund. It was about time!

[nuclear465]

Dejan99x wrote:
@Nuclear: Report us if E5Y will have any issues.

I again contacted my reseller and they finally promised me refund. It was about time!

Will do ! I am expecting to arrive tomorrow, if not, monday at the latest. As soon as i have it i'll start testing it.

[vsucharda]

got my rig put together

fx 8350 cpu
8gb of gskill aries 1866 ram
r9 280x
corsair 750w psu
seagate 2tb 7200rpm hd

first thing i loaded up was bf4, 50 gb later ... game runs awesome, way better than old rig

playing on mantle on ultra @ 1080p with rez scale set to 120%, i do notice some micro stuttering which is annoying but afaik its a mantle / driver bug and not a card thing, i need to try the beta drivers

no artifacting in game after 2 hrs of gameplay, no artifacting on desktop

/fingers crossed, loading up more games to try

[Vlammenzee]

The more important part is what version is your card, e3y/4 or later?

[vsucharda]

where do you find the e3/4/5 number ? pic of example?

[Dejan99x]

This is part of serial number (first three characters). You can find it on graphics card itself (check sticker) and on packaging.

[vsucharda]

i appear to have a e3y card, also experienced my first artifacts in bf4 today

i hadnt noticed any the first few days with regular drivers, i installed 14.7 beta drivers to help with stuttering and it seemed to solve it

but then i had a few instances of wierd completely vision distorting artifacts on one map, so far all other maps have been fine, i did turn the graphcs down from all ultra / 120% res scale to 100% res scale and lowered 1 or 2 settings to high

should i start the rma process or could this be a beta driver thing -_-