Asus Matrix HD7970 screen flickering, tearing, in-game artifacts and etc.

[HaniefZach]

Greetings to all RoG'ers,

I just bought my gpu Asus Matrix HD7970 Platinum, however, after installing it i get some artifacts in game such as bf3, its not entirely there but in some point in the game, it appears. When i try to run windows assessment index, the screen goes like crazy with all of these lines, flickering, white screen. Is the card a faulty one or any other problems? Kindly recommend any advice. Thanks.

Btw, my spec:
Asus crosshair v formula-z
Amd fx 6350@3.9Ghz
Kingston HyperX 8Gb 1600mhz
Kingston HyperX Fury 120Gb
Cooler Master V4 GTS cpu air cooling
Cooler Master GXII 650w 80+ bronze psu,
60cm Red LED Strip

[kkn]

try vsync on

[HaniefZach]

Vsync was on, so was triple buffering. But the problem still exist. Installed the latest driver also result in the same problem

[kkn]

did you go nvidia to amd or amd to amd on gpu?
be shure you remove old drivers 100%

[HaniefZach]

No. I just switch from R9 280x to that matrix edition. Ive uninstalled all the old drivers.

[kkn]

tearing and all that happened AFTER you got the matrix card?
or did you have it on the other card to?

[HaniefZach]

Yes. The problems were there after i get the card. The card i was using before had no problems. It works just fine.

[kkn]

if you have the option to test the card in another pc then do so.
and if it does have same problem there then RMA it.

[HiVizMan]

There are a number of threads about this happening with the Matrix card I seem to recall.

RMA the card.

[HaniefZach]

I guess RMA is the answer. Could not find any solution, been thinking about thermal solution on the Vram, seen that on youtube, but im afraid it will void the warranty. If i RMA it, could it be that Asus will just repair it or send out a new one?