ASUS 3870x2 Flickering issue, plz help!

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SmoovBiscuit

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In some games like Company of Heroes (which came with the card ) I get a strange graphic flickering in areas, as well as in crysis, anyone know of something I can do to fix this issue?
 
First and easiest thing to do is to check for dust or overheating. I'm assuming you just bought that card, I think they have low fan stock speeds. If you have bad case ventilation this could prove to be a problem. You could get nTune to check the temperature and get RivaTuner to change the fan speed. If it's not heat, it could be an old driver or just a bad card.
 
One thing you certainly need to do is download ATI Tool and check for artifacts. Install, and click "scan for artifacts". Also, once it begins searching let us know what your temps are.
http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/Tweaking/ATITool/

You are certainly describing artifacts which are caused by what kookoo was explaining with heat and such. I've never gotten RivaTuner or nTune to work with my ATI cards though, however it's worth a shot I suppose.
 
ran ATITool for about 30 min, no artifacts, temps got up to 67c. I don't get the flickering issue in all games, just some like the Crysis demo, I havent tested out the full version yet, and I get the flickering in CoH. I've been looking online and no one seems to have an answer, I do know that i'm not that only person having this issue, if I disable crossfireX the game seems to run fine...I don't get it lol, it's driving me insane tho!
 
Wow I totally didn't read that. Hahaha sorry. I'm in the middle of doing homework for my classes and studying lecture notes. This is my excuse to take a break from it. :P
 
I do know I need better air flow in my case, my motherboard temps shot up to 45c while running ATITool for 30 min, I have a thermaltake ve2000bws case, I mean my cpu stays nice and cool, but everything else gets warm, I need to move more air, gonna replace the lame stock fans the case came with, they don't move enough air at all. I still find it strange tho when I turn crossfireX off the game runs with no flickering....
 
Depending on what size case fan you need, I would look into the Antec Tricool fan. Very quiet and has a variable fan speed controller. My power supply greatly reduced temps. Huge 120mm fan that blows air out right where the hot air coagulates. A slot fan is also not a bad idea. Will help with video card temps, less with system temps. A good slot fan is the Antec Cyclone. (I'm not a crazy Antec guy, those were just the fans they had at the store)
 
Well I installed ASUS Smartdoctor it helps if I crank the fan speed up on my vid card lol, but It still doesn't solve the flickering...1 step at a time I guess right.
 
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