New 3870 X2 graphic card faulty?

[J-Man]

I just started up Crysis and through out the whole introduction, the background is shaking then the next when I start a new game, the screen is flickering and there's only a little bit shown on the screen, there's squares on the screen that are shaking realy fast I mean what's going on? Is it the drivers? I think I have the 8.5 Catalyst drivers (latest?) This is my first ATi card.

[dark2099]

It could be due to heat, try upping the fan speed and see if you get the same things happening, if they do then you may have a faulty card.

[J-Man]

Is the latest version of Rivatuner compatible with ATI cards? I used to use it for my old 8800 GTS.

[dark2099]

It may give an error about not recognizing the 8.5 drivers, but I used it only for fan control and it worked no problems.

[J-Man]

I'll try it.

[J-Man]

Call of Duty 4 works fine without any problems. Any suggestions?

[Urlyin]

try turning off GPU scaling in CCC | DTV(DVI)4 | Attributes

[J-Man]

In the Catalyst Control Panel?

[kyle2020]

for fan control use speedfan - it sounds like drivers but if COD is fine then i doubt it. Could be, unfortunatly, a dead card, but that doesnt explain why call of duty works . . . try reinstalling crysis? could be a bad install. Kepp us posted.

[Urlyin]

In the Catalyst Control Panel?

yeah in the Catalyst Control Panel... I found my X2 would shake the screen on certain games becasue of the resolution and I turned off the GPU scaling and it fixed the problem

[J-Man]

Well I managed to get on Crysis then when I cranked down the resolution to 1600x1200, I was lagging and only getting about 10 FPS. This card only gets 20 FPS on high and so did my old 8800 GTS. Sorry, where abouts in the CCC?

[JrRacinFan]

http://img.techpowerup.org/080607/Capture139.jpg

There yah go. Also, have you ptached Crysis all the way to 1.2?

[J-Man]

http://img.techpowerup.org/080607/Capture139.jpg

There yah go. Also, have you patched Crysis all the way to 1.2? I have yup. I even tested Crysis with and without the patch and it still wasn't working right but I can play the game fine but it's just the introduction that's screwed. Call of Duty 4 plays perfectly ok.

I can't seem to find that section in my CCC :(

I see Welcome, Information Centre, Displays Manager, Display Options, Monitor Properties 1, 3D, Colour, Avivo, ATI Overdrive and Crossfire X.

[JrRacinFan]

Even on mine the intro is screwy, I think it's just crossfire playing an effect on it. CoD4 same for me i can almost max it with the Pro's.

[Megasty]

Crysis did the same to me when I CF'd the x2's with 8.5 but it was fine with one card. I just reinstalled Crysis with the 1.2 patch & it was able to run on VH @ about 40-50fps, 1680x1050. It still dies at 1920x1200 but what doesn't :rolleyes:

There has to be something wrong with the install somewhere, whether its Crysis, 8.5, or the x2. The only tell is that COD 4 is working fine, but it doesn't use nowhere near the shaders that Crysis use so the x2 could have a problem that's making it sputter when all its shaders are utilized. That's not too much of a common problem. The last card I had that did that was a 9800pro :confused:

[J-Man]

I could re-install Crysis again and apply the 1.2 patch then post back results.

[J-Man]

Yup, same results as before. It's just on the introduction though when you start then game and when I get to the main menu it's fine after that. I only seem to get about 22 FPS though which is what I used to get on my 8800 GTS. I was expecting about 30 FPS.

[arcstrider]

I have a problem with my 3870x2 as well. I just picked it up for my system and i removed my current 3870 from my system and popped the x2 in it. Powered on, fans are spinning but I see nothing on screen. Pretty sure I booted into windows as I forcefully powered it off. I pop my 3870 back in and everything is fine. What do you guys think is the problem?