Bad Asus Strix 980? Rma again?

[sew999]

Hello i have a problem with Far Cry 4.

I mean sometimes ( very very rarely ) i have artifacts like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M0DRDpZc9Q

 

 

Card is OC by factory. I dont OC. Rma time? Its my second Asus Strix 980 with similiar problem with artifacts on Far Cry 4.Again RMA? I am sorry but this is ridicilous. Second card with similiar problem.This time its showing that artifacts like above.

[C1intFunWood]

RMA TIME! Everybody's favorite time of the year.

[SimpleG]

I have a feeling that it's the games problem, not cards. I had simmilar artifacts in GTA SA but in other games it didn't happen

[Vacsol]

does it happen in any other games?

[Altecice]

does it happen in any other games?

 

^ This, If its only happening in FC4 then its the game to blame.

[sew999]

On other games i dont notice that. I can play Far Cry 4 many hours without that artifacts. But sometimes after 10 minutes it can appear like on stated movie above.
Its something wrong with card?

[Badger906]

id point it more to a ram issue than gpu issue. i had a similar issue with the original crysis. RMA'd my gpu, got s new one, same thing happened, did the take out 1 stick of ram at a time jobby and it solved it.

[Phase]

On other games i dont notice that. I can play Far Cry 4 many hours without that artifacts. But sometimes after 10 minutes it can appear like on stated movie above.

Its something wrong with card?

 

It may be a driver issue - have you updated with GeForce Experience? 

 

Also, may be worth running a stress test like Aida 64 for a couple of hours just to make sure the card isn't overheating with your current setup.

[sew999]

Strange because playing Watch Dogs, Crysis 3, Heaven i dont see that artifacts. Only in Far Cry 4 but very occasionally i have something like this. Very rarely but of course it is.
So its RMA time? So its again not stable OC even preferred by Asus?

[Hieb]

Increase the power target or add a bit more voltage with MSI Afterburner and see if it's stable. In my experience Asus cards needed slightly more voltage to run at intended speeds. Alternatively you could use MSI Afterburner and slightly lower the clock speed on the 980 and see if that helps.

[Phase]

Strange because playing Watch Dogs, Crysis 3, Heaven i dont see that artifacts. Only in Far Cry 4 but very occasionally i have something like this. Very rarely but of course it is.

So its RMA time? So its again not stable OC even preferred by Asus?

 

Did you perform a stability test to see if it is stable? Have you checked GPU temperatures while running games? Also, what power supply are you using?  I have heard of bad power supplies leading to artifacts in games.

[sew999]

My psu is Corsair 750 RM. Max GPU temps are 72-73C on load.

[sew999]

Increase the power target or add a bit more voltage with MSI Afterburner and see if it's stable. In my experience Asus cards needed slightly more voltage to run at intended speeds. Alternatively you could use MSI Afterburner and slightly lower the clock speed on the 980 and see if that helps.

 

From what you know that Asus cards needed slightly more voltage to run at intended speeds? You experienced similiar issue on stock speeds on asus cards?

[Hieb]

From what you know that Asus cards needed slightly more voltage to run at intended speeds? You experienced similiar issue on stock speeds on asus cards?

 

Yeah my Asus GTX 760 had artifacting if I didn't increase the voltage & power target, and my friend's Asus 980s had the same issue.

[sew999]

Yeah my Asus GTX 760 had artifacting if I didn't increase the voltage & power target, and my friend's Asus 980s had the same issue.

 

Artifacting only in Far Cry 4 or in other games?

 

Listen. Its my second Asus Strix 980 and i have the same occasionally artifacting only in that game.

[Hieb]

Artifacting only in Far Cry 4 or in other games?

 

Listen. Its my second Asus Strix 980 and i have the same occasionally artifacting only in that game.

 

I've never played Far Cry 4. For me it happened in Battlefield 4 and Saints Row 3 and the rest of my games were fine. I can't recall what games it happened to with my friend. Just try adding a bit of voltage OR slightly reducing the clock speed (by like 40MHz) on your 980 and see what happens. You're not gonna damage anything.

[sew999]

Its my second Asus Strix 980 and i have almost the same occasionally artifacting only in Far Cry 4. Its because Far Cry 4 dont like any OC even factory or its just a game?

[Doughnutnator]

If the card is surviving stuff like Unigine Heaven and 3DMark then i'm pretty sure it's the game.

If you want to test stuff

Clean drivers with DDU, Reinstall the drivers without GF Experience

Uninstall the game, reinstall it and try

Test the card in other PC

Try with different RAM

[sew999]

Listen. I tried to reproduce that yellow artifacts. And maybe after 6 launch of the game, they appear on the same place like on posted movie. So its a game\driver problem?Propably not card?

[Arct1c0n]

I've had no artifacting in Far Cry 4 with my STRIX 980, other then the game is still buggy as shit 8 patchs later. But i've NEVER seen yellow artifacting like that before. Update your drivers and DO NOT use that lame ass geforce experience, do it yourself

 

Run clean install option as well and don't install anything other then nvidia drivers and physix, uncheck everthing else after choosing "CUSTOM INSTALL"

[xentric]

looks like issues with shadows. Try changing the shadow settings.

 

I have 2 ASUS GTX 980 strix that I have overclocked to the max Asus gpu tweak allows me to go stable. I don't have artifacting issues like that.

 

But my experience with Far cry 4 has been terrible. It crashes all the time. I have tried many different things even running at stock clocks. Doesn't make a difference.

[Arct1c0n]

looks like issues with shadows.

 

I have 2 ASUS GTX 980 strix that I have overclocked to the max Asus gpu tweak allows me to go stable. I don't have artifacting issues like that.

 

But my experience with Far cry 4 has been terrible. It crashes all the time. I have tried many different things even running at stock clocks. Doesn't make a difference.

 

 

The 1.8 patch also completely broke "Soft Shadows" under Nvidia, so be sure shadows are ultra setting or lower. 

[sew999]

That yellow artifacts always appear on the same place in game. I dont get them in other places. Always when i walk to the same place like on that movie. It can be graphic card or its a game\driver issue because its always on the same place in game?

Take a look, i upload next movie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj84rxa1VSc

 

 

What you think?

[xentric]

if you're only seeing it in one game and if you tested your card in many games and benchmarks and not seen artifacting. You saying it's only that place then I would say it's a game issue not the card.

 

My experience with artifacting back in my 7900 GTX days. I never saw color like that.

[Arct1c0n]

That yellow artifacts always appear on the same place in game. I dont get them in other places. Always when i walk to the same place like on that movie. It can be graphic card or its a game\driver issue because its always on the same place in game?

Take a look, i upload next movie:

[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj84rxa1VSc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj84rxa1VSc[/url

What you think?

Driver issue by far