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Problem with Graphics Card

Capt.Jumbo
By Capt.Jumbo
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The problem i been having is that the monitor flickers very often when there is lots of stuff on the screen such as applications, browsers etc. The monitor sometimes goes to standby/black and comes back on. There are two monitors hooked up to the same graphics card the one that flickers is running through a Mini display port and the other one that doesnt is on a DVI port. 

 

The graphics card that am running is an XFX Radeon HD 7970 Black edition 3 GB. 

 

Troubleshooting done so far: 

 

  • Updated drivers to the latest.
  • I check the monitor and it seems that any monitor that is connected to the display port flickers and go black.
  • Pluged into another display port and problem is still there.
  • When I pluged into the HDMI port nothing happened. No sure if port is Hot swappable.

 

I did not try the second DVI port as yet but if the problem is still there does that mean the graphics card is dying?

 

Both monitors are running on 1600x 900. The maximum resolution that is displayed on graphics card specification means that each port is able to push that maximum figure? Or is it that all the ports together must add up to that figure?

 

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The problem i been having is that the monitor flickers very often when there is lots of stuff on the screen such as applications, browsers etc. The monitor sometimes goes to standby/black and comes back on. There are two monitors hooked up to the same graphics card the one that flickers is running through a Mini display port and the other one that doesnt is on a DVI port. 

 

The graphics card that am running is an XFX Radeon HD 7970 Black edition 3 GB. 

 

Troubleshooting done so far: 

 

  • Updated drivers to the latest.
  • I check the monitor and it seems that any monitor that is connected to the display port flickers and go black.
  • Pluged into another display port and problem is still there.
  • When I pluged into the HDMI port nothing happened. No sure if port is Hot swappable.

 

I did not try the second DVI port as yet but if the problem is still there does that mean the graphics card is dying?

 

Both monitors are running on 1600x 900. The maximum resolution that is displayed on graphics card specification means that each port is able to push that maximum figure? Or is it that all the ports together must add up to that figure?

I would suggest taking out the graphic card and plugging your display port into the motherboard. This should check to see whether the problem is actually your graphics card or something else.

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