Help! problem with MSI 7970 lightning

[Rcn57]

i have a lot of glitching, flickering, and flashing when playing games.

i have 3 monitors hooked up to it.

my psu is http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153036

had to buy a http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-Express-Power-Adapter-PCIEX68ADAP/dp/B001TK3TJY

and my friends are telling me its the psu,

here is a link to the card if needed http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127670

i went to my friends house and tested it with 3Dmark, tested great and has low temps.

it still has a warranty but dont want to RMA if i dont have to.

would love to hear anything

[hiyayhi]

What exactly is the brand and type of PSU? could you put up a link that actually works the one that you have doesn't. but yes it could be the PSU it the voltage is fluctuating too much under load or if it is delivering not enough power.

[Rcn57]

I tried to fix the links to make them clickable but it doesnt work so chill. you can still highlight, right click and click "go to"

[hadesjoy]

Check the adapters that you bought with a multimeter and ensure that the proper voltage is getting thru. Check all cables going to your monitors...Second, if the card worked at your pal's then rule out the card (for now)...also make sure that you downloaded the updated drivers from AMD and not installed the garbage disk that comes with all cards.. Remember, clean install on the drivers... If your adapters check out and you are confident that the TT 750 is enough to power your current rig, then your friends may be right. If funding allows, this PSU should be enough for a while...good luck little brother.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151110&Tpk=seasonic%201050&IsVirtualParent=1

[Rcn57]

hadesjoy, you sir are a very good help thanks, and i have looked and done more looking in to what you have said and it seems that my psu is just to old and that i have to get a new one and i will be looking in to the psu you have linked.

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learn something new everyday, next time someone has a problem like this i will know.

[TechFan@ic]

Which specific games are you having issues with ? and what exactly are you seeing what sort of glitching & flashing ?

[Rcn57]

LoL, SimCity, i didnt really see anything in BF3 or Need for Speed both BF3 and NFS were in eyefinity. LoL was in borderless and simcity window mode.

im not goign to buy a psu just let because i want to hear what other people thing so i dont just drop 150 to 200 on a new one if i dont need to

[TechFan@ic]

LoL' date=' SimCity, i didnt really see anything in BF3 or Need for Speed both BF3 and NFS were in eyefinity. LoL was in borderless and simcity window mode. im not goign to buy a psu just let because i want to hear what other people thing so i dont just drop 150 to 200 on a new one if i dont need to [/quote']

What sort of graphical issues are you having exactly in borderlands 2 and simcity , you have to be extremely specific, because every graphical issue can be indicative of something specific.

[Rcn57]

its really hard to say what it looks like but it does different things in each game. im sorry i cant really say what it looks like its one of those things you have to see it i will try and find a pic and post it but as of right now its hard for me to say what it looks like. and oh i never played borderlands 2.

[TechFan@ic]

its really hard to say what it looks like but it does different things in each game. im sorry i cant really say what it looks like its one of those things you have to see it i will try and find a pic and post it but as of right now its hard for me to say what it looks like. and oh i never played borderlands 2.

Lol that's my fault , I read borderless as borderlands .

If it's really hard to describe it's probably artifacts, they're usually GPU memory related, if it is persistent across all games then an RMA should be in order.

Do a couple of 3DMark Vantage runs, if the runs pass with no issues, then it's probably just game related bugs and glitches.

[Rcn57]

after looking around in the google and from what you guys are saying i think my psu just doesnt have enough amps on the 12V rails to support my HD7970.

but im going to go to my friends house and do a full test again with what you said to make sure its not the gpu

and when it does like flashing it flashes a white screen really fast and then in some other games it does like a weird colors flash up on screen