Little advice needed

[super_teabag]

Got this graphics card back from sapphire's tech it's a sapphire 1gb 7850 OC edition http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=14-202-004&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=1&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Keywords=%28keywords%29&Page=1#scrollFullInfo

 

Now I did a clean install of windows, and the thing is worse than when i RMA'd the card initially. Drivers randomly crash, and there's artifacting on screen.

Pretty sure it's the card, but i don't have another to install to make sure it's not my motherboard slot, or anything else.

 

My build is:

CPU: i5 3570k

mobo: asus p8Z77-m (latest BIOS 2105)

Ram: g. skill 2133 sniper 1.6V @ 11-11-11-30

GPU: 7850 1gb

SSD: samsung 840 120gb (boot drive)

PSU: corsair 500m

wireless card is installed in a x8 PCI-E lane

 

Any course of action that i should take next? this is the second seemingly bad card i've gotten from them. Thanks. :lol:

 

I've run memtest x86 for 9 hours with no errors, made sure everything is plugged in correctly, made sure integrated graphics are disabled, made sure there's no intel graphics drivers interfering with one another.

Used the Latest 13.12 whql catalyst drivers from AMD's website. I'm at my whits end, and want to give up PCs forever. just want to play my games without messed up hardware. Thanks! you guys are a great community

[coen113]

RMA it again?

[super_teabag]

that's what i'm going to do, but this is insane. The thing should work, I literally am doing nothing wrong. and my pc is more than capable of powering/handling the card.

[super_teabag]

Should I go to a local computer store, and see if they'll let me install a different video card to verify it's not my motherboard that's the problem?

[coen113]

Should I go to a local computer store, and see if they'll let me install a different video card to verify it's not my motherboard that's the problem?

You could try