Whats wrong with my graphic?

[wakui00]

Recently i bought a new sapphire HD 7850 to replace my faulty GTX 580 GPU card. But after installing the new card, i notice some weird spots on my firefox screen most of the time when i open a new tab.What could be the problem?

 

[MrMundy]

i bought a sapphire 7850 too..replaced it with a msi 7850 after 4 days.. that card has too many problems..bad experience for meh

not sure abt ur problem but mine was distorted pixels, something like that

 

[wakui00]

i bought a sapphire 7850 too..replaced it with a msi 7850 after 4 days.. that card has too many problems..bad experience for meh

not sure abt ur problem but mine was distorted pixels, something like that

OMG?!!? so the problem lies with the graphic card????

 

[Godeau]

Are you using the latest drivers? read from the posts before at guru3d forums that the issue is caused by the newer drivers

 

[wakui00]

Are you using the latest drivers? read from the posts before at guru3d forums that the issue is caused by the newer drivers

Yes.latest driver and latest firefox version.

 

[Godeau]

try this
My computer has a Radeon 7800HD graphics card. Firefox shows graphic artifacts in sthe shape of alternating square boxes which obliterates the text | Firefox Support Forum | Mozilla Support

 

[wakui00]

try this
My computer has a Radeon 7800HD graphics card. Firefox shows graphic artifacts in sthe shape of alternating square boxes which obliterates the text | Firefox Support Forum | Mozilla Support

Thanks. It works a charm. But by disabling hardware acceleration on Firefox, would it affect the general performances like viewing hd videos on youtube..etc?

 

[Godeau]

Thanks. It works a charm. But by disabling hardware acceleration on Firefox, would it affect the general performances like viewing hd videos on youtube..etc?

Hardware acc supposedly uses the gpu to speed up web browsing when it is needed, turning it off just makes it utilize cpu instead. Doing so should not have any adverse effects. Take it as a temporary fix until amd fixes this issue. I read that any driver version after 12.10 reproduces this artifact issue for firefox on the 7850, some people reported it on other 7000 series cards as well.

If it irks you too much, you can just use another web browser

 

[JustAnotherTroll]

my friend had issues with his 7850 when he bought it too. went back to the place he bought to exchange a new one. hope it helps.

edit: sapphire 7850 too!

 

[wakui00]

my friend had issues with his 7850 when he bought it too. went back to the place he bought to exchange a new one. hope it helps.

edit: sapphire 7850 too!

Hmmm. So is it a hardware issue or just a driver issue for me? does exchanging a new card solves the problem for your friend?

 

[Convergent Systems SG]

Recently i bought a new sapphire HD 7850 to replace my faulty GTX 580 GPU card. But after installing the new card, i notice some weird spots on my firefox screen most of the time when i open a new tab.What could be the problem?

Hi,

Please use this driver instead.

Windows 7 / Vista (32-Bit & 64-Bit Edition)

www.sapphiretech.com/archive/drivers/12.9b.zip



*** Ian ***