I had a similar thing happen with a sapphire 6970. Was playing fear 3, then after quitting back to desktop the screen was 'peppered' with artifacts. They later dissapeared but returned the next day. Strangely they only seemed appear when the card idled and would come and go randomly. RMA'd the thing to be safe, just had to pay for shipping. So my advise would be to do the same.

http://downloads.guru3d.com/AMD-Catalyst-11.7-Win-7-|-Vista-64-bit-driver-download-2759.html

No because a 1080p monitor is only 1080 pixels high. Anyway, I'm yet to come across a game that won't run a 1080p.

I bought a gigabyte 5450 OC while my 6970 was RMA'd. Just for fun I tried a few titles like F.E.A.R 3, crysis........I don't mind slideshows........but not when they're in games. Glad it's in the cupboard in the box:)

So i have my computer on pretty much 24/7. It is kinda noisy and it is close to me on a desk on ear level.

szafto

Putting the hydro series pumps together can be a pain, but it's well worth it in the enddeadruler08

Not to hijack the thread, but I'm wondering about something similar. Wondering if I can use my old 40GB drive with XP still on it as a secondary drive for my Win7 build without it causing any boot problems... I'll delete it once I can, but just wondering if it will cause any software conflict?

Un_Ordinateur

Okay, so I'm about to build a new computer for a friend and he wants to keep the hard drive from his old drive since he doesn't want to reinstall everything. Is it possible for me to install windows 7 on the new hard drive and just use his old hard drive as extra storage? or will I need to remove windows 7 from his old hard drive?

d3lt4boy

I have an idea; stop, now.C_Rule

Should be a great motherboard, it's ready for bulldozer and Gigabyte is a reputable manufacturer. Should suit most needs, unless you're planning on some heavy overclocking or a high end SLI/X-fire setup.