Guild Wars 2

I built a new computer recently. i5-3570k and a Sapphire 7970.

In guild wars I get terrible flickering textures sometimes. I’ve tried the 12.10 driver, the 12.11 beta, and now the 13.1 drivers. It happens on all of them.

I’m attaching a screenshot of what it looks like. Any idea what I can do?

Uninstall again and maybe use that new (win7 only) clean uninstall utility from AMD:

http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/catalyst-uninstall-utility.aspx

Then try the 13.1 again.

7xxx series amd so deal with it for now 13.1 fixes nothing as far as i know.
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=368290&page=17

You can try few things from here its all about 7xxx flickering. I reduced it a bit (its faster) by overclocking my memmory. The faster it gets the faster and harder to notice the flicker gets. 7xxx series have either software bugs(took them year to admit the problem) or just 80% of thoes cards have bad memmory. If 13.2 with memmory rewrite wont fix the problem i suppose there will be alot of 7xxx cards on ebay.

HawkMeister.4758:

Uninstall again and maybe use that new (win7 only) clean uninstall utility from AMD:

http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/catalyst-uninstall-utility.aspx

Then try the 13.1 again.

Thanks! I actually used Driver Fusion to remove all AMD references from my system instead as I didn’t see your post until after I used Driver Fusion. So far uninstalling, using Driver Fusion, and then reinstalling seems to have done the trick. If the flickering returns, I’ll try your suggestion.

So the white texture flashing/flicking came back again.

This time I found out about the 13.2 beta catalyst drivers, since it was either try a beta or return the card and get a 670, I tried the beta drivers.

So far so good. However the flashing seems to take a day or so before it’s noticeable. If it returns in the next few days I may just return my 7970 for a refund and get a 670 instead.

Don’t feel so bad, Nvidia users have the same problem.

MaRko.3165:

Don’t feel so bad, Nvidia users have the same problem.

Seriously? So I’m screwed no matter which brand of card I go with? Wow…

Nope Nvidia dont have thoes problems. They have few bugs with textures here and there( flashing ropes) but its nowhere as bad as amd. Im saying it from tests with 670 that i got from my friend for tests. If you have flicerking with Nvidia dont use beta drivers or simpy your card is dying or oced to much. If you have the option switch to 670 it offers less choppy fps if set right then amd. They are just higher in tests but in real life aplications nvidia still kicks amd kitten (amd drivers are the worst part of their cards).

I’m getting Texture flashes in Skyrim, too. Oh well. Guess it’s time to return the card and get a 670.

Well 7xxx series flicker in alot of games. Some ppl have thoes other dont see em or are just lucky to get good combo with otehr elements and get less of em. Im waiitng for new 7xx series fron nvidia and selling my 7850 when it goes back from rma ( ratlling fan). Or ill just get evega ftw from amazon…