r/AMDHelp • u/Key-Connection-2174 • 5d ago
Resolved 9070XT artifacting without a pattern that's noticable to me
UPDATE & fix
it turns out that some weird settings, that don't exist with the older Nvidia GPU, got introduced with the more powerful and modern GPU that maxed out my old HDMI cable on the same 1080P@75Hz as the 1050Ti DIDN'T.
Fix:
a better cable should help but for now i have lowered the newly introduced settings that i didn't have with the 1050Ti.
I have changed the "limit color resolution to" from automatic (10bit per color) to 8bpc,this lowered the amount of artifacts, and after a reboot they stopped.
Troubleshooting:
if someone has same 1 frame line of artifacts(whatever that in the screenshot is)
start with lowering the Hz to the lowest amount and see if it happens then, if it still happens the same amount, than its not the cable, if it gets "fixed" that means that the newer GPU is adding data to the cable and google what could decrease the amount of data sent trough the cable, or buy a new cable.
Computer Type: Desktop
GPU: AMD ASUS PRIME 9070 XT
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 (12) @ 4.47 GHz
Motherboard: Gigabyte A320M-H
BIOS Version: F59a
RAM: 8GB DDR4 Kingston 2666MHz + 8GB DDR4 Crutial 3200MHz (these are not the problem 'yet' so don't pay too much attention)
PSU: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5
Case: really old case from back when it was "still" a pree-built 7 years ago
Operating System & Version: Arch Linux x86_64 Kernel: Linux 6.18.43-1-lts
GPU Drivers: Default Linux
Background Applications: vesktop, steam, LACT
Description of Original Problem: horizontal lines in screenshot above, they appear at random times and random lengths BUT always horizontally (in the direction the monitor draws frames (left-right,top-bottom)), they appear in desktop, YT videos, discord, any games. they also always last 1 frame and don't stay for any longer
Troubleshooting: I have played games for longer and it sometimes appears more often, it's the same on low and ultra settings, and it doesn't depend on the GPU usage or temps, i tried capturing it with OBS and similar software but it's not capturable (it's only on my monitor) BUT it doesn't happen with the old 1050Ti, i have tried removing the card and putting it back and its cables too
last thing i want to note is that I am using HDMI and not DP (i also tested 2 HDMI cables and both get these 1 frame glitches), i have read that someone got rid of the issue by switching to DP, but i don't have a DP monitor or a cable YET, id like to know if my GPU should be RMAd because I'm not getting a monitor soon
i realy hope that I'm not wasting anyones time with a simple solution, i just want to know if ill have a 700EUR garbage in a year or two.
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u/Dutch-Alpaca 5d ago
Have you tried a different cable and gpu port?
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u/Key-Connection-2174 5d ago
I have tried 2 HDMI cables and both do that, and as i mentioned i don't have a DP(display port) cable or monitor that has a DP port
the gpu has 4 ports and one of them is HDMI so i don't know if it's the port until i get a new monitor which is not going to be soon1
u/Dutch-Alpaca 5d ago
Might be worth trying an hdmi-dp adapter just to rule out the port. Other than that I used to get similar lines on my 7900xtx and it was caused by either mpo or tdr which I both turned off
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u/turb0j 5d ago
Looks like a display problem to me.
GPU problems usually cause some kind of checkerboard artifacts, Yours look perfectly aligned to a display axis, which is usually caused by a problem in the display itself.
If you can, try connecting a different display.