Got a 4670 in April for my HTPC project, plans changed for a while, but now I'm finally putting it to use as an HTPC.
The first HD video I load up causes my screen to freeze after random amounts of time (sometimes seconds, sometimes half an hour). I also game on this machine and have never had any problem with this. After it freezes it starts slideshowing giving me a new frame every 15-20 seconds until I end up rebooting it and trying again til it freezes yet again... and again.. One time when it was slideshowing I pulled up the ATI control center and the GPU was pegged at 99% with temperature at 42 degrees. While this is all happening the computer is still going about it's business like normal. I can hear the audio from the movie continue perfectly fine, just the display is messed up.
Heat obviously is not the problem. I've tried half a dozen drivers, I've disabled Aero themes (saw someone mention that as a possible fix).
This is the most annoying thing ever. I can't return this to Newegg since I'm well past 30 days so I sent a service message to Sapphire on their site. The card has a 2 year warranty. If all else fails I'll just have to get it replaced with something else. I really liked this card because it's virtually silent, though.
Anyone think of another solution?
Using Win 7 with i7/DDR3. For the record the video seemed a bit funky before I upgraded to i7, but nothing like it is now.
The first HD video I load up causes my screen to freeze after random amounts of time (sometimes seconds, sometimes half an hour). I also game on this machine and have never had any problem with this. After it freezes it starts slideshowing giving me a new frame every 15-20 seconds until I end up rebooting it and trying again til it freezes yet again... and again.. One time when it was slideshowing I pulled up the ATI control center and the GPU was pegged at 99% with temperature at 42 degrees. While this is all happening the computer is still going about it's business like normal. I can hear the audio from the movie continue perfectly fine, just the display is messed up.
Heat obviously is not the problem. I've tried half a dozen drivers, I've disabled Aero themes (saw someone mention that as a possible fix).
This is the most annoying thing ever. I can't return this to Newegg since I'm well past 30 days so I sent a service message to Sapphire on their site. The card has a 2 year warranty. If all else fails I'll just have to get it replaced with something else. I really liked this card because it's virtually silent, though.
Anyone think of another solution?
Using Win 7 with i7/DDR3. For the record the video seemed a bit funky before I upgraded to i7, but nothing like it is now.
