Eyefinity - "The Line" problem

[ViciousXUSMC]

I know I saw at least one other person with the issue. A line going across the center monitor near the bottom where the line is a effect similar to tearing if you do not use vsync but what the problem really is is a slower refresh or sync with just that one monitor in just that one place.

You will only see it while in motion it doesn't have to be in a game. I can take this windowed forum window and drag it across all 3 screens in eyefinity SLS mode and 2 of the screens are perfect but in that one spot on the center monitor you see it has a delay causing the window to tear, the faster I move the larger the tear.

So what this equates to is a ominous line going across most of your games making you feel like you have vsync off. I thought it was my DP monitor only as once upon a time I had it on my right monitor and not my center, but now its on my center so its a lot more bothersome so it must be related to something driver/software and not hardware/wiring.

[Robobandit]

Try disabling ATI Overdrive and see if it goes away.

I had an issue that seems similar to what you describe where the bottom of the screen "flickers" every so often. The other two monitors are fine, it happens on my center display as well.

Disabled ATI overdrive and it no longer occurs.

[ViciousXUSMC]

overdrive is not enabled in my case.

[Mach1.9pants]

I get the same issue with overdrive as well, I know it is not a help for you XUSMC. If I overclock or underclock with OD or any other tool, the tearing appears until I hit default.

Have you tried the BETA DiRT2 drivers? That may sort it.

[ViciousXUSMC]

I wanted to test to see what its like with overdrive on... and OUCH problem is way worse.

I get like a severe artifact like distortion about 2/3 up on my left monitor and 1/5 up on my center monitor. Doing almost anything other than just moving my mouse or typing causes a sever desync of the screen in those areas.

Opened a game to test it and I get the "line" right there in exactly those two spots. Its not artifacts its just a desync or a slower refresh or something. The desktop error is a lot worse than in game it causes my background to go all crazy and the entire part of the desktop below the line to get all garbled untill I stop doing what ever action I am doing at the time to cause it.

Just draging a window around makes it go crazy. Shame I really wanted to turn on overdrive and overclock the cards. Dirt 2 can push me into the 20's on FPS so a few extra frames would have really helped.

[Guthwulf]

I also get the line, for me it's about and inch and a half from the bottom of my centre screen. For the record I'm using a 5770 with a 1 dp monitor, a dvi and finally a VGA be ause I'm poor :). The line was on my left monitor but thanks to the flickering issue I had to move my monitors around for eyefinity rather than adjust their positions in the driver.


I'd love to hear of a solution to this as it's annoying the hell out of me. I normally play eve where it less of an issue but on anything else it's a pain.

[ViciousXUSMC]

Upon further inspection I actually have 2 lines, one near the bottom of the center and one about 1/3 up on the left. I didnt really notice it until I was looking for it. Though it seems the 2nd line is not nearly as bad so its harder to notice.

I tried to overclock with the AMD GPU tool and while it did seem to make it worse it was not the same effect as enabling ati overdrive. Also I crashed at only 600/900 or what ever the standard max is, so my cards cant overclock very well at all.

[McKie]

hey, is this something similar to what i am experiencing.

http://home.comcast.net/~mckie_titus/after_installing_clone.htm

[ViciousXUSMC]

hey, is this something similar to what i am experiencing.

http://home.comcast.net/~mckie_titus/after_installing_clone.htm

Yep looks the same, my lines are in the same two places just on the left and center monitor while yours is the two outside ones.

If you drag a window left and right across those lines you should see some tearing where the bottom below the "line" cant refresh as fast.

If you would be as to so kind to test and see if it has the same effect for you.

[bowenac]

I watched that video and that is exactly what was happening to me.

So I might have been the person you were referring to. And I have noticed that it does this while switching from eyefinity to extended this does not happen while in eyefinity mode so I only get tearing while in extended.

I found out that if I keep switching back and forth or running the extended dekstop shortcut I created a few times it will fix itself. This does not always happen but sometimes it does and again if I set it to extended again while it is already in extended the problem will go away. Sometimes it takes a few trys.

I honestly think most all of the eyefinity problems are from the driver and catalyst. I am still going strong with my dell adapter but when I switch from eyefinity to extended sometimes I get this tearing and have also exp my DP to DVI monitor sometimes will flash and turn off while doing this. So I just keep switching back and forth till it fixes itself. Also while switching from extended to eyefinity it does take the desktop shortcut three executes to work. This has to be a problem with catalyst.

Lets all hope they release a new driver here soon that fixes these problems.

[McKie]

It does, I get this effect on whatever two monitors are on the DVI ports. I disabled Overdrive. and it goes away. except when I boot up or shut down I get a little of the distortion right before it shuts down and right after it boots up

[McKie]

I honestly think most all of the eyefinity problems are from the driver and catalyst. I am still going strong with my dell adapter but when I switch from eyefinity to extended sometimes I get this tearing and have also exp my DP to DVI monitor sometimes will flash and turn off while doing this. So I just keep switching back and forth till it fixes itself. Also while switching from extended to eyefinity it does take the desktop shortcut three executes to work. This has to be a problem with catalyst.

Lets all hope they release a new driver here soon that fixes these problems.

I would agree with you. I have been dealing with this for two days strait and you might of been following another issue people are having with Eyefinity and the active adapter.

I have come to the conclusion also that this is a driver and catalyst Problem. When I tried switching between eyefinity and extended That's when all my major issues started. and i had the second DVI port on both cards showing only black and white. I had to restore my OS from a clone I made prior. and that was after I took two cards back and exchanged them for different ones. that had the same issues. at this point I am Just going to monitor these forums and AMD/ATI. and wait for new drivers and or fix. before i even try anymore. I'm burnt out from all this.and want to sit back and enjoy some computing

[ontariotl]

I'm with you guys and I'm tired of fighting with it as well. I now took a video of the issue and posted it on another forum as well with hopes someone may have a solution. I thought for sure that the 9.12 drivers would eliminate this problem. Then I started to think that maybe it was just me. I hear all about the other tearing issues with overclocking on the desktop, but no one really addressed the refresh issue even with no overclocking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saG2mr6qM_8

My problem persisted with either the DP adaptor or native DP connection, so more than likely its a driver issue. I know the 4870x2 had issues when it first came out, and most were fixed within the first 2 months of release. So far owning both 5870 and 5970, I'm starting to pull out whatever hair I have left.

[boredtotears001]

I am resurrecting this thread because i am still searching for a solution and was hoping one of you had found it.

I have a 5850 with a 9800gtx dedicated physx card, 3 monitors and the one using DP is the only with the line problem. Switching back and forth from extended to eyefinity does nothing, already have overdrive disabled, and have uninstalled drivers with driver sweeper and reinstalled them all to no avail.

So do you guys find a solution or are you just waiting for a new driver to be released?

[bowenac]

I'm with you guys and I'm tired of fighting with it as well. I now took a video of the issue and posted it on another forum as well with hopes someone may have a solution. I thought for sure that the 9.12 drivers would eliminate this problem. Then I started to think that maybe it was just me. I hear all about the other tearing issues with overclocking on the desktop, but no one really addressed the refresh issue even with no overclocking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saG2mr6qM_8

My problem persisted with either the DP adaptor or native DP connection, so more than likely its a driver issue. I know the 4870x2 had issues when it first came out, and most were fixed within the first 2 months of release. So far owning both 5870 and 5970, I'm starting to pull out whatever hair I have left.

Hey I was the one who left you that comment on you tube haha.

[ontariotl]

[quote]I'm with you guys and I'm tired of fighting with it as well. I now took a video of the issue and posted it on another forum as well with hopes someone may have a solution. I thought for sure that the 9.12 drivers would eliminate this problem. Then I started to think that maybe it was just me. I hear all about the other tearing issues with overclocking on the desktop, but no one really addressed the refresh issue even with no overclocking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saG2mr6qM_8

My problem persisted with either the DP adaptor or native DP connection, so more than likely its a driver issue. I know the 4870x2 had issues when it first came out, and most were fixed within the first 2 months of release. So far owning both 5870 and 5970, I'm starting to pull out whatever hair I have left.

Hey I was the one who left you that comment on you tube haha.

And so you did. I gave up on using the hotfix 9.12 driver and went back to beta 5. Lack of xfire support but a lot more stable. I still have that line though, even with switching back and forth....it just moves to another monitor. Frustrating!!!!

[ViciousXUSMC]

Would be nice to get some kind of official word on this bug and see it acknowledge and being worked on.

Its single handedly my only major qualm with eyefinity right now, I can deal with broken profiles, and other small minor annoyances but having my games and work interrupted with a tearing due to some kind of refresh issue is too much. Seems everybody has it but 99% of you can fix it by turning off overdrive. For me is there even with it off, and just much much worse if I turn it on.

So that to me says maybe not software but hardware is possible as some cards may be more stable/capable than others. I just read about a bios update to boost the DP signal power to fix some kind of flickering problem, it sounds similar to this problem but just the opposite, my issue is on the two monitors connected with DVI I think and my DP monitor is the only one with no issues.

[McKie]

Yeah Id like to know also. I don't even try to go back and forth between one monitor and a eyefinity group. I'm afraid of what will happen . If its anything like my last experience. even my ATI overdrive is still locked. I'm afraid to use that as well

[Phoenixdancer]

I think they need to give us a bios update...

With Overdrive on i get tearing with my 5970 on 2 monitors...

But with it off and useing MSi ocing tool i dont :D

[McKie]

Like ViciousXUSMC said . I never have been given a strait answer on this issue. I have had indications that ATI is aware of it, but nothing solid. So for now I just don't even try and use overdrive. My cards have been staying cool on Auto just (as is).