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Checkered pattern tearing appearing in firefox

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Bramily
Bramily
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All of the sudden I have checkered patterns tearing up my firefox browser.

here is a screenshot

http://oi62.tinypic.com/29aqw5i.jpg

Im using dual monitors (the screenshot only shows my right monitor)

My comp has been up and running stable for 5 months w/out any issues ever

system specs. Win 7 ult i7 3770k OCd 4.5ghz 16gb DDR3 Ram Sapphire HD 7970 OC w/ boost 3gb DDR5 Graphics card 850w power supply fully custom water cooling low temps 35c under load. SSD boot drive, 7200rpm storage drives

All of the sudden I have checkered patterns tearing up my firefox browser. here is a screenshot http://oi62.tinypic.com/29aqw5i.jpg Im using dual monitors (the screenshot only shows my right monitor) My comp has been up and running stable for 5 months w/out any issues ever system specs. Win 7 ult i7 3770k OCd 4.5ghz 16gb DDR3 Ram Sapphire HD 7970 OC w/ boost 3gb DDR5 Graphics card 850w power supply fully custom water cooling low temps 35c under load. SSD boot drive, 7200rpm storage drives

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philipp
philipp
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hello, that looks like an issue with hardware acceleration. please try updating your graphics driver - this should be the right link for your configuration: [http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows%207%20-%2064
or in case this doesn't solve the issue disable hardware acceleration in firefox > options > advanced > general.

Bramily
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I restarted my computer and issue hasnt repeated yet. Also I get my drivers from sapphire, not AMD

cor-el
cor-el
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Note that such issues can also be caused by overheating of the graphics display card, so if you have tweaked settings then try a setting with less strain. You can also check the temperature of the GDU if that is possible.

Bramily
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as I said, I have a custom liquid cooling system with constant temp monitoring. My highest temp in my comp is 35c.