Quote Originally Posted by HeXploiT View Post
How can you deduce that vertical stripes point to a buggy driver?
You don't know that this isn't a hardware issue.
Now I'm inexperienced with ATi cards over the past couple of years and perhaps you have some knowledge/experience from which you draw this hypothesis. If this is the case please do tell.
For many of us a driver issue isn't such a big deal. I want to know if it's hardware so I can RMA the damn card. If it's software then I don't have to worry so much that I bought a bad product.
So please inform the rest of us as to how you've reached this conclusion as this is the answer many of us are seeking.
Well, saying that it 'points' to a buggy driver is a long way from 'deducing' or drawing any conclusions as you put it.
The fact that the driver crashes and recovers so often, strongly suggests that the driver it buggy, therefore, it's a logical place to start as the source of other issues. Again, thats just a suspicion, not a fact.

But please go ahead and RMA your card. I'll wager it'll be send back with a little note saying 'no fault found'.