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DivideByZero:
With both CB 8.xx and 10.05, my source editor pane corrupts text frequently during scrolling.

This results in an editor pane that looks like a corrupted image, with half lines of text being repeated, etc...

Clicking the mouse in the editor pane, to double click a word, or drag-select some text, or similar action, usually causes a refresh which removes the corruption.

Research on the internet did suggest that there was a similar problem with wxWidgets at some point, but I'm reasonably sure that this didn't start happening until after I installed a new graphics card (6870).

Updating to 10.05 did not resolve the issue, neither did reinstalling the graphics drivers (Catalyst 10.10b Hotfix). I'm using a custom syntax highlighting color scheme, and Consolas (at 16 or 18 pt, IIRC), in case it matters.

Have not tested the PCs RAM, going to do that tonight, but I can only reproduce the problem with CB.

Any suggestions appreciated...

oBFusCATed:
Try Scite, it uses the same (almost) component for the editor.
Another thing you could try is CodeLite, I think it also uses wxScintilla for its editor.

Jenna:
Minimizing and resuming should fix it too.
But that's of course just a workaround, not a fix.

If I understand correctly, the issue starts after installing a new graphics card.

Seems to be an ATI/AMD problem: see here: http://www.overclock.net/ati/850691-official-amd-radeon-hd-6850-6870-a-130.html#post11460642 .
And after reading more of the thread, I think either the HD6870 or the drivers are not really stable.

If that's the case, we will (most likely) not be able to (easily) fix this.

DivideByZero:
Thanks, folks.

The 6870 is so new that Catalyst 10.11 doesn't even support it (I tired that, too :D).

I'll see what 10.12 brings, it does look like it's up to AMD to sort out.

At least I can probably skip testing my RAM...

Cheers!

DivideByZero:
Couldn't reproduce with Catalyst 10.12, problem appears sorted.

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