Soldato
Been playing for a while using 14.3 and had no blackscreens 
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AMD R9 290 (Non-X, Pro, etc) Owners Club
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Caporegime
Been playing for a while using 14.3 and had no blackscreens
Good. those 14.4 Drivers didn't come directly from AMD, its why i have given them a miss.
I will wait for AMD to release them through proper channels.
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Getting black screen very regular on 14.4 stock clocks on my tri-x, watching Netflix last night and got 4 in a one film.
Just Hope its the drivers
Just Hope its the drivers
Soldato
Just changed the stock fans, 2x140 intake at front and 1x140 at the rear, in my Corsair Air 540 for 3 Corsair AF120 performace high air flow at the front and 1 at the rear.
The reason I mention this is now I have a complete case height air intake the flow goes over the 290 a lot better and, even though this is too early to tell for sure, my GPU temp was in the 63 degree range and not high 60's low 70's as it usually is when gaming.
As I said too early to tell if this is going to be a consistent drop but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
The reason I mention this is now I have a complete case height air intake the flow goes over the 290 a lot better and, even though this is too early to tell for sure, my GPU temp was in the 63 degree range and not high 60's low 70's as it usually is when gaming.
As I said too early to tell if this is going to be a consistent drop but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Soldato
Well it didn't fix my problem, just got a blackscreen 5 minutes in 
Caporegime
Well it didn't fix my problem, just got a blackscreen 5 minutes in
Time to try my suggestion.
I've never had a driver version cause a black screen.
Soldato
Yeah I've clocked it down to reference clocks. Hope it works.
Soldato
Just turned my pc on and it's idling at 42C. The core clock is stuck in 3D mode 
Bizarre.
Bizarre.
Caporegime
Just turned my pc on and it's idling at 42C. The core clock is stuck in 3D mode
Is that on the new 14.4 WHQL drivers?
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Just turned my pc on and it's idling at 42C. The core clock is stuck in 3D mode
lol sorry mate. Those were the type's of issue's I used to have when I had AMD cards. Don't have those issues anymore
Caporegime
lol sorry mate. Those were the type's of issue's I used to have when I had AMD cards. Don't have those issues anymore
Yes because Nvidia drivers never have any issues at all do they.
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Caporegime
1749 pages of different driver issues in that link Retro. Going by your assumption it appears that Nvidia drivers have more issues. Of course im not daft enough to believe that only one side has issues and the other is perfect. Now really, if you're just here to troll rather than help, don't bother and save yourself the infraction.
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Caporegime
Just turned my pc on and it's idling at 42C. The core clock is stuck in 3D mode
Just tried single card and crossfire, stock and overclocked (both core and mem) and benched Valley on each setting and every time the card went back to the correct 2D clocks, on 14.4 WHQL.
Soldato
It was just on boot, i hadn't even ran anything 
Caporegime
It was just on boot, i hadn't even ran anything
Which drivers?
Soldato
14.3
I'll check it again when i finish work.
I'll check it again when i finish work.
Caporegime
Use the new drivers. I had my core get locked in 2D mode on 14.3 as well. It was after a crash/black screen due to unstable overclocking. I tested 14.4 and it does not happen any more.