got my 280x today

tonyt3rry · 22 Nov 2013 at 21:02

after being told my psu would be fine (cx500) i was playing battlefield 4 on ultra and i noticed the pc felt hot could have been normal then i got a crash something about dx something error device removed? anyone had this problem is it related to my psu?

Marine-RX179 · 22 Nov 2013 at 21:05

What driver are you using?

tonyt3rry · 22 Nov 2013 at 21:08

it was the latest beta drivers from when i had my 7850 i thought they all ran off the same thing so didnt bother, just uninstalled it from device manager and trying the beta drivers, im thinking this is related to my psu if so it looks like im gonna have to spend more than I would from ocuk and go to that pc store in the high street

tonyt3rry · 22 Nov 2013 at 21:10

reading online some users are having overheating issues

benjii · 22 Nov 2013 at 21:16

What sort of temperatures is your 280x reaching?

tonyt3rry · 22 Nov 2013 at 21:22

I don't know core temp seems to crash my PC is there a app for windows 8.1

tonyt3rry · 22 Nov 2013 at 21:28

installed hw monitor or something along them lines got it running now gonna try crash the game to see what temps it hits, ill run 3d mark later on

Saitex · 22 Nov 2013 at 21:30

For GPU monitoring use MSI Afterburner and with it check whether you get normal temps

tonyt3rry · 22 Nov 2013 at 21:36

what is normal temps?

tonyt3rry · 22 Nov 2013 at 21:47

was running extreme 3d mark checked after burner 60* is that normal ill run bf4, im thinking about putting my psu to take air out and not in

Marine-RX179 · 22 Nov 2013 at 21:53

tonyt3rry said:
was running extreme 3d mark checked after burner 60* is that normal ill run bf4, im thinking about putting my psu to take air out and not in

It's not the temp then. GPU temp is very health at below 80C.

I am still guessing it could be somewhat Windows 8.1 related...you sure you got the right driver?

tonyt3rry · 22 Nov 2013 at 22:25

I just uninstalled reinstalled but upon boot I got a low res so just let windows do it by going to update driver from device man

tonyt3rry · 22 Nov 2013 at 22:36

No crashes but hasn't been the map that I was on I've found that the heat is coming out of the side of the card where the metal plate is I don't know if its a design flaw or what either way I've had to keep my side off and can feel the heat right now

Marine-RX179 · 22 Nov 2013 at 22:44

Normally for graphic card driver, you shouldn't rely on Windows fetching it for it, but should get on AMD site and download the latest one and install yourself.

Type this instead:
http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/latest-catalyst-windows-beta.aspx

tonyt3rry · 22 Nov 2013 at 22:46

i have the latest catalyst, I dont know if its related to the design of the card as you can feel heat blowing out bad from the side of the card where the grills are when the fan kicks in

tonyt3rry · 22 Nov 2013 at 22:48

on that picture the bit where it says gigabyte is where the heat comes from more than the fans

Nocky24 · 22 Nov 2013 at 22:49

Only time I've seen a DX error in BF4 is when my clocks were unstable. Maybe you've got a dud that doesn't like stock clocks?

Marine-RX179 · 22 Nov 2013 at 22:49

tonyt3rry said:
on that picture the bit where it says gigabyte is where the heat comes from more than the fans

That's what "heatsink" is for. Fan blow into the heatsink, and pushes the heat AWAY from the card. It's totally normal.

tonyt3rry · 22 Nov 2013 at 22:55

Could u recommend a good fan setup if I post a picture of my fan setup now? That's if you don't mind

tonyt3rry · 22 Nov 2013 at 23:06

the top portion of the pc is ice cold its the bottom im having trouble with, the back little fan is pulling in cold air cpu blowing out along with the big red fan