R9 290X Owners Thread

jwilliamson47 · 18 Feb 2015 at 18:44

lol I'm totally lost here, I tested the crossfire cards in heaven, worked no problem at all, same with other GPU stress tests. Then I browse the web or idle the cards and it just freezes. Exactly the same happens randomly when I load a game, the screen will go black like games do for a second but then it just hangs.

LtMatt · 18 Feb 2015 at 19:03

jwilliamson47 said:
lol I'm totally lost here, I tested the crossfire cards in heaven, worked no problem at all, same with other GPU stress tests. Then I browse the web or idle the cards and it just freezes. Exactly the same happens randomly when I load a game, the screen will go black like games do for a second but then it just hangs.

Have you setup your trust yet?

gareth170 · 18 Feb 2015 at 19:07

jwilliamson47 said:
lol I'm totally lost here, I tested the crossfire cards in heaven, worked no problem at all, same with other GPU stress tests. Then I browse the web or idle the cards and it just freezes. Exactly the same happens randomly when I load a game, the screen will go black like games do for a second but then it just hangs.

when you try playing a game try under clocking the gpu/memory clocks. i know you shouldn't have too, but if it works then you'll know it's gpu related.

mine just randomly freezes even sometimes at idle

but i found out one card as a dodgy memory which freeze very randomly.

jwilliamson47 · 18 Feb 2015 at 19:11

AMDMatt said:
Have you setup your trust yet?

Afraid not, I'm unable to do it unless a mod approves it I believe due to my post count

LtMatt · 18 Feb 2015 at 19:12

jwilliamson47 said:
Afraid not, I'm unable to do it unless a mod approves it I believe due to my post count

That does not sound right, you have over 600 posts. Contact a don.

jwilliamson47 · 18 Feb 2015 at 19:12

gareth170 said:
when you try playing a game try under clocking the gpu/memory clocks. i know you shouldn't have too, but if it works then you'll know it's gpu related.

mine just randomly freezes even sometimes at idle

Yeah, it seems quite randomly and most of the time it's at idle. It hasn't crashed once in a single game, only when loading it after pressing play from Steam. I've also noticed the GPU usage is all over the place from 45%-99% in certain games.

jwilliamson47 · 18 Feb 2015 at 19:15

"Once you reach 1000 posts, you will need to activate your trust.The Trust system is for Members Market feedback only and not to be used for general user comments. Abusing the trust system will not be tolerated and such abuse will result in your account being suspended/ banned. Trust activation is either found in your UserCP, or you can press the trust button that appears at the bottom of all your posts."

LtMatt · 18 Feb 2015 at 19:17

jwilliamson47 said:
"Once you reach 1000 posts, you will need to activate your trust.The Trust system is for Members Market feedback only and not to be used for general user comments. Abusing the trust system will not be tolerated and such abuse will result in your account being suspended/ banned. Trust activation is either found in your UserCP, or you can press the trust button that appears at the bottom of all your posts."

You should still be able to set it up, i think. All it means is we can email each other offline.

jwilliamson47 · 18 Feb 2015 at 19:18

jwilliamson47 said:
Afraid not, I'm unable to do it unless a mod approves it I believe due to my post count

AMDMatt said:
You should still be able to set it up, i think. All it means is we can email each other offline.

Yeah, I'll contact a mod and see if they can set it up for me!

gareth170 · 18 Feb 2015 at 19:19

jwilliamson47 said:
I've also noticed the GPU usage is all over the place from 45%-99% in certain games.

thats normal tho, mine does that in some games. it could be bottlenecking or something.

u won't see 100% all the time in all games, the only way you'll 100% is when your GPU bottlenecking

jwilliamson47 · 18 Feb 2015 at 19:25

AMDMatt said:
You should still be able to set it up, i think. All it means is we can email each other offline.

Sorry Matt, I was being stupid, it's been setup now haha

LtMatt · 18 Feb 2015 at 19:28

jwilliamson47 said:
Sorry Matt, I was being stupid, it's been setup now haha

Cool.

Did you check out my guide here? Apologies if you already did!

Bonjour · 18 Feb 2015 at 19:28

'Offline' is where the magic happens.

LtMatt · 18 Feb 2015 at 19:28

Bonjour said:
'Offline' is where the magic happens.

I'm not providing that kind of assistance! :eek:

gareth170 · 18 Feb 2015 at 19:29

after hitman benchmark

jwilliamson47 · 18 Feb 2015 at 19:30

AMDMatt said:
I'm not providing that kind of assistance!

*hides in a box*

jwilliamson47 · 18 Feb 2015 at 19:32

AMDMatt said:
Cool.

Did you check out my guide here? Apologies if you already did!

I did, at first disabling ULPS, on first reboot, it froze as soon as I opened Afterburner. After hard reseting, afterburner became stable again.

LtMatt · 18 Feb 2015 at 19:32

gareth170 said:
after hitman benchmark

Hitman at 1080P is bottlenecked for Crossfire. I can just about overcome it with two 290X cards if i run my 5960X at 4.9Ghz and even then i don't completely eliminate it.

jwilliamson47 said:
I did, at first disabling ULPS, on first reboot, it froze as soon as I opened Afterburner. After hard reseting, afterburner became stable again.

What were your full specs?

gareth170 · 18 Feb 2015 at 19:38

AMDMatt said:
Hitman at 1080P is bottlenecked for Crossfire. I can just about overcome it with two 290X cards if i run my 5960X at 4.9Ghz and even then i don't completely eliminate it.

that what i mean, he won't see 100% all the time if it's bottlenecking

jwilliamson47 · 18 Feb 2015 at 19:38

AMDMatt said:
Hitman at 1080P is bottlenecked for Crossfire. I can just about overcome it with two 290X cards if i run my 5960X at 4.9Ghz and even then i don't completely eliminate it.

What were your full specs?

Here we go...

(I've turned everyone down to stock to eliminate any chance of an unstable overclock on RAM/CPU)

Intel I7 4770K
Gigabyte Z87X-OC Motherboard
16GB Avexir Core 2400MHz (Cl11) RAM
Swiftech H320 360mm AIO CPU Cooler
Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Case
3xNoctua IndustrialPPC fans
Sapphire Vapor-x 8GB 290x (Crossfire)
480GB Seagate SSD
3TB Western Digital RED NAS HDD
1500Watt Silverstone 80+ Gold SST-ST1500-GS