well, if I buy something I expect it to work out of the box.
its like buying a car and wait for someone to produce tires for it.
none would accept that.
if it was drivers a lot more people would have the issue.
either way, the solution as far produce different answers which would indicate it might be some power issue if its the card or MB or psu or the bios/MB is hard to say.
It might also be a windows 8.1 issue but highly unlikely.
But look at it this way, think about it in a logical manner...
- I have posted in the following threads across the internet:
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1040343134#post1040343134
http://www.simology.co/forums/gaming-platform-pc/3302-r9-290x-display-black-screen?limitstart=0
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=383104
http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf...065218069487298/last/post_2955065218199968194
...in all of these threads people are having a similar problem. A black screen when playing games with audio carrying on. Some are borderless, some have a overclock. The overwhelming majority *seem*, i think, to be running at stock in full screen mode or have not tried full screen mode..
- You can make some assumptions from the information in these threads:
a.) most but not all of the people with the issue seem to have older MB chip-sets.
b.) most but not all of the people with the issue seem to have adequate power.
c.) it is not operating system specific, as the issue occurs across a variety of operating systems.
d.) it is not driver specific, as the issue occurs across a variety of drivers.
Using this information as a base, i can overlay my own personal experience.
a.) I know my system is stable.
b.) I know i have adequate power.
c.) I know i have adequate cooling.
So, it's not too much of a jump to occam's razor this **** into some probable causes.
1. Defective batch of boards.
What is my recourse? I contacted Sapphire and AMD, both of which have failed me as far as first line support goes. I asked OCUK in the support forum if they knew of this issue, they said no. They replied very quickly, for what it is worth.
Knowing what i know, or what i think i know, based on the information presented above, if i RMA the card i have no computer for what.. a week or two while they test it?
If we know that the vast majority of people in this forum who *don't* have the issue seem to have newer chipsets, is it likely the card will also be tested in a newer board. Will they find an issue? I simply can't win here. The most sensible option seems to be to wait for someone to hear back from a sensible board partner or AMD.
2. Some kind of obscure issue with older chipsets, something relating to voltages on certain BIOSes.
What are my options here? I have none expect contact AMD, Sapphire and ASRock. Only ASRock have helped, suggesting it is a driver issue.
3. Some kind of driver issue. What is my recourse here? Wait. That's all i can do.
If i had another card lying around i would probably RMA while i wait, but i gave my 580s to mate, so i cant even use my PC for work, or movies, or Internet, or other things i do, all of which are fine.
Edit: Just to be clear, i only started the Guru 3D thread myself, all the other ones were started by other people. There are also 5-6 people here having the issue?
