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Sapphire 280x crashing

liamd89

liamd89

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My system - i7 4790k, Asus Maximus VII Ranger, 8GB ram...

I have a Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Vapor-X OC graphics card and recently it has been crashing all the time while playing the new UT but also crashed while playing CS:GO.
I've checked the temps and the highest it's getting to is 72 degrees...which should not be an issue.

I have a Hiper S 625W PSU - could this be the problem?

Thanks in advance
 
Well I have the exact same card and having the same issues. You tried the latest drivers (14.10)? That's fixed the issue with mine for now, although for how long I don't know.

Your PSU is pretty generic. As is mine. There's a chance it could be that (replacing mine with an EVGA soon). On full load the card will draw 260w which is a fair bit, and your psu won't be outputting 625w like stated, it'll be lower. For example my 600w only outputs 480w.
 
I have 14.9 installed. Can you link me to the 14.10 driver? I can't find it on their website.

I will try that and if it doesn't fix it, probably upgrade my PSU
 
liamd89 said:
Latest beta is 14.9.1 from what I can see
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Just checked mine's "14.100". Will have a look online.

EDIT: Yeah checked and it does say 14.9.1. Not sure I can help you! Open catalyst and see if it comes up with a prompt maybe? Otherwise try 14.9.1.
 
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liamd89 said:
My system - i7 4790k, Asus Maximus VII Ranger, 8GB ram...

I have a Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Vapor-X OC graphics card and recently it has been crashing all the time while playing the new UT but also crashed while playing CS:GO.
I've checked the temps and the highest it's getting to is 72 degrees...which should not be an issue.

I have a Hiper S 625W PSU - could this be the problem?

Thanks in advance
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Had the same issue with my 290 - Try downloading Radeon Pro and creating a profile which forces the GPU to use max clocks and +50% power.

1) Create a global profile with the game exe
2) Under the 'Profile' option, enable overdrive by selecting the padlock icon followed by the 'enable overdrive' tick box
3) Select 'Always use highest performance clocks while gaming'
4) Apply the changes using the 'Apply changes' button
5) Right click on the game profile and select 'Apply Now'

Worked perfectly for me and this is a known bug!
 
adam98150 said:
Just checked mine's "14.100". Will have a look online.

EDIT: Yeah checked and it does say 14.9.1. Not sure I can help you! Open catalyst and see if it comes up with a prompt maybe? Otherwise try 14.9.1.
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Ah ok, thanks anyway mate.

snips86x said:
Had the same issue with my 290 - Try downloading Radeon Pro and creating a profile which forces the GPU to use max clocks and +50% power.

1) Create a global profile with the game exe
2) Under the 'Profile' option, enable overdrive by selecting the padlock icon followed by the 'enable overdrive' tick box
3) Select 'Always use highest performance clocks while gaming'
4) Apply the changes using the 'Apply changes' button
5) Right click on the game profile and select 'Apply Now'

Worked perfectly for me and this is a known bug!
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Will download it now and give it a go. Thanks
 
snips86x said:
Did you set the profile in RadeonPro? Use MSI After Burner and add the more and memory clock to the OSD and see if it fluctuates.
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I set the PowerTune control to -15 and it has been working for a while now.
I guess this limits the amount of power the gfx card draws? So if I put it to +50 it would surely crash a lot quicker? (if the PSU is my problem)


Edit: Well it just died after a playing for a bit longer :/
 
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liamd89 said:
I set the PowerTune control to -15 and it has been working for a while now.
I guess this limits the amount of power the gfx card draws? So if I put it to +50 it would surely crash a lot quicker? (if the PSU is my problem)


Edit: Well it just died after a playing for a bit longer :/
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Unless you have another PC to try the GPU in, I'd suggest the PSU is the fault. While it may be able to provide the power, it could be an underlying fault with its electronics and I'm not sure I'f trust the unit as they're budgets and don't look great.

Get a 600-700w Superflower & you'll be fine - with the hardware you've got I most certainly wouldn't risk a cheap PSU!
 
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