still got a issue with my crossfire 290xs

[Jordan777]

hey

after some help.i got a really bad problem with my crossfire setup in BF4. i Keep getting the below spiking and its driving me mad. On a Single card it does not do it, as soon as i put it into crossfire mode within 10 mins once machine warmed up it starts to do it and its every 10 secs it happens while in game. Please see below settings

5760x1200 Running Mantle on ultra 3 screens
Overclocked to 4.5
Cards are set at 1100/1350
Power Limit 50mv
Vol 30MV

Tried All Drivers and still the same. Currently on 14.7. If i run stock its fine and also run at 1100/1350 and low vaults its fine. If i exceed 35mv for better clock speeds and keep getting this every 10 secs ?

i checked my temps and after 30 mins of gaming even under water my cpu does get upto 75-80c. and my cards at 60c plus

any ideas

also see below specs

 

[tommybhoy]

If i run stock its fine and also run at 1100/1350 and low vaults its fine. If i exceed 35mv and keep getting this every 10 secs ?

An unstable gpu oc, error correction kicking in.

 

[VincentHanna]

Have you disabled ULPS?

Edit: Previous poster makes a good point, do you actually need to overclock them? 2x 290x's is pretty beefy at stock speeds.

 

[Jordan777]

yea got ULPS disabled in trixx. The cards i have a Ref 290x i never been happy with them since i had them. Why does it happen like 10 mins into a game ?

 

[pgi947]

What vram usage are you seeing in game? I'd imagine that resolution + mantle is touching rather close to 4gb.

 

[LtMatt]

Possibly exceeding the vram limit would be my best guess, as that is not normal.

1. Download my user.cfg file. Place it in your BF4.exe folder.
2. Play BF4.
3. When that starts happening bring up the ingame console, press `.
4. Type Render.Screenshot. It will be saved in your my docs/bf4 folder.
5. Post the screenshot here wrapped in spoiler tags.

 

[Jordan777]

ok so been playing for 20 min's not as bad this time but still getting them and also cpu spikes also. For some reason its showing the cpu at 3.3 well its currently running 4.5

as requested

 

[Jordan777]

settings in sap trixx

 

[LtMatt]

Just read your OP again. Are you saying you only get that when you run a certain overclock on your gpu's?

 

[pgi947]

4054 of 4096mb used, I'd start by trying to get that down tbh...

 

[LtMatt]

An unstable gpu oc, error correction kicking in.

You're on the limit for vram OP, but until you exceed that it should be ok. I'd also look to bring it down. Dial AA down a notch or something.

However i think Tommy may have called it correctly earlier in the thread.

 

[Jordan777]

hey

thanks for the replys. No if for example i keep the cards at 1100/1350 with 30mv volts every so often i get this. if i keep these setting and go above 30mv it starts to do it more often ? to get 1150/1350 i have to use 60mv and its every 10 secs while gaming. the higher the mv the worse it gets ?

 

[Jordan777]

are you saying try a lower video settings in BF4 like high not ultra ?

 

[LtMatt]

hey

thanks for the replys. No if for example i keep the cards at 1100/1350 with 30mv volts every so often i get this. if i keep these setting and go above 30mv it starts to do it more often ? to get 1150/1350 i have to use 60mv and its every 10 secs while gaming. the higher the mv the worse it gets ?

Unstable OC, just run at stock. Try lowering AA a tad too.

 

[Jordan777]

UPDATE **
Right i been playing again guys and watching the Vram. Played again for 20 mins had settings on High with 2AA and still got the same issue. Vram was getting upto a max of 3600mb so i dont think the issue lies here.

 

[LtMatt]

UPDATE **
Right i been playing again guys and watching the Vram. Played again for 20 mins had settings on High with 2AA and still got the same issue. Vram was getting upto a max of 3600mb so i dont think the issue lies here.

Have you tried with your gpu/cpu/memory at stock?

 

[Kaapstad]

Have you tried DX11 for very high resolutions it works better than Mantle.

Your VRAM usage will also go down quite a bit with DX11 too.