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Why is AMD quiet about black screens on 290x?
- Thread starter Rangerjr1
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They prefer ****ed off customers?
Most of their customers have convinced themselves that the sun shines out of their backside, the rest stay with NVidia.
Email a few popular tech sites and alert them to the problem?
1. I dont want 780tis burning down my house as a result of faulty PCBs.
2. i dont want to pay as much as they demand for the performance.
3. i dont want physx or cuda.
4. Mantle.
Oh great, so waiting one year isnt that unrealistic?
Great job AMD great job! Maybe i should get GK104 while im at it (Dealing with stupid ****)
Had no issues with my golden 7970. Didnt get it at launch though.
Im not RMAing my 290x.
1200 OC is fine at 60Hz, but kind of defeats the purpose of running 1200 if i cant run 120hz on my screen.
Their beta testers are ****. If 1/4 (if not more) gets these black screens, some even on stock. You KNOW they barely tested these cards. Its stupid, its ****ing me off.
Ive got it water cooled with 3x 360 rads.
Only overclocked, i can do 1100/1450 stock voltage. No black screens. I can do 1125 slight artifacting. Again no black screen. If i overvolt to fix the artifacting i will get a black screen. And only at 120hz. The clocks seems irellevant. Its the fact that im over volting it. Some people have mentioned that the VRM on these cards cant cooperate properly with the cards due to different power delivery (7.5mV in bulks on MSI AB and the card is made to handle 5mV, something like that). And this is why i think i can get an avarage oc on my card, since i have avarage ASIC. If this idea is correct, people with the black screen problem AND LOW ASIC should have a lot more issues when over volting.
That is correct.
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Is it possible to set a higher 2d core clock, memory clock/voltage to overcome this issue OP? You can setup 2d/3d profiles in afterburner with custom clocks and voltage settings.
Cant get it to work properly, it wont initiate the different clock profiles.
Changing clocks, voltage and everything is no problem. I just cant get the profiles to initiate depending on whats on the screen.
Try using 'unofficial overclocking mode without powerplay support', as in the screenshot. Does that make 120hz work properly?
It does not.
Why wont my profiles initiate though?
Applying the 2d profile (Stock settings) and the card will go into 300/1250. If i apply my 3d profile it'll do 1180/1500 and not drop.
I have done this so many times. Its one of three: 1. Faulty card. 2. Bad voltage control in current oc programs. 3. Driver issue.
Running stock or even 1100/1450 is no problem for me either. Its once i start overvolting (I dont even have to overclock) i get issues.
???
You cant be serious? You guys are not listening/read my posts.
http://www.3dmark.com/fs/1133210
1270/1625
For the last time. The card will OVERCLOCK just fine, but im getting a black screen when i overvolt too much, and it helps to run 60hz, no idea why. (It doesnt crash just output disconnection)
BINGO.
It stops the blackscreening to a certain degree, but if i overvolt more its back to black screens. and yes, its as if someone disconnected my DVI.
Black screen of death? Its not of death exactly, i just have to reconnect the DVI or alt + f4 the app causing it.
And yes, ONLY if volts are applied.