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Why is AMD quiet about black screens on 290x?

Rangerjr1 said:
Guys. I put my 7970 back in, and its so relieving. It just works, 1300/1750 in BF4 no problem. 7970s are DAMN SOLID CARDS.

RMAing my 290x, hopefully im getting a Hynix card next time :/
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yea 7970 rocked.
my 290 is better no doubt.

having issues with a card however is no fun.
 
There is no set pattern and looking at various forums, it black screens at stock or overclocked, and on anything that is GPU demanding. It happens to any brand and any brand of memory (but mostly seems to be Elpida).

RMA time guys sadly.
 
It will black screen in games other than BF4, I can get it to happen in BF3, Crysis 1, Heaven 3.0 and Valley 1.0.

2 things stand out, 1. Overwhelmingly its Elpida cards.
2. Overwhelmingly its Sapphire cards.

I'm going to get in touch with OCUK today and arrange a return.
 
I can overclock to 1100/1350 without blackscreen( i will see if i can set the core higher tonight) . But 1375 on memory causes blackscreen for me. I think its bad quality vram. With some peoples being so bad it blackscreens at stock memory speed. As far as i can see at the minute i just have a card that doesnt overclock very well so have no reason to rma?
 
Elpida and Sapphire are probably just more prevalent because of cost, Elpida seems to be in most people's cards and Sapphire were the cheapest, they are also perhaps the most popular brand among the masses but we'd have to ask Gibbo to confirm that.
 
This seems so similar to to the 7850-7870 faulty capacitor issue which caused black screens but with looping audio after 15mins to 1 hour.

I wonder if a component on the card is getting too hot from the heatsoak?
 
Orangey said:
Elpida and Sapphire are probably just more prevalent because of cost, Elpida seems to be in most people's cards and Sapphire were the cheapest, they are also perhaps the most popular brand among the masses but we'd have to ask Gibbo to confirm that.
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That's very true.

Unfortunately it seems for now atleast the only people interested in this issue are the people who have spent £300-500 on the cards.
 
WTF are people talking about ??
All cards got Elpida and hynix.
Does not matter if its Asus Gigabyte HIS XFX Powercolor ect...

ATM we all got reference cards MADE BY AMD. Companies just stick their stickers on them and make own boxes.
THAT IS IT !!

I got Got sapphire and its fine. Chip is not good clocker but memory can go high.
And i dont have black screen problems besides beta 9.2 drivers.
 
i got the MSI 290X with Hynix ram they can goo really high.I only had blacksreen when i altered the voltage via the added line at the target of AB shortuc.Whenever i use the new AB +100mV it is just fine.
 
Lord_ZED said:
WTF are people talking about ??
All cards got Elpida and hynix.
Does not matter if its Asus Gigabyte HIS XFX Powercolor ect...

ATM we all got reference cards MADE BY AMD. Companies just stick their stickers on them and make own boxes.
THAT IS IT !!

I got Got sapphire and its fine. Chip is not good clocker but memory can go high.
And i dont have black screen problems besides beta 9.2 drivers.
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So Sapphire is a cardboard box maker, I get it now :D Actually, I think AMD make the GPU and the board partners make the boards to a (in this case) reference design.
 
25 quid to post back to Overclockers with insurance. Insanity.

If i do get a refund at the end of the RMA and they deduct the price of BF4, then i've paid a 65 quid surcharge for dipping my toe back into AMD wat ers.
 
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