Why is AMD quiet about black screens on 290x?

[Rangerjr1]

Duff VRM?

voltage regulator issue (From MSI AB or similar) since most programs deliver in 6.25-6.5mV bulks (correct me if im wrong) and the 290x voltage regulator is designed for 5.5mV. So it goes to ****. Which leads me to believe people with high ASIC cards are doing better than most (Some gets the issue, some dont, some get it later than others and some earlier).

MSI AB/GPU Tweak issue in combination with the drivers. Ill wait and see.

 

[Rangerjr1]

Hmmm my 670 has been refusing to recognise 1 monitor after coming out of sleep, resulting in me having to disable it in the control panel to force it to work again. This screws up the icons and desktop layout each time which is very very frustrating...Didn't hear Nvidia say anything about it, should I have made a thread?

I dont know, should you?

 

[Rangerjr1]

To clarify, your card works fine at stock volts even when overclocked but when you want to overclock more and you add more volts, it gives a black screen? 60Hz helps (but I assume it still does it) but it happens all the time on 120Hz?

Is that pretty much it? or am I missing something?

Pretty much it, 60hz will let me overvolt a tiny bit more before black screens.

 

[Rangerjr1]

lol honestly it just sounds like your clock is unstable and that is the way it handles the crashes.

FOR THE 10TH FDSGBAERTFqgbr time it DOES NOT CRASH.

 

[Rangerjr1]

Guys, i retested to be sure. Over volting on stock clocks i still get black screen.

 

[Rangerjr1]

Just sounds like you have a card that isn't a great one.

Yea you're not getting it.

 

[Rangerjr1]

Nope and by the sounds of it, you are not getting it. If it performs as it should do at stock volts, no vendor will guarantee overclocks (at least I don't think so) by adding more volts.

You have the ability to overclock on stock volts and it works well from what I can see but you want that golden card (like your 7970) but sadly this can't always be a given and we have to lump it.

Black screen when overvolting on STOCK CLOCKS. Now please leave, you're only annoying at this point.

 

[Rangerjr1]

Does doing a power off (holding power button) not solve the black screen?

I can get my pc to black screen when I oc the memory anything over stock but the core can go to 1150 on stock volts, I've tried the sapphire bios, asus 290 bios and asus 290x bios all the same result.

When my pc gets the black screen it needs me to turn off and back on to get display back.

Its probably a driver/OC tool issue.

 

[Rangerjr1]

Why do you need to over volt on stock clocks?

Really now, drop the attitude.

Im trying to make a point, its not the clocks causing the black screen.

 

[Rangerjr1]

Have you tried all the different various overclock tools? Afterburner, gpu tweak, his iturbo, trixxx, the powercolor overclock tool. (don't know the exact name of it) There might be others i can't think of.

AFAIK only MSI AB and ASUS Tweak will over volt. And both cause the same issue.

 

[Rangerjr1]

I offered you a reason why it could be doing it and you chose not to accept it. Your attitude stinks and you seriously need to chill out a bit.

No bother though, as I will add you to the ignore list function.

Cool.

You're claiming im whining about a dud overclocker, which im not. I did 1270 on this card. How is your reasoning valid when the clocks i have issues at could be anything?

 

[Rangerjr1]

I wonder how many of us who can either get the black screen by overclocking or get it at stock are on Windows 8/8.1?

I am on 8.1 x64.

Try to max out the voltages in MSI AB and launch valley. Spin around quickly, this induces the black screen very fast. Stay on stock clocks though.

 

[Rangerjr1]

That doesn't black screen for me.

What causes the black screen for me is taking the memory anything over stock 1250 even 1255 will black screen.

Are you windows 8, 8.1 or 7?

8.1 64 bit

 

[Rangerjr1]

Might be worth trying others. HIS produce 290's and they never voltage lock their cards. Even their cheap as chips 7950 @£160 had full voltage control for core and memory. Respect HIS.

Ill try it out later, thanks Matt.

 

[Rangerjr1]

To be fair this is not the only complaint about Black Screens on the 290/X.

Having said that if your not getting them with the card (untouched) then its not broken as such, thats not to say nothing is wrong with it, or the drivers, or a combination of that and the OS.

If its Black Screening (untouched) just send it back, if not, accept you didn't get a great one for tweaking, wait for improvements, or DSR if unimpressed.

I did 1270 on it, and it scored appropriately. I had a black screen during the whole bench.

Now really guys, this is not about the cards capabilities of ocing.

 

[Rangerjr1]

To me this sounds like the vddc isn't applying correctly and its mucking up voltages suitable for stock clocks.

Have you tried a different bios? What brand is the card? If not asus try the asus bios.

And I say this in the nicest possible way....speak to others how you wish to be spoken to, users will be less willing to help if you speak to them like dirt

I get what you're saying. But people keep claiming im whining about a dud overclocker, which it is not. I got 1270/1650 out of it.

 

[Rangerjr1]

I dont understand why Gregster got so butthurt though. He's a great guy dont get me wrong, but it looked like he delibirately ignored what i said.

 

[Rangerjr1]

Yeah, i hate people who do that o_O

Im not even sure if you're being sarcastic or something.

 

[Rangerjr1]

Take a deep breath and get the topic back on track. ^

Teach me some breathing exercises please.

 

[Rangerjr1]

Unfortunately im not a mid wife.

lol.

Thanks for trying to help me out matt, i guess ill just have to wait and see if the drivers and/or oc tools fix it.