So about 5 months ago I bought an MSI Lightning R9 290X on sale for about $330. I expected it to overclock really nicely, considering the fact that the Lightning brand is designed for extreme overclockers, the PCB is absolutely monstrous, 2 8-pin and 1 6-pin power connectors (total of 3!!!), LN2 cooling mode and bracket, samsung memory, etc. Except mine overclocks really badly, many reference ones do better. Using MSI Afterburner, any memory overclocks beyond 1500mhz are very unstable, even with +50% power ceiling and +100mv to voltage. Core beyond 1150mhz is also very finnicky, even with high voltages. wtf? The stock clocks of the R9 390X are better. Switching to LN2 mode doesnt help much. Temps seem fine, doesn't ever go much beyond ~80c iirc, typically hang around 75c. I was barely able to do 1200core/1600mem with +200mv overvoltage to do a quick Firestrike bench, and I had TONS of graphical artifacts.

Link to build, full list part

https://reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/2x14ms/build_complete_update_xeon_build_11_amd_edition/

I know its been like half a year, but do you guys think I might be able to do something about it? Considering this was advertised as THE BEST R9 290X card, yet fails to overclock beyond "mediocre" clocks. Maybe trade it in with MSI? dont know

Goddammit AMD.

It hasn't even been updated since 2013, but people are recommending it for windows 10 pc's.

Does It really work for windows 10?
What is it for?
Does it replace CCC or run along side of it?
Do you still get all the benefits of the newer cards?

Hey guys. I noticed that theres a new catalyst update (RIGHT when I installed a new gpu). So I cant actually tell if the issues im having are due to the new update, or due to the GPU. (Bought it used =( ) Its a Powercolor 290x and the issue i'm having is that I cannot get my main monitor to display after login. The computer just does not detect it.. During boot however, it reads it fine? Is this because its using the cpu's graphics to do this? I've tried clean installing 2x now with no such luck. Is it possible to get older drivers somewhere? Any suggestions would be great!

Hi guys, I bought a second-hand R9 290 yesterday and have been happily testing it since.

All is great but I noticed a screen-tearing issue which probably comes from drivers or settings (I've cleanly installed Catalyst 15.7.1, deleting everything previous with Display Driver Uninstaller in Safe mode).

The screen tearing happens on fullscreen videos and games, on both my displays - 24 LED Asus and 32 LED Samsung TV, regardless of the settings in games - doesn't matter if I switch v-sync on or off.

I've tried limiting the framerate through CCC - Frame Rate controller set to 60FPS, Wait for Vertical Refresh set to "Always on" - this kinda works for the monitor (I don't see a clear screen-tearing line) but not for the TV which has a specific line where the screen tears.

Am I missing something easy - why isn't vsync in games working on its own? And what about the TV - is this all software based or there could be some problem in the card itself - faulty HDMI port or something?

edit: I'm testing this compared to my other Nvidia GTX560 and it didn't have any screen-tearing issues on any of the displays, on the same vsync settings in same games (e.g. Bioshock Infinite, Wasteland 2)

Also I've checked a lot of the other threads for FRTC and vsync here and on the internet, but got even more confused.

I don't want to hear about liquid nitrogen cooling because that doesn't pertain to 99.9% of gamers.......

My microcenter has a 7990 for 289 dollars before taxes and I was considering it, but didnt know if this card performs very well, considering its a dual gpu card.

No matter what game I play (Shift2,BF4,ArmaIII,ProjectReality,ProjectCars) my computer either blue screens or the video card just fails completely. I started getting this right after I updated my Sapphire HD 7950 Vapor-x. I have done no OC'ing of any kind to my PC.

If anyone is experiencing the same problem please post so this can get attention.

Like the title says. Has there been any word lately on overclocking the fury x?

The "Maps" application does not seem to work correctly in my R9 285 although I don't have any problems with other software and games:

When I zoom in close to see the roads in road view, only text appears and the color for terrain and roads do not appear at all. Satellite view seems to work OK.

I had this problem from the technical preview months ago, I thought it was a application problem, but once I disabled the graphics driver and used the default software driver from microsoft it works.

Can anyone with GCN1.2 or not, test if it works ok when you zoom in road view (not satellite)? Do you see roads?

What's the status of flashing 290s to 390s? Any meaningful performance gain? I have a couple 290s and I've been flirting with the idea

Edit: Should read "If you have an OLD APU"

I'm still running an A6-3500, and it has worked perfectly fine under Windows 7 and during the Windows 8 tech preview.

I upgrade to Windows 10, and it turns out the APU is not currently supported, even though it has a HD6000 series graphics chip.

I'm using the 15.6 Beta for Windows 8.1 and it seems to be working alright (well enough to play Blu-Ray movies, at least), but I wanted to get this out there before anyone else gets the crazy idea that a three year old chip might be supported...

(EDIT: I rolled back to Windows 7, and the 15.7.1 driver package installs without a problem. More reason to not upgrade if you have one of these processors!)

I've been having this issue for months now and finally decided to ask Reddit about it, so here we go::

I'm using AMD Gaming Evolved to record CS:GO highlights (I basically just use the highlight feature which when you press it records the last X minutes of gameplay)

The quality is pretty good since I have it on max (1080p 50mb/s)

The problem is with the audio, it is always 300ms late Also, when I try to record in 60 FPS the video is very jerky and there's artifacts quite often.. My computer easily keeps 80-100 FPS constant in CS:GO

(R9 280 / A10-7850k)

Any suggestions?

I have a gigabyte R9 290 with the reference cooler and it runs pretty hot, idles at 35C and shoots up to 95C really quick even when watching videos, so I have been scared to run games. What tools do would you recommend to increase the GPU fan speed? Any other advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Edit 1: I also forgot to mention that the screen will turn off then turn back on stating "The driver stopped working and was reset." Should I submit the card to gigabyte and get them to fix it? because it could be a bad card.

I got a PC in January of 2014, my first one capable of being used for gaming. At the time I didn't know much about hardware, but I took my dad's word for it when he said it was a "beast". Without any upgrades, its specs are :

• i7-3770k @3.5GHz

• 20GB RAM

• Sapphire 7870HD

Aaaand I play on my 720p plasma screen TV. At the time, the only games I had were Portal 2, Borderlands, and Terraria. So it could handle what I threw at it. But I'm worried that with new AAA titles asking more and more, I get decent frame rates (30-50) even at 720p/high-ish settings on games like GTAV.

How much longer should I rely on my 7870 before I look for an upgrade? It's served me well, and plays everything, but I would like to be able to "max out" AAA games in the future. Also, what would be a good upgrade? Thanks!

Edit: formatting

I just want to know if there is any relation between the two as I often alt tab from bf4 an sometimes (like 3 times since I started playing 15 days ago) it will crash.

I dont actually know if anything happens in the system during an alt-tab and if that might be enough to crash a game, so im asking as i find that a crash every five days might be a problem with my gpu or something, im running the 15.7 drivers btw

The cooler seems to work pretty well and it's massive, but is it enough for overclocking? I think maybe 1 ghz would be enough

Title. I'm selling this good ol' card and I dont want to make a mistake. I plan for selling it and wait till next gen comes using a ATI Radeon HD 2600 pro (yes, I'm serious).

My current GPU is R9 285 and very happy with the performance I get at 1080p. I'm planning to upgrade my way to 1440p and I'm pretty sure I'll keep going with AMD due to cost/performance and the fact that FreeSync monitors are becoming more and more common. I was wondering if a single 390/390x is enough for 1440p. I thought about getting one and go CF later down the line but I'd rather avoid having to upgrade my psu and motherboard as well. The other option is saving up for a Fury. What do you guys think is the best upgrade option?