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Graphics Driver Crash When Firing Up Things

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I would try an older driver....

I've got a new Sapphire R9 290 Tri-X.

There is a small problem with the card like when I launch Adobe Photoshop 64 bit or cgminer/bfgminer, it'll crash my graphics driver sometimes.

 

After the graphics driver crashes, the graphics memory clock would be stuck at 150 MHz causing significant performance drop.

Around 25 fps in furmark vs around 180 fps.

 

However, the memory clock will be fine again once I reboot or disabling and re-enabling the display adapter in device manager.

Have been playing games like Battlefield 4 at high settings 1080p for 1+ hour and didn't encounter any crashes.

 

Do you think it's caused by the driver and should be fixed when new driver comes out?

 

Specs:

 

- Windows 8 64 bit

- Intel Core i5 2500

- 8GB RAM

- Corsair TX650M (This is enough for R9 290 right? Not overclocking anything)

 

Temperatures are fine. Currently at 43C, VRM is 39C. Under intensive load, it'll both go up to 79C at fan speed of up to 50%.

No crash whatsoever when the application launches properly. Only crashes when there is a trouble with launching the app and crashes when I launch it.

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I would try an older driver....

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Thanks. I think it worked.

I'm now using Catalyst 13.11 Beta9.5 (Catalyst version: 2013.1129.1143.20969)

 

cgminer still crashes but with a different error message and Windows doesn't show me a balloon message when it crashes anymore.

Error -4: Enqueueing kernel onto command queue. (clEnqueueNDRangeKernel)

I think because the device didn't crash and restart, everything is still working fine so Photoshop 64 bit loads without any problem and memory clock speed isn't capped at 150 MHz.

 

I'll stay with this driver version until new driver comes out.

Thanks again for your help!

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My R9 290 does this too, it's a driver issue recognized by amd, it should be fixed in the 14.1 catalyst drivers, we just have to wait for it :/

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My R9 290 does this too, it's a driver issue recognized by amd, it should be fixed in the 14.1 catalyst drivers, we just have to wait for it :/

Thanks for letting me know. Nice to see someone else is getting this problem as well.

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