Problems with my rx 460

[Duksaaa]

Hi everyone!

 

This is my first time posting here so sorry if i miss something.Im having problems with my pc which consists of

-Core 2 quad Q8200-overclocked to 3.0ghz

-8gb of ddr2 ram

-RX 460 2gb from sapphire

-Gigabyte p35 d3sl (1.0)

-Antec VP500 (500w) psu

-3 HDD

and 2 case fans

 

The problem I'm having is when I'm playing games they will randomly crash and the only successful solution I've found is to downclock my card and reduce the power limit,but that reduces my performance.I have tried running it without the overclock,taking out HDD and fans,but the problem still doesn't go away.

 

Sorry for my english it's not my first language.

 

 

[genexis_x]

IMO it's the PSU problem

[Duksaaa]

The PSU is brand new I just bought it thinking it would solve the issue.

[genexis_x]

1 minute ago, Duksaaa said:

The PSU is brand new I just bought it thinking it would solve the issue.

But it has bad quality

[Duksaaa]

Not really I've looked at a lot of reviews before buying it and they all agree that this is a good quality psu.

[Jurrunio]

Unlock voltage monitoring in MSI Afterburner for more info.

1 minute ago, ZM Fong said:

But it has bad quality

I don't think it's significant enough to cause crashes. His parts won't consume more than 300W of power, 60% or the rated value. Even a badly made PSU should handle <60% load

[Blebekblebek]

How bout try everything on default clock for a moment and yes that includes the CPU, and test it again.

if nothing is change, RMA your GPU.

[genexis_x]

5 minutes ago, Duksaaa said:

Not really I've looked at a lot of reviews before buying it and they all agree that this is a good quality psu.

@STRMfrmXMN @Energycore

It's really bad in terms of quality, let PSU gurus explain

[Duksaaa]

I have tried that numerous times,but that doesn't fix it as for the RMA I've returned it to the shop that I bought it from and they tested it,but they didn't find any problems which leads me to believe that my motherboard is the issue.

[genexis_x]

3 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

I don't think it's significant enough to cause crashes. His parts won't consume more than 300W of power, 60% or the rated value. Even a badly made PSU should handle <60% load

A crap PSU may not be able to deliver enough wattage even it's 60%

[STRMfrmXMN]

13 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

But it has bad quality

The VP500 isn't terrible enough for me to think it's the problem. My guess is that the card is factory overclocked and he's playing games that don't allow for overclocking. I have a friend with a Kingpin 980 Ti and all the time Overwatch will crash itself deliberately because the factory clocks of the Kingpin are so far above reference clock that Blizzard doesn't trust it, even though it's stable from the factory at those speeds.

[Duksaaa]

For example i must downclock and in the amd settings i must turn on power saving not to crash.I have tried tuning back the factory overclock with no luck I've officially ran out of ideas that's why I'm asking for help.

[Mr_Random_Guy]

Is your cpu oc stable?

Perhaps by slowing down your gpu you're creating an intentional bottleneck and so relieving the stress on the cpu so the unstable oc doesn't cause crashes?

[GrayTech]

14 minutes ago, Duksaaa said:

I've looked at a lot of reviews before buying it and they all agree that this is a good quality psu.

Reviews on websites like amazon aren't a reliable. The corsair VS 650W is a bad power supply but it still has a 4 star rating on amazon with more then 100 reviews.

[Duksaaa]

I think it is.It was fine in Aida 64 for like 1 hour also the intel burn test.

[Duksaaa]

@GrayTech http://www.pctekreviews.com/Reviews/VP500PC.aspx here is the link of the psu review.

[Mr_Random_Guy]

2 minutes ago, GrayTech said:

Reviews on websites like amazon aren't a reliable. The corsair VS 650W is a bad power supply but it still has a 4 star rating on amazon with more then 100 reviews.

While it does look like the psu might be the problem his rig is literally sipping power...

[Mr_Random_Guy]

is there any way you can borrow a friends psu to check?

[Duksaaa]

@Mr_Random_Guy the rx 460 doesn't require external power and the cpu has a 95 watt TDP so that shouldn't be an issue.

[Blebekblebek]

4 minutes ago, Duksaaa said:

@Mr_Random_Guy the rx 460 doesn't require external power and the cpu has a 95 watt TDP so that shouldn't be an issue.

But you are having an issue, you wouldn't be here in first place if you don't have a problem.

 

I'm just trying to eliminate the real problems

If swapping PSU can fix the problem then good, but since you are out of option to RMA the card (I hate store who do that stuff)

 

The other option is to test your card with different computer (or motherboard according to you anyway)

[Mr_Random_Guy]

7 minutes ago, Duksaaa said:

@Mr_Random_Guy the rx 460 doesn't require external power and the cpu has a 95 watt TDP so that shouldn't be an issue.

That's what I was saying, the fact decreasing your power limit works points towards the PSU, but you are literally pulling such little power its unlikely.

That being said I used to have a no name 500 watt PSU and when I installed an RX 460 it blew up under load

[Duksaaa]

The thing is when I decrease the power limit and leave the core and the memory at stock it still crashes,but when I downclock them by 200-300mhz the system is stable and I can play games like the Witcher 3 or ROTTR with no issues.

[Mr_Random_Guy]

Sounds like your GPU is just unstable out of the box

[Blebekblebek]

1 minute ago, Duksaaa said:

The thing is when I decrease the power limit and leave the core and the memory at stock it still crashes,but when I downclock them by 200-300mhz the system is stable and I can play games like the Witcher 3 or ROTTR with no issues.

That's what am I saying, isn't this so obvious.

You have defective card

 

Just because it runs at lower speed (lower than default at least) doesn't mean it's okay.

There's definitely something wrong with that gpu.

 

[STRMfrmXMN]

3 minutes ago, Duksaaa said:

The thing is when I decrease the power limit and leave the core and the memory at stock it still crashes,but when I downclock them by 200-300mhz the system is stable and I can play games like the Witcher 3 or ROTTR with no issues.

Hmm, so that's my theory about you playing Blizzard games out the window. Sounds like you bought this PSU recently too.

 

Can you try running the 460 in another PC?