xfx rx 580 issues

[cmm96]

So one of the techs at xfx told me I might be having a bandwidth issue, basically I get frequent black screens mainly during gaming but also sometimes during regular use accompanied by crashing in some games, battlefield v being the worst as the whole computer will freeze. Specs are msi 370 a pro mobo, i3 8350k oc to 4.9 ghz delided w shin etsu (no liquid metal yet), 16gb corsair vengeance ddr4 3000mhz, h60 cooler by corsair, and evga 850 gold psu. I've tried every display port but they all do it, idk if maybe its the mem or the card is just toast. Also running this on a 144hz sceptre monitor and the temps on the card stay at about 60 Celsius. any help would be appreciated thanks.

[cmm96]

almost forgot its the 8gb version of the card

[Jurrunio]

use the integrated graphics and see if it still black screens

[cmm96]

ok ill try and let you know

[cmm96]

I tried the uhd graphics and the game didnt even load tried to run fortnite because I've been getting the most black screen on there, system just blue screens on me.

[cmm96]

ran bf v fine no black screens just super low fps blue screen must just be fortnite

[Spudbilly]

11 hours ago, cmm96 said:

I tried the uhd graphics and the game didnt even load tried to run fortnite because I've been getting the most black screen on there, system just blue screens on me.

You can test each component individually to see which one is messing up. 

1. Test cpu with something like prime95 with your overclock in place. If it fails up to 1 hpur of prime95 then you can set your cpu to default and ram oc then test again. If still fail...then set cpu and memory to default. If prime fails then the issue is cpu or memory related or rarely motherboard

2. If it still fails then make a bootable iso of memtest86 and set that to your primary bootdick in bios and run memtest 86. If memtest86 fails then is very likely memory related. 

3. If all of these pass. Then you can try something like heaven benchmark looping. If the benchmark program fails. Then you know for sure that it is the gpu. You can try to reinstall drivers and make sure temps are good, but if all that is good and it still crashes....then you will likely have to rma the card if you can.

 

In my experience...what your describing is an unstable cpu or memory overclock. Just my opinion though

 

Good luck

[cmm96]

already tested the oc at 4.9 with aida 64 for 2 hrs temps were in the mid 70's. and mem is only set to clock to 3000mhz with xmp. i did replace the thermal pads last night for the gpu mem and instantly saw a 500 pt increase benchmarking with valley by unigine on stock core clock and mem clock also no signs of throttling now so im hoping it was just worn out thermal pads letting the mem overheat. will keep an eye out and update.

[Spudbilly]

3 hours ago, cmm96 said:

already tested the oc at 4.9 with aida 64 for 2 hrs temps were in the mid 70's. and mem is only set to clock to 3000mhz with xmp. i did replace the thermal pads last night for the gpu mem and instantly saw a 500 pt increase benchmarking with valley by unigine on stock core clock and mem clock also no signs of throttling now so im hoping it was just worn out thermal pads letting the mem overheat. will keep an eye out and update.

Overheating sounds likely. Hopefully this fixes it for you. I used to have an r9 290 and when i discovered one vrm overheating, and i  cooled it properly, all my issues went away. 

 

Good luck