Can't oc r9 290

Alex780 · February 16, 2014

Hi! I've recently been trying to oc my ref sapphire r9 290 and I'm having quite an issue. Whenever I apply an overclock to my gpu core, it won't go over 780mhz.and stays around this value. I even tried to downclock the card to see what happens and it does the same. I set my power limit to +50% and I tried to oc with trixx, gpu tweak and catalyst control center but I always get the same issue.

When I try to oc the memory: no problem. It responds accordingly. I really don't know what's wrong with this card. I already have no signal when the bios is booting plus an annoying fan buzz sound... I think I'm going to return it...

What do you guys think?

DIV1D3 · February 16, 2014

See if it works in other PCI-E slots, if not than try and get a new one. I'd get a refund and buy the Tri-X version if I were you.

TheRetiredSlave · February 16, 2014

What temperatures and fan speeds is it running at?

Alex780 · February 16, 2014

What temperatures and fan speeds is it running at?

My problem happens even when the gpu core temp hasn't had the time to climb high. Like 60~70 degrees. That's why I really don't understand what's going on. It doesn't even happen because of throttling.