Radeon R9 290X is Experiencing Driver Timeouts

[Austin-texas1]

Hi,

I recently bought a working Radeon R9 290X and have a system for it. It works great for compute work like video editing. But when I open a game (like Fortnite) it loads a little then it experiences a "Driver Timeout" according to the crash reporter tool. I was wondering if you had a solution for the problem. I am hoping to get back to a better experience than an Intel UHD 630 graphics I am on now.

Thank you so much!

[-rascal-]

12 minutes ago, Austin-texas1 said:

Hi,

I recently bought a working Radeon R9 290X and have a system for it. It works great for compute work like video editing. But when I open a game (like Fortnite) it loads a little then it experiences a "Driver Timeout" according to the crash reporter tool. I was wondering if you had a solution for the problem. I am hoping to get back to a better experience than an Intel UHD 630 graphics I am on now.

Thank you so much!

 

What is the specifications of the rest of the system?

CPU? Motherboard? Power supply?

Please provide the make and model...and not something like "500W power supply". Looking for something like "Corsair CXM 550W" level of description.

 

What version drivers are you using for the R9-290X?

Did you get a chance to monitor the GPU / Memory frequencies, and the temperatures, before the "driver timeout" happens?

Also, are you running games on Fullscreen, Windowed Mode, Fullscreen Borderless, etc?

[Austin-texas1]

Oh sorry, I have a:

Core i7 9700K

32 GB of 32mhz RAM

ASUS Pirme Z390P

A Corsair CX 550

 

I am using the most recent drivers the "Adrenalin 2020 Edition 21.2.3 Optional" as said on AMD's driver page on their website.

I play in Fullscreen, since I have 2 monitors so I can see the temperatures were at the normal 54C (idle anyway). The frequency and the VRAM frequency were normal before the crash occurred. I noticed that there was a notification that said that AMD wattman has crashed and the settings were reverted to defaults after I closed the came window. There were some screen flickering before the fans speed went back to normal (fan profile reset).

[-rascal-]

On 2/27/2021 at 12:47 PM, Austin-texas1 said:

Oh sorry, I have a:

Core i7 9700K

32 GB of 32mhz RAM

ASUS Pirme Z390P

A Corsair CX 550

 

I am using the most recent drivers the "Adrenalin 2020 Edition 21.2.3 Optional" as said on AMD's driver page on their website.

I play in Fullscreen, since I have 2 monitors so I can see the temperatures were at the normal 54C (idle anyway). The frequency and the VRAM frequency were normal before the crash occurred. I noticed that there was a notification that said that AMD wattman has crashed and the settings were reverted to defaults after I closed the came window. There were some screen flickering before the fans speed went back to normal (fan profile reset).

 

Sorry, you didn't quote or use the @-rascal- so I didn't get the notification.

 

Hmmm...the R9-290X is a pretty power hungry card.

A 550W *should* be enough, but I wouldn't 100% rule that out as the possibility.

 

Are you able to see temperatures when at load / gaming?

54*C idle for that card is within reasonable range, but again, LOAD temperature is what we need.

 

By the way, which mode R9-290X do you have anyways?

 

"Wattman crashed and settings were revered to defaults" is indeed the drivers crashing.

Just curious have you tried the non-optional drivers yet?

20.11.2 (WHQL certified one).