290X's Underclocking themselves

[HalcyonKnight]

I tried to play titanfall today and when I started I got this horrible lag and stutter going on so I decided to disable crossfire and I still get 29 frames per second its horrible. I check Msi Afterburner and its set to the lowest setting and it wont change, After using amd overdrive and getting the speeds back it starts stuttering and glitchiness is still there. Can anyone help me?

 

Edit: I got Theif running in crossfire and it barely hits 13 fps average and afterburner shows the cards are being pushed to their limits. One card has elpidosa memory and the other hynix.

 

Specs: 

4770k @ 4.2Ghz Cpu

HyperX Fury 1866 ram

Z97-A Mobo

Ax1200i Psu

2x R9 290X's Windforce edition

[Askew]

What's the temp when this occurs?

[HalcyonKnight]

They're both chilling at 45-50. Theyre Windforce editions with a mild overclock

[SAV1OUR]

They're both chilling at 45-50. Theyre Windforce editions with a mild overclock

you got to use the quote button when talking to people it gives them a message 

[HalcyonKnight]

What's the temp when this occurs?

They're both chilling at 45-50. Theyre Windforce editions with a mild overclock

[HalcyonKnight]

you got to use the quote button when talking to people it gives them a message 

Thanks

[Askew]

I would remove one of the cards and run with one to perform a test to see if it occured again, and if not, swap out the card and test the other one on its own.

 

Because I don't know what's causing the issue off the top of my head I'd want to rule out hardware fault first and foremost.

[HalcyonKnight]

I took each card out and ran them separately and when I benchmark them with theif they both ran fine but when I put them together they go crazy and I get some weird lines on my screen and I have to restart the system. I did notice in gpu z that one had hynix memory and the other elpida. Is that the problem? I had this system for a little over 3 weeks. 

[TDP_Equinox]

I took each card out and ran them separately and when I benchmark them with theif they both ran fine but when I put them together they go crazy and I get some weird lines on my screen and I have to restart the system. I did notice in gpu z that one had hynix memory and the other elpida. Is that the problem? I had this system for a little over 3 weeks. 

check and make sure that your motherboard supports SLI and Crossfire.

Try different PCIE slots, try a different Bridge and lastly try a different motherboard entirely. (you can go to a repair shop and im sure they will be happy to let you throw them in a test bench for no charge, i know we would)

IF all of this fails to get you an improvement you may want to try new cards.

 

[VintageCake]

not enough juice for overclocked cards? what's your psu?

[dragoon20005]

most importantly

 

I need you mobo model so that I can give a quick check

[HalcyonKnight]

not enough juice for overclocked cards? what's your psu?

Ax1200i

[HalcyonKnight]

most importantly

 

I need you mobo model so that I can give a quick check

Z97-A

[HalcyonKnight]

check and make sure that your motherboard supports SLI and Crossfire.

Try different PCIE slots, try a different Bridge and lastly try a different motherboard entirely. (you can go to a repair shop and im sure they will be happy to let you throw them in a test bench for no charge, i know we would)

IF all of this fails to get you an improvement you may want to try new cards.

 

I removed one card and tested them individually and they both work, its when they're in crossfire they start to go crazy. And there is no real computer parts store around Charlotte,NC I could go to. 

[KamiKatze]

Try a different testing program. Try Valley benchmark or sth. else. Some cards clock down when they are get load from MSI AB to prevent damage. My GTX 580 does that.

 

Try a different program.

[HalcyonKnight]

Try a different testing program. Try Valley benchmark or sth. else. Some cards clock down when they are get load from MSI AB to prevent damage. My GTX 580 does that.

 

Try a different program.

I tried to load Valley and it would crash on start up, I reloaded Titanfall and look at afterburner settings and I found that the memory usage is at its limit and I was only in the menu.

[KamiKatze]

I tried to load Valley and it would crash on start up, I reloaded Titanfall and look at afterburner settings and I found that the memory usage is at its limit and I was only in the menu.

 

Are they overclocked? What resolution do you play at? That the VRAM is full doesn't have to mean much. Many games just utilize all the vram that they can get, even if it's just for storing textures for later.

[HalcyonKnight]

Are they overclocked? What resolution do you play at? That the VRAM is full doesn't have to mean much. Many games just utilize all the vram that they can get, even if it's just for storing textures for later.

Over clock of 1100/1375 and I game at 1440p

[KamiKatze]

Over clock of 1100/1375 and I game at 1440p

 

Try setting the clock speeds to a referance R9 290X and try valley benchmark again. It shouldn't crash.

[HalcyonKnight]

Try setting the clock speeds to a referance R9 290X and try valley benchmark again. It shouldn't crash.

I did that and it crashed again, the weird thing is one of the cards turned off completely for a few minutes and came back working normally? I don't know what just happened but I can play titanfall and run Valley perfectly...

 

Thanks for the help everyone!

[KamiKatze]

I did that and it crashed again, the weird thing is one of the cards turned off completely for a few minutes and came back working normally? I don't know what just happened but I can play titanfall and run Valley perfectly...

Thanks for the help everyone!

I have too less experience with Xfire but that sounds sketchy. You may wanna google that behaviour