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R9 290 Issue

Spartanorfs
By Spartanorfs
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The RAM on the card is probably bad. It would result in the problems you described. 

 

Like everyone else already said, RMA the card. 

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Recently I purchased an R9 290 Sapphire Tri-x 4GB. The card was performing well originally. As time passed I played battlefield 4 and it crashed occasionally. A few times it crashed on battlefield and I even got blue screen. Also, a few days ago when I started up games like diablo 3 or battlefield, etc I noticed some horizontal lines for a few seconds and then they left. I also noticed these lines when I left the games. Yesterday, all of a sudden the computer crashed on battlefield and got blue screen. I restarted but then the screen was flickering unstoppably. I searched the issue and was told to uninstall the 14.4 driver and install an early one (13.12 whql driver). Today everything was alright until I noticed a few horizontal lines here and there around my screen. Btw, the horizontal lines have colours. What should I do? Btw, I don't know how to flash the gpu or anything too complicated. 

 

My system Specs:

Processor= i5 4670k 3.4ghz

Cooler= Corsair H100i

Mobo= Gigabyte Z87m-ud3h

RAM= G Skill Ripjaws 2x8 16gb 1600mghz

PSU= Corsair GS 700W

HDD= Intel 520 Series SSD 180gb + WD 1tb caviar black

 

 

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I can't really tell..exactly but from my experience I think you should check your temperatures. I had the same issue some months ago when I would open Diablo 3 as you said and after a lot of stuttering the PC would turn off by itself because of the temperatures. Might be wrong but it's worth the check.

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Did you buy it new or used? 

 

Contact Sapphire and RMA it. 

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I got a new card. Is there certainly no solution??

 

It's likely defective. An RMA with sapphire is your best option. 

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