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My r9 295x2 wont turn on gpu2. i just recently got my new gaming pc and now when i fired up RivaTuner and Unigen Valley benchmark the r9 295x2 is not using both of it cores. gpu2 gets hot but it's not being utilized. 

 

plz help me!

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is crossfire enabled? Go to catalyst center and enable it if not. It is under Performance.

Yes it is.

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My r9 295x2 wont turn on gpu2. i just recently got my new gaming pc and now when i fired up RivaTuner and Unigen Valley benchmark the r9 295x2 is not using both of it cores. gpu2 gets hot but it's not being utilized. 

 

plz help me!

Try disabling ULPS

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Specs?

R9 295x2

 

16gb HyperX

 

i5 4690k

 

Corsair AX 860

 

Corsair H105

 

Corsair 350d

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Ultra low power state. It turns off the second GPU when it thinks you are in idle.

Where do i disable that?

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Where do i disable that?

Google is your friend. It has guides. I can not be bothered to write one here.

https://www.google.fi/search?q=disable+ulps&oq=disable+ulps&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60l3.3658j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8

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What is ULPS ?

If you're using MSI afterburner, there is an option to disable ULPS in settings. 

 

If not, you have to go in the registry (run : regedit). First thing you do is backup your registry in case something goes bad. Then, search for the terms ULPS. Change ENABLEULPS (NOT ENABLEULPS_NA, NOT ANYTHING ELSE) to 0. There are 2 instances of ENABLEULPS to change to 0. They are in 2 different folders. If you're not comfortable with doing this, don't do it.

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Im going to ask this first...........

 

Are you running that benchmark/game/application on full screen mode?

If its in windowed/boardlesless windowed Xfire wont kick in and the second core/card will stay off.

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Im going to ask this first...........

 

Are you running that benchmark/game/application on full screen mode?

If its in windowed/boardlesless windowed Xfire wont kick in and the second core/card will stay off.

No. i'm running it in full screen.

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No. i'm running it in full screen.

 

Try running another benchmark like Furmark. It could be that you may not be stressing the card enough/That benchmark is not up to date enough to utilize that card correctly.

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Try running another benchmark like Furmark. It could be that you may not be stressing the card enough/That benchmark is not up to date enough to utilize that card correctly.

So i ran FurMark on fullscreen 1080p 8xmsaa. and this is waht i got. 00d7e38c04.png

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So i ran FurMark on fullscreen 1080p 8xmsaa. and this is waht i got. And i saw that GPU2 was buing utilized but FurMark does not recognize a 2nd gpu. 00d7e38c04.png

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Uhm.. something happned. idk why it dubble posted

 

Did you make sure to go onto CCC and enable Crossfire?

(performance tab > AMD CrossfireX)

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Did you make sure to go onto CCC and enable Crossfire?

(performance tab > AMD CrossfireX)

Yes im sure.

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My r9 295x2 wont turn on gpu2. i just recently got my new gaming pc and now when i fired up RivaTuner and Unigen Valley benchmark the r9 295x2 is not using both of it cores. gpu2 gets hot but it's not being utilized. 

 

plz help me!

 

I appreciate this is a little late, but I have found one piece of info that may shed light on this, which may help other people seeing this issue in the future - Afterburner has an option under the Disable ULPS checkbox, called 'Enable unified GPU Usage monitoring' that's checked by default - if this is on, only GPU1 will ever show usage as this is actually usage across all both GPUs in the r9 295x2, disable the option, click OK and restart Afterburner and you'll see the GPU2 usage.

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@Santhox - What fps are you getting when to start up Unigine Valley? If it's around 100fps on the first scene, then both GPUs are working. If it's around 50-60, then only one is working. 

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I appreciate this is a little late, but I have found one piece of info that may shed light on this, which may help other people seeing this issue in the future - Afterburner has an option under the Disable ULPS checkbox, called 'Enable unified GPU Usage monitoring' that's checked by default - if this is on, only GPU1 will ever show usage as this is actually usage across all both GPUs in the r9 295x2, disable the option, click OK and restart Afterburner and you'll see the GPU2 usage.

 

Good to know. I was wondering why it showed the same usage on both GPUs when I'm only using 1 in games that don't support crossfire. ;)

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Main - Work + Gaming:

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F@H Rig:

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FX-8350 // Deepcool Neptwin // MSI 970 Gaming // AData 2x 4GB 1600 DDR3 // 2x Gigabyte RX-570 4G's // Samsung 840 120GB SSD // Cooler Master V650 // Windows 10

 

HTPC:

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EXPERIMENTAL: Pinebook // 11.6" 1080p // Manjaro KDE (ARM)

NAS:

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