disappointing upgrade

[Mastermortis]

so i bought a his r9-290 about 3 months ago and the bios on the card died about a week i got the new one in about 2 weeks ago and ive had alot of weird issues the card works and it works well but i was all around happier with the 650 ti and im thinking of trading it for a 960 getting opinions  

[Godlygamer23]

How did the BIOS "die"?

[AlexWalters08]

The 290 is definitely a more powerful card, but I am happy with my GTX 960 and have never had one issue with it. It runs many games in 1080p at high/ultra at 60FPS. It sounds like you would rather have reliability more then performance, and the 960 will deliver reliability, and decent performance. 

[Mastermortis]

How did the BIOS "die"?

It just stopped my mother board from booting looked up the error code 

[failblox]

How did the BIOS "die"?

I'm curious as to how this happened as well...

[Godlygamer23]

It just stopped my mother board from booting looked up the error code 

The BIOS on the card didn't die. Something on the card failed or is failing.

[failblox]

It just stopped my mother board from booting looked up the error code 

Maybe you could flash a fresh BIOS? Are you sure it's the BIOS that's dead cause it seems really strange that a BIOS would just randomly die. Were you flashing it at the time?

[Mastermortis]

Maybe you could flash a fresh BIOS? Are you sure it's the BIOS that's dead cause it seems really strange that a BIOS would just randomly die. Were you flashing it at the time?

I didnt do any thing to the card at all not even over clocking and it just stopped my pc from booting one day and that was after a hand full of boot locks and freezes

[failblox]

I didnt do any thing to the card at all not even over clocking and it just stopped my pc from booting one day and that was after a hand full of boot locks and freezes

All I can say is that that doesn't sound like a dead BIOS. BIOSes don't "die" like that.

[Mastermortis]

All I can say is that that doesn't sound like a dead BIOS. BIOSes don't "die" like that.

Then the card was faulty when i got it and just died one random day after a week of use as i said these are things i read 

[failblox]

Then the card was faulty when i got it and just died one random day after a week of use as i said these are things i read 

Your card is still probably covered under warranty so I'd RMA it if I were you.

[Cheddle]

r9 290 has duial bios, flick the bios switch

[Mastermortis]

Your card is still probably covered under warranty so I'd RMA it if I were you.

just for reference it was a B2 error and i did rma and i still get weird issues like playing crysis 1 or 2 and some other games its in a box and if i super sample it puts it in a box games crash more often i had to change the settings on my picture viewer as it tured all my pictures yellow allot of small but still annoying issues

[Mastermortis]

r9 290 has duial bios, flick the bios switch

i did it did nothing

[failblox]

just for reference it was a B2 error and i did rma and i still get weird issues like playing crysis 1 or 2 and some other games its in a box and if i super sample it puts it in a box games crash more often i had to change the settings on my picture viewer as it tured all my pictures yellow allot of small but still annoying issues

 

i did it did nothing

The fact that your computer is even able to boot up and that your card is detected in windows shows that it's not a BIOS issue your dealing with. Your BIOS is fine. If it was corrupt your card probably wouldn't even be detected by anything.

Make sure all your connections are seated properly. You should definitely look more into the issue, and RMA your card if you think it's a legit issue with the card you're dealing with. Your card isn't that old so it's still likely covered under a warranty.

[Mastermortis]

The fact that your computer is even able to boot up and that your card is detected in windows shows that it's not a BIOS issue your dealing with. Your BIOS is fine. If it was corrupt your card probably wouldn't even be detected by anything.

Make sure all your connections are seated properly. You should definitely look more into the issue, and RMA your card if you think it's a legit issue with the card you're dealing with. Your card isn't that old so it's still likely covered under a warranty.

i did rma it im using the new one as we speak and still have some issues the new one works as it should my current complaints with it are the drivers more than any thing. sorry if its not so clear i think there is some miscommunication 

[failblox]

i did rma it im using the new one as we speak and still have some issues the new one works as it should my current complaints with it are the drivers more than any thing. sorry if its not so clear i think there is some miscommunication 

Ah ok I see. So the current one you have is perfectly fine, but it's the old one that you RMAed that had those issues right?

What's wrong with AMD drivers?

[Mastermortis]

Yes the current one is working perfectly fine. As for the AMD drivers games with super resolution have big black boarders like Crysis 1 and 2 also crash as well as Payday 2 , Far Cry 4 and even my web browser (chrome) when watching you tube videos (known issue) 

[Sintezza]

which card are we talking about?

[Mastermortis]

which card are we talking about?

my his r9-290

[Moose347]

RMA it?.... have a go at amd 

[Sintezza]

yeah RMA the card, maybe you can get a refund, or just can switch brands.

[Vivilacqua1]

What psu do you have? If it isn't your psu, then i reccomend msi or xfx cards (i own an xfx 290 dd)