XFX R9 285 Bugged

Supermario641996 · March 4, 2016

Howdy everyone!,

So I've had an R9 285 for almost a year. The whole time I had it, it always seemed off. I didn't really notice the issue was an issue till I started playing FO4 when it was released. Basically my monitor would shut off and then shortly after the PC would hang up completely. (I could tell because caps lock and num lock was still working for a little bit before it would completely hang.) I sent the card out to be repaired and or replaced but I was just wondering if that was the right move. The only other card I had available to test to see if the problem would happen on a different card was a 550ti and that's pretty out of date now. I didn't get the issue with it and I haven't on my dedicated gpu being my 4600 intel.

The problem has happened in GTA V, some early 2000s game (I can't remember which one), Fallout 4, and Far Cry 4 (mostly Fallout 4, rarily in the others. Far Cry 4 was in a specific area in the north on the second island for a while, went away after playing and saving the game for a while. that's how I tested the 550ti to see if the problem occured with it). I'm not sure what it is or was but I was just wondering if you guys think it was the card. It has only ever happened in games and doesn't seem to be caused by overloading the card. I mean it happened on an old game from the early 2000s.

I didn't notice any temps to be worried about during gameplay. I kept an eye on it multiple times.

(offtopic small question) Also it cost me around $13s to ship it there, will I have to pay for the return shipping or do they cover that?

All bran new when I got em, about a year old now.

Hardware and ect info:

OS: Windows 10 64 BIT
CPU: i5-4690k
GPU: XFX Radeon R9 285 2GB (Currently sent out for repair, sent out right before warranty ended.)
PSU: Corsair RM Series 750
Mobo: ASUS Z97-A
HDD: 2x1TB and a 320GB
RAM: Corsair Vengence 16GB (2x8GB)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST (Black)
Tower: Corsair Graphite Series 230T Orange

Cooler: h100i