Potentially defective 390x?

[Vegetable]

Hi all. So yeah I've had my MSI 390x 8G LE since late December 2015. Served me well and is more than enough of a performer for my needs. Anyways yeah LE edition 390x's (from MSI at least) are lower binned and have a lower core clock than their normal 390x 8G. Saved me like $10 at the time and I wish I hadn't to be honest. Not only is it on par with reference cards performance wise, not a drop higher, it runs HOT AS FUCK. When I first got the thing I was touching the 90*C mark in a room with an ambient temp of no higher than 72*F. SO, I reapplied the thermal paste. Runs a little better, doesn't go passed 85*C but that's with a custom fan curve that has those poor fans running 100% passed 80*C. Anyways, starting a few days ago shit has been hitting the fan (not literally lol.) Just casually playing some GTA Online with my lads and I got a teeny tiny artifact for like .0002 seconds. I thought nothing of it and continued. Yesterday, I was playing GTA V (single player) and out of nowhere it just covered the screen in artifacts. I panicked and just alt-f4'd in case it was overheating (which it wasn't, only at 83*C at the MAX according to afterburner.) Today the same thing happened, BUT GTA V crashed completely before I could exit. Temps were fine. I have no idea what to do. Yes, I've overclocked the card before and it's shit at it (didn't even get to 1100mhz which is the stock core of the non-LE version of the 390x 8G) so I keep it at stock everything nowadays. ALL voltages are stock, all clocks are stock. Only thing this card does different than it would out of the box is a fan curve. So, what do I do? I have it registered with MSI for a warranty and stuff and I have proof of purchase and whatnot. Did I in ANY WAY void the warranty replacing the thermal paste back in January? If not should I RMA it or is there any fix I can try? Thanks and sorry if it's cluttered at all.

[RGProductions]

3 minutes ago, Vegetable said:

Hi all. So yeah I've had my MSI 390x 8G LE since late December 2015. Served me well and is more than enough of a performer for my needs. Anyways yeah LE edition 390x's (from MSI at least) are lower binned and have a lower core clock than their normal 390x 8G. Saved me like $10 at the time and I wish I hadn't to be honest. Not only is it on par with reference cards performance wise, not a drop higher, it runs HOT AS FUCK. When I first got the thing I was touching the 90*C mark in a room with an ambient temp of no higher than 72*F. SO, I reapplied the thermal paste. Runs a little better, doesn't go passed 85*C but that's with a custom fan curve that has those poor fans running 100% passed 80*C. Anyways, starting a few days ago shit has been hitting the fan (not literally lol.) Just casually playing some GTA Online with my lads and I got a teeny tiny artifact for like .0002 seconds. I thought nothing of it and continued. Yesterday, I was playing GTA V (single player) and out of nowhere it just covered the screen in artifacts. I panicked and just alt-f4'd in case it was overheating (which it wasn't, only at 83*C at the MAX according to afterburner.) Today the same thing happened, BUT GTA V crashed completely before I could exit. Temps were fine. I have no idea what to do. Yes, I've overclocked the card before and it's shit at it (didn't even get to 1100mhz which is the stock core of the non-LE version of the 390x 8G) so I keep it at stock everything nowadays. ALL voltages are stock, all clocks are stock. Only thing this card does different than it would out of the box is a fan curve. So, what do I do? I have it registered with MSI for a warranty and stuff and I have proof of purchase and whatnot. Did I in ANY WAY void the warranty replacing the thermal paste back in January? If not should I RMA it or is there any fix I can try? Thanks and sorry if it's cluttered at all.

attempt an RMA, a card should always run well at stock

[Vegetable]

Just now, RGProductions said:

attempt an RMA, a card should always run well at stock

I agree. How long will it take? I'm going to have to run my trusty gtx 570 2.5gb until then lol.

[RGProductions]

2 minutes ago, Vegetable said:

I agree. How long will it take? I'm going to have to run my trusty gtx 570 2.5gb until then lol.

no idea, never RMAed anything

[Vegetable]

Just now, RGProductions said:

no idea, never RMAed anything

Fair enough. thanks lad

[RGProductions]

Just now, Vegetable said:

Fair enough. thanks lad

no problem