r9 280x issue

Lonewolf33651 · October 9, 2016

Specs:

FX-6350 OC'd to 4.4GHz (Stock Voltage)

Sapphire R9 280X Dual-X

8GB G.Skill SNIPER RAM

Corsair CS650M PSU

Windows 7 Pro 64-bit

I recently got the sapphire r9 280x and for a short while it seemed to play fine. never had any issues. played atleast 20 hours of Witcher 3 at almost max settings with hairworks turned off, and havent had any issues with it. All of a sudden this weekend ive noticed that anything i play i get consistant frame rate drops, stuttering, driver crashes, etc. I starting having this on Windows 10 but i just freshly installed Windows 7 and the problem followed suit. ive ran memory tests to ensure its not anything RAM related and all is well there. Is this some driver issue or is something causing my card to die?

Legolessed · October 9, 2016

6 minutes ago, Lonewolf33651 said:

Specs:

FX-6350 OC'd to 4.4GHz (Stock Voltage)

Sapphire R9 280X Dual-X

8GB G.Skill SNIPER RAM

Corsair CS650M PSU

Windows 7 Pro 64-bit

I recently got the sapphire r9 280x and for a short while it seemed to play fine. never had any issues. played atleast 20 hours of Witcher 3 at almost max settings with hairworks turned off, and havent had any issues with it. All of a sudden this weekend ive noticed that anything i play i get consistant frame rate drops, stuttering, driver crashes, etc. I starting having this on Windows 10 but i just freshly installed Windows 7 and the problem followed suit. ive ran memory tests to ensure its not anything RAM related and all is well there. Is this some driver issue or is something causing my card to die?

When that happened to me I did the old unplug your computer from the wall, wait 15 minutes, and then plug it back in. That worked for me, but I don't know if it will fix your problem. Hope I could help!

jonathan13 · October 9, 2016

Have you checked to see what your temperatures are? If you don't already have it, download and install GPUZ. Use the "sensors" tab to monitor clock speed and temperatures while gaming and you will most definitely find what is causing the frame drops.