XFX R9 390 Issues

[Coriander]

So I've had this R9 390 since July 2016, and I've had no issues with it until recently. The card stopped working randomly in the middle of a gaming session, and I used this as an excuse to build my new PC now instead of later in the year. However, I planned on giving my old pc to a friend, and this has stopped me from doing that. I looked up all the possible issues and I came across reflowing, so I took my time and did the research, and eventually learned that this was a temporary solution. I tried it and succeeded, for about 3 weeks, then my computer would start to crash whenever the card was put to work (playing games etc). I've tested it in different systems, with the same results. I reflowed it again and it started to work properly, for about 5 days before the same issues started appearing again. The system is totally fine until I load into an overwatch match (or other games, except for minecraft w/shaders. This doesn't cause the gpu to crash even when pushing it to 70+% usage), then the screen goes black and the computer freezes. I tried a 3rd reflow with no success. However, I undervolted the card by about 100mv, and was able to play overwatch and other gpu demanding games for roughly 5-10 minutes before the computer crashed again. My conclusion is that the card becomes unstable whenever it draws too much power. Is there any way to fix this or should I just trash it? 

[skimmilk5]

"Reflowing" with a heat gun or oven is total BS. See LTT and Louis Rossmann videos below. I'd say recycle the card, get a 1050Ti or similar.

 

 

 

 

[Streetguru]

17 minutes ago, Coriander said:

 

You could drop the power limit to like 50%, but it's probably just gone
 

At least RX 570s/580s are down in price

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/jkFXsY/asus-radeon-rx-580-8gb-dual-video-card-dual-rx580-o8g

[Coriander]

53 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

 

 

I've been looking at the Sapphire RX580 Pulse, it's going for $299. Is Sapphire a good brand? I haven't heard too much about them.

[Streetguru]

3 minutes ago, Coriander said:

I've been looking at the Sapphire RX580 Pulse, it's going for $299. Is Sapphire a good brand? I haven't heard too much about them.

Sapphire is generally the go to AMD card maker.

 

But you might as well save $50 on that asus card above.

 

Only thing is, it won't be much of an upgrade over the 390's performance.

[Coriander]

1 minute ago, Streetguru said:

 

 

I heard Asus has terrible customer service, which makes me a bit sketched lol. On the topic of brands, which gpu brand is the most reliable in terms of customer service and longevity? I don't want another card to burn out after 2 years of use (literally right as soon as my xfx warranty expired, rip).

[GDRRiley]

2 minutes ago, Coriander said:

I heard Asus has terrible customer service, which makes me a bit sketched lol. On the topic of brands, which gpu brand is the most reliable in terms of customer service and longevity? I don't want another card to burn out after 2 years of use (literally right as soon as my xfx warranty expired, rip).

all the makers aren't bad, I've ran ASUS, PNY, XFX, and some old AMD only brands. 

I ran my asus 970 for almost 3 years balls to the walls and it was fine. The PNY is a 9800GTX+ the AMD brand I can't remember is on a hd 5770 both those have been running for half a decade or more. 

Just look and see if lots of people are having issues with that model before you buy.

[Coriander]

2 hours ago, Streetguru said:

 

 

I was able to drop the power by 41% in the radeon settings. This made the card fully functional again with little to no drop in performance. However, I doubt it will last more than a few weeks lol.

[Streetguru]

2 minutes ago, Coriander said:

I was able to drop the power by 41% in the radeon settings. This made the card fully functional again with little to no drop in performance. However, I doubt it will last more than a few weeks lol.

May also be that something in the VRM died maybe. Either way it'll make a good wall decoration.