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December 21, 2013 1:41:34 PM

since installing my new gfc card which is asus r7 260x 2gb gddr5 oc im having problems with random freezes where the comp still runs just the screens freeze up until I hit restart button

my specs are:
mobo msi 970a-g46
cpu amd athlon2 x2 215 (I know this isn't the best and is next on my list for upgrade)
cpu cooler Akasa Venom Pico Intel 775 1155 1156 AM2 AM3 FM1 Processor Cooler
ram Crucial 8gb Ddr3 1600 Mhz (pc3-12800) Cl9 1.5v Ballistix Sport Udimm)
psu corsair gold 500w if I remember correctly

no temp isues before that comes up gfx idles at 35 degrees and cpu is down at 15 at rough idle and only just hits high 20s in gaming .

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December 21, 2013 1:47:27 PM

make sure your motherboard has the newest bios file to rule out a bios bug. with cpu-z and gpu-z check that your ram and gpu are seen right and are at the right speed. make sure you update the amd chipset drivers for the mb from amd web site.
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December 21, 2013 1:51:32 PM

I updated the drivers a few weeks prior to fitting the new gfx.

is there any specs/reading from cpu-z u would require to check if they were fine. ive been using the comp for nearly a year but only recently upgraded the gfx last week prior to that I was using a very old 8600gt with the same system.

its something that as improving as I go system when money allows but problems only started since new gfx fitted
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December 21, 2013 1:52:04 PM

I can add a 4gb stick of ram incase its running short with the single 8gb stick
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December 21, 2013 2:00:14 PM

with cpu-z look under memory tab if the ram set right it run at 800 speed. under the spd tab is the ram rated speed. check that the mb set the ram timing right. with gpu-z make sure reading the new card at 2x by 16 mode when you run a game. also make sure it in the first video slot and in tight and has all of the power connectors connected.
make sure your running the 2.6 bios file.
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/970A-G46.html#/?div=BIOS
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December 21, 2013 2:12:43 PM

ram is set correct and where in gpu-z would I find if its set at 2x 16???

its in the first pci-e slot.

just checked bios and its currently running 2.5 so can update that to 2.6 if u think it may solve it?
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December 21, 2013 2:21:24 PM

you can try to see if they fixed a bug error.
http://tpucdn.com/gpuz/screen1.gif
where it says bus interface is the pci bus speed. with nothing running most gpu will read 1x speed intill you run something in the back ground it a known bug. also make sure the gpu info and bios is read right.
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December 21, 2013 2:23:32 PM

yes it reads at 1.1 while doing nothing and jumps to 2.0 with the render test / a game running
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December 21, 2013 2:29:50 PM

check online see if the video card has newest firmware. if it does and it under 30 days i would replace it. (may be a bad card).
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December 21, 2013 2:31:45 PM

ok will look into it. its only ever froze while on the internet or once the pc is left afk then u try to use it as I have disabled all sleep timers and such to see if it was that causing it. never frozen/ had problems when gaming even when im dual screen gaming
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December 21, 2013 3:19:41 PM

make sure java and flash are updated and your browser updated too.
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December 23, 2013 1:29:01 PM

I have exactly the same problem and wish I had never purchased the bloody Asus R7 260X card. Should be easy to change GFX card but now 3 days wasted on this obviously buggy card. Freezes happen just the same and also not when running any games or sims. BUT not if I remove the latest AMD driver and run on Microsoft drivers albeit slow of course. So AMD drivers must be buggy as I see it and same with older driver from the ncluded CD

Just changed from old HSI HD 4890 Ultra card which was plenty fast enough for my sim racing sims like Iracing but fan went on that card so made the mistake of upgrading to this nightmare new R7 card. My system is Asus P 5B-E motherboard with the fast E8400 core2 duo CPU and 8 GB GSkil RAM. 1807 mobo bios and was all very stable and safely over clocked until I put this new card in. Only has 1 PCI E slot and all checked physically with 6 pin power plugged in too. PSU 850W and fine for old power hungry HD4890

Please someone help before I bin this R7 card as I am pulling my hair out here. Thanks for any help will be much appreciated.
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December 24, 2013 1:28:25 PM

I have the same problem with ASUS R7 260X OC. PC randomly freezes and sometimes I see artifacts or flickering in 2D (mainly in google Chrome but not only). Also started to see some artifacts in games. Thought it may be a driver problem - tried 13.11 beta 9.5 and 13.12 WHQL and it did not help. Now trying luck with other drivers, hope it helps, otherwise I will return the card.
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December 24, 2013 5:17:49 PM

i HAD the same problem, for some reason overclocking the card slightly (with asus gpu tweak application my settings: 1208-gpu mhz 7100-memory 50% fan speed) helped me a wee bit, and keeping my resulution at 1280x720 at most during gaming and maxing out the rest of the settings, for most games, and you hardly see the problems anymore. maybe a slight freeze every now and then but hardly anymore. (AMD should fix some of these problems in the next update)

my specs:
mobo: msi ma75-e35
cpu: a4-5300 3.4 Ghz
ram: G. Skill Ripjaws X 8gb (2x4gb) 1600
gfx: ASUS r7 260x
psu: Logysis 550 watt (with adapter for graphics)
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December 24, 2013 5:28:48 PM

Ray Walton said:
I have exactly the same problem and wish I had never purchased the bloody Asus R7 260X card. Should be easy to change GFX card but now 3 days wasted on this obviously buggy card. Freezes happen just the same and also not when running any games or sims. BUT not if I remove the latest AMD driver and run on Microsoft drivers albeit slow of course. So AMD drivers must be buggy as I see it and same with older driver from the ncluded CD

Just changed from old HSI HD 4890 Ultra card which was plenty fast enough for my sim racing sims like Iracing but fan went on that card so made the mistake of upgrading to this nightmare new R7 card. My system is Asus P 5B-E motherboard with the fast E8400 core2 duo CPU and 8 GB GSkil RAM. 1807 mobo bios and was all very stable and safely over clocked until I put this new card in. Only has 1 PCI E slot and all checked physically with 6 pin power plugged in too. PSU 850W and fine for old power hungry HD4890

Please someone help before I bin this R7 card as I am pulling my hair out here. Thanks for any help will be much appreciated.


read my solution down below, it might help you, who knows, it might help everyone with this graphics card. its a really good card, it can run battlefield at medium-high with good frames.
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December 25, 2013 3:19:19 AM

Guys, I have found a solution to my problems with ASUS R7 260X OC - I guess it may work for you as well. I uninstalled current generic AMD driver and used latest driver downloaded from asus website. You can find it in http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/R7260XDC2OC2GD5/#sup... in "Drivers&Tools" tab. Currently running asus branded driver "ATI Display Driver 13.20WHQL for Win7 32/64, Win8 32/64, Win8.1 32/64" dated "2013.11.29" and my problems with flickering and artifacts are gone. Running on this driver without a single problem for a couple of hours now.

Note: uninstalling amd drivers ended in black screen but after reboot I first uninstalled card in device manager (delete driver option checked) and then used amd uninstaller and it worked.

Note 2: this card is really good in terms of overclocking - in MSI afterburner you can't change voltage for this card so I used ASUS GPU Tweak 2.4.7.0 - and I'm able to run this baby on asus driver stable in games and benchmarks at 1320/1800 - the max specs officially allowed by bios (voltage locked to core mhz and power level 115%). In FURMARK 15 min. burn-in test temp reached 89 on auto fan and 86 on 100% fan. In games temp stays below 80 on auto. I also tried to go over bios barrier and passed 1 min. furmark on 1400/1975 but in 15 min. test temp reached 92-93 and card lost stability - the real reason might have been memory temp but it's not monitored so I'm only speculating. I'm going to experiment some more to find a higher max stable clocks than 1320/1800 but it looks very good already.
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December 25, 2013 4:27:34 AM

Ray Walton said:
I have exactly the same problem and wish I had never purchased the bloody Asus R7 260X card. Should be easy to change GFX card but now 3 days wasted on this obviously buggy card. Freezes happen just the same and also not when running any games or sims. BUT not if I remove the latest AMD driver and run on Microsoft drivers albeit slow of course. So AMD drivers must be buggy as I see it and same with older driver from the ncluded CD

Just changed from old HSI HD 4890 Ultra card which was plenty fast enough for my sim racing sims like Iracing but fan went on that card so made the mistake of upgrading to this nightmare new R7 card. My system is Asus P 5B-E motherboard with the fast E8400 core2 duo CPU and 8 GB GSkil RAM. 1807 mobo bios and was all very stable and safely over clocked until I put this new card in. Only has 1 PCI E slot and all checked physically with 6 pin power plugged in too. PSU 850W and fine for old power hungry HD4890

Please someone help before I bin this R7 card as I am pulling my hair out here. Thanks for any help will be much appreciated.


I have the same problems with my ASUS R7 260X DCII OC! Any solution? I really like this card, great performance for the buck, but so many problems with it.
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December 25, 2013 12:58:19 PM

GodOFGames_RO said:

I have the same problems with my ASUS R7 260X DCII OC! Any solution? I really like this card, great performance for the buck, but so many problems with it.


Look for my previous post with solution, try it & let us know if it worked.
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December 26, 2013 4:31:50 AM

I've tried all the possible solution, neither one worked. I installed the ASUS driver, Catalyst 13.10 and 13.12, my computer still freezes, even worse at cold boot. I overclocked the card like tentails suggested and didn't solve the issue.

It's funny because if I play games or I run benckmarks, I don't have any problems. Yet I found a strange fix, using the GPU-Z's stress tool in background, forcing the GPU to stay in load, I can use my PC.
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December 27, 2013 7:32:31 AM

Finally I found a solution for the problems with this graphics card. Using ASUS GPU Tweak, lock your ASUS R7 260X's memory clock to 1750 MHz in 2D and the issues are gone, be advised and set ASUS GPU Tweak to run at Windows startup.
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January 2, 2014 5:05:51 AM

im still having problems with this ive updated all drivers and my mobo bios and its still happeneing the only other choice ive got is to reinstall windows which mean buying it again as lost all my disk and serial that im using atm
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January 9, 2014 12:00:25 PM

've same exact problems... nothing wrong with gaming, just random freezes when doing menial stuff
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January 9, 2014 2:24:53 PM

yea exactly the same im going to try my last resort this week coming complete full install of windows again and go from there if it still pursists im going to send the gfx back and buy an alternative
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January 20, 2014 11:37:32 PM

i reinstalled windows Saturday just gone and so far no crashes but im still awaiting it to happened again and if it does I shall be contacting the seller and looking for an exchange to something different
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January 21, 2014 2:06:34 PM

simps2k said:
i reinstalled windows Saturday just gone and so far no crashes but im still awaiting it to happened again and if it does I shall be contacting the seller and looking for an exchange to something different


I just gave up and bought the r9 270. No problems so far so I think its good.
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January 28, 2014 3:21:55 AM

Cormazz was your problem with the R7 260X card that the screen freezes just in 2D mode as many of us report here? If so well maybe I need the extra cost of the R9 as the easiest solution, but that is more grunt than I need as the r7 shows to be easily more than fast enough for all the sim racing software I use (iRacing and rF2).

Sorry for not coming back earlier but been in long correspondence with Asus Thailand and their latest statement is it appears the R7 card is PCIE3 and not PCIE2.1 which my Mobo is and so this MAY be the cause of the problem, though waiting for more from them as they are now being very helpful But I understand that PCIE 3 is backward compatible with 2.1, so htis should not be a problem. Anyone know anything on this point PCIE version issue? If it is the PCIE version incompatibility causing the freezes then how would an R9 card help as surely this would have the same problem??

Currently I have uninstalled my R7 card and removed all drivers and gone back to my very old and now noisy HD4890 card and all is stable again. But I either want a refund for the R7 card or better a solution as the card is so brilliantly fast in 3D mode. Maybe I should try the GPUTweak utility running the memory at 1750 Mhz in 2D mode too as GodOFGames_RO suggested and logically that would work but quite an overkill and removes the nice low power feature of the card. Will try it with the 13,20 drivers as had the 13.11 which were dated later on 21st December which seems strange and wonder which is then the latest driver or is it because that is ATI and the 13.20 is Asus drivers ????
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January 29, 2014 3:23:08 AM

I have the same problem with my PC freezing when not under any load. Using the ASUS Tweak or MSI Afterburner does not help at all. I have PCIE 2.0, tried all the drivers, tried every recommended fix on this page still no dice. I was going to wait for new drivers in the hope they would fix the prob but I dont want to risk it. Taking my card back tomorrow.
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February 2, 2014 3:33:46 AM

Did anyone try new 14.1 beta drivers if they fix this problems? Btw. PowerColor 260X TurboDuo is suffering from same issues
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February 2, 2014 5:52:45 AM

Well Asus technical help desk in Bangkok here have been a great help they sent me a suggestion to try the AMD 13.20 driver dated 26/11/13 which I thought was superseded date wise by the ATI 13.12 driver dated in mid December. Also they sent me a link to make sure I uninstalled all traces of earlier ATI and AMD drivers. Did all this with the R7 260X card now reinstalled and it all seemed to work for a while but bang back came the freezes after about 10 minutes, so no joy there.

So tried the GPUTweak fix somebody here suggested of running up the 2D memory clock to 1750 Mhz from its default 600 Mhz and ensuring I set GPUTweak to run up at Windows start up AND to always use the current configured GPUTweak set up with the now configured 1750 Mhz 2D memory clock set (that bit is important BTW else you go back to 600Mhz default value again at the next boot up of GPUTweak!!) .

Strange thing is once I move even a little up from the default 600Mhz 2D memory clock the GPUTweak monitor shows it jumps straight up to the 3D set speed, which in my case is 7000 Mhz default !!! Strange that but I can report that it now DOES NOT FREEZE even after trying several reboots and running in 2D mode for some time now :-) So many thanks to whoever posted that fix though really it is of course only a workaround but it does work.

Will be talking back to the Bangkok Asus help desk guy tomorrow when they are back at work so if any better solution transpires I will post it here of course. They have told me that the official release of latest new R7 drivers is imminent, but of course he cannot confirm whether it will fix this annoying bug, so we will have to see.
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February 9, 2014 6:17:25 PM

i already contact ASUS Service Care.

and they said,

"We apologize for the delayed response due to the holiday.

Firstly please do this troubleshooting.
Please remove the GamerOSD and GPU Tweak (or SmartDoctor) first. Then update the latest driver for a try.
http://support.asus.com.cn/download.aspx?SLanguage=en&p...

If the problem still exist, please contact your retailer for RMA service to check and test it. (Return Material Authorization)
The reseller will offer user completely warranty service. And also there will have professional engineers help you to check and deal with it.
Thank you for understanding!"

and i still have this problems.
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February 10, 2014 9:26:21 AM

Ray Walton said:
Well Asus technical help desk in Bangkok here have been a great help they sent me a suggestion to try the AMD 13.20 driver dated 26/11/13 which I thought was superseded date wise by the ATI 13.12 driver dated in mid December. Also they sent me a link to make sure I uninstalled all traces of earlier ATI and AMD drivers. Did all this with the R7 260X card now reinstalled and it all seemed to work for a while but bang back came the freezes after about 10 minutes, so no joy there.

So tried the GPUTweak fix somebody here suggested of running up the 2D memory clock to 1750 Mhz from its default 600 Mhz and ensuring I set GPUTweak to run up at Windows start up AND to always use the current configured GPUTweak set up with the now configured 1750 Mhz 2D memory clock set (that bit is important BTW else you go back to 600Mhz default value again at the next boot up of GPUTweak!!) .

Strange thing is once I move even a little up from the default 600Mhz 2D memory clock the GPUTweak monitor shows it jumps straight up to the 3D set speed, which in my case is 7000 Mhz default !!! Strange that but I can report that it now DOES NOT FREEZE even after trying several reboots and running in 2D mode for some time now :-) So many thanks to whoever posted that fix though really it is of course only a workaround but it does work.

Will be talking back to the Bangkok Asus help desk guy tomorrow when they are back at work so if any better solution transpires I will post it here of course. They have told me that the official release of latest new R7 drivers is imminent, but of course he cannot confirm whether it will fix this annoying bug, so we will have to see.


I did pretty much the same, and got my system to quit black-screening for the last 3 days (was crashing about every 2 hours).
System specs: EVGA 132-bl-e758 pci-e x16; Core i7 940; 12Gb mem; 120gb SSD + 1Tb 5.2K; XFX R7 260x Gold

a) updated to MSI drivers ver 13.20
b) changed default mem clock to 1750mhz using MSI Afterburner
c) updated fan speed to boost to 100% at 45°C

I run WoW at High settings with Rainmaker desktop apps running, and usually several other windows open, including Excel and Outlook. After my changes, I had one crash (pretty much right after I rebooted with the new drivers) and haven't had one in 3 days since.

UPDATE: Well, it figures that I would post here and then my pc would make me a liar; just had another black screen crash. Guess I'm taking this R7 260x back to Best Buy.
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February 11, 2014 6:22:55 PM

jayswear said:
Ray Walton said:
Well Asus technical help desk in Bangkok here have been a great help they sent me a suggestion to try the AMD 13.20 driver dated 26/11/13 which I thought was superseded date wise by the ATI 13.12 driver dated in mid December. Also they sent me a link to make sure I uninstalled all traces of earlier ATI and AMD drivers. Did all this with the R7 260X card now reinstalled and it all seemed to work for a while but bang back came the freezes after about 10 minutes, so no joy there.

So tried the GPUTweak fix somebody here suggested of running up the 2D memory clock to 1750 Mhz from its default 600 Mhz and ensuring I set GPUTweak to run up at Windows start up AND to always use the current configured GPUTweak set up with the now configured 1750 Mhz 2D memory clock set (that bit is important BTW else you go back to 600Mhz default value again at the next boot up of GPUTweak!!) .

Strange thing is once I move even a little up from the default 600Mhz 2D memory clock the GPUTweak monitor shows it jumps straight up to the 3D set speed, which in my case is 7000 Mhz default !!! Strange that but I can report that it now DOES NOT FREEZE even after trying several reboots and running in 2D mode for some time now :-) So many thanks to whoever posted that fix though really it is of course only a workaround but it does work.

Will be talking back to the Bangkok Asus help desk guy tomorrow when they are back at work so if any better solution transpires I will post it here of course. They have told me that the official release of latest new R7 drivers is imminent, but of course he cannot confirm whether it will fix this annoying bug, so we will have to see.


I did pretty much the same, and got my system to quit black-screening for the last 3 days (was crashing about every 2 hours).
System specs: EVGA 132-bl-e758 pci-e x16; Core i7 940; 12Gb mem; 120gb SSD + 1Tb 5.2K; XFX R7 260x Gold

a) updated to MSI drivers ver 13.20
b) changed default mem clock to 1750mhz using MSI Afterburner
c) updated fan speed to boost to 100% at 45°C

I run WoW at High settings with Rainmaker desktop apps running, and usually several other windows open, including Excel and Outlook. After my changes, I had one crash (pretty much right after I rebooted with the new drivers) and haven't had one in 3 days since.

UPDATE: Well, it figures that I would post here and then my pc would make me a liar; just had another black screen crash. Guess I'm taking this R7 260x back to Best Buy.


Just check with GPU-Z that your memory clock is indeed running at 1750 or higher. I use AMD 13.20 driver but that should be the same as your MSI one and I use ASUS GPUTweak over clocking utility and of course we have different mobo and CPU technology mine being older. Good luck and hope you find a fix too and keep us all posted as to what you do too as it helps many of us here.

Update from me is all is still working stable and 100% with the 1750 MHz 2D memory clocking and waiting for new drivers and/or Asus Bangkok tech guy coming back to me with any new update. He confirms he has escalated the problem up directly to AMD so for sure they will definitely now know about it.

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March 22, 2014 11:39:46 AM

Update: It still crashes to black screen once or twice per day, even if it's just sitting idle. I've got a window AC unit blowing right above it and the room is cold, so I can't understand if it's an overheating issue. It's got to be a driver problem, so I'll just wait for the next version to be released.
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April 4, 2014 8:42:38 AM

Radeon R7 260X - I have had my pc for a couple of months and the card/drivers for the R7 260x are very buggy and crashes fairly often, they are nothing but trouble.

I am not the only one having problems with this card either, like all of you, there are many others out there who have the same problem with this card...i've tried everything from installing different drivers (sapphire, amd, asus) to testing in a different machine...the card is a waste of time and definitely a waste of money.

The only solution is to give up on this card, as trying to remedy the problem by using different hardware and software will get you no where...go for the Nvidia GTX 650Ti or alternatively get the XFX 7850 Core 2GB card if you still want amd chipset, as I believe they are equally, if not more powerful than the r7 260x, but without the crashes.

I'm really annoyed because the card is actually good for gaming, but the crashes just make it not worth the trouble, I wasted my money on this one.
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April 8, 2014 5:48:51 AM

Same Problem for my ASUS Direct CU II r7 260x, Crash and Hang After Driver installed changed two different PC hardware. Today only given to warranty.
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April 21, 2014 6:25:36 AM

zekozeko said:
Did you try new beta drivers? I didn't have freezes on last two betas. Here is the link http://www2.ati.com/drivers/beta/AMD_Catalyst_14.3_Beta...

Important: Uninstall current drivers before installing beta.


Tried and failed. I get black screens in 3d games and close to zero demanding 2d apps. Fastest and most predictable way to evoke a crash is to run Rapid typing tutor (http://www.rapidtyping.com/). A free 2d application. The screen starts to jitter or becomes unresponsive.

Hope someone finds a solution.
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May 1, 2014 5:14:31 PM

zekozeko said:
Did you try new beta drivers? I didn't have freezes on last two betas. Here is the link http://www2.ati.com/drivers/beta/AMD_Catalyst_14.3_Beta...

Important: Uninstall current drivers before installing beta.


Mine got significantly worse when I installed the latest AMD drivers (and yes I did a fresh install). In fact it got so bad I had to reboot into safe mode to uninstall them because the system locked up while playing a game and became completely unresponsive. The best I have found so far is the stock ASUS ones that came with the card, but even then I only get at most 30 -45 mins of play time before i have to shut down and restart. When I'm monitoring the gpu usage I can watch it peak and valley constantly, and the longer I run it, the bigger the drops become. I can almost predict now when it will crash. Eventually windows has enough of it's nonsense and blocks all the programs that I'm running while it crashes (clueless ol windows blames the programs for some reason rather than the hardware). If I swap back in my ancient HD 5570 card, it runs just fine (albeit slow as molasses in winter). I contacted ASUS over 2 weeks ago and have yet to hear back from them. I think they're hoping this whole thing just blows away. There honestly needs to be a recall on these cards.
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May 26, 2014 7:48:22 PM

Same problem here with the Asus r7 260x DC2 1GD5, the 2d clock workaround with gputweak is just that a workaround but better than nothing, the user who posted it is more helpfull than asus thecnical service.

Interesting thread but i think RMA is my best option.

Excuse my english.
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June 7, 2014 6:02:34 AM

I encountered the same problems crash or freeze with my pc since I changed my graphics card for ASUS R7-260X DCUII 2Go.
Here is my configuration

ASUS P5BDeluxe
Intel Code 2 Quad Q9550
RAM 6Go
Seven 64

It is stable for 15 days since I installed the driver catalist 14.4 and updated ASUS GPUTweak with the 2.6.3.0 release. It remains unstable without this version of GPUTweak.

I hope that the problem is definitely set and not come back with a new version of the drivers.

Thank you to all contributors for ways to solve this problem.

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June 28, 2014 1:34:02 PM

fredy13 said:
I encountered the same problems crash or freeze with my pc since I changed my graphics card for ASUS R7-260X DCUII 2Go.
Here is my configuration

ASUS P5BDeluxe
Intel Code 2 Quad Q9550
RAM 6Go
Seven 64

It is stable for 15 days since I installed the driver catalist 14.4 and updated ASUS GPUTweak with the 2.6.3.0 release. It remains unstable without this version of GPUTweak.

I hope that the problem is definitely set and not come back with a new version of the drivers.

Thank you to all contributors for ways to solve this problem.



Whats ur settings in gpu tweak (gpu and memory clock)? I have the same problems with that card, for now i use 14.6 rc1 drivers and i have artifacts also in game. I've tryed everything, bios update, drivers from asus / amd..., gpu tweak its also buggy. Worst card ever and also bad support from asus.

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June 29, 2014 5:01:19 PM

has any1 had any luck with this as im still getting the same random crash after a fresh install and ive about had it with my card now. whats the best way or sorting this would I contact asus direct or the actual seller about a possible return/exchange for a different card
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June 30, 2014 9:53:32 AM

I updated to the latest Driver Package from AMD (14.10.1006-140417a-171099C) about a week ago and haven't had a single black screen or video related problem of any kind. So far so good, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

UPDATE: Well, I've had 2 crashes in the last day-and-a-half. So much for the driver fix.
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June 30, 2014 4:57:02 PM

ive contacted the seller now and am going to send it back and probably exchange for something upto similar value going to go back to nvidea
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July 11, 2014 10:01:16 AM

ASUS just posted an updated BIOS on their support site for the ASUS 260X 2GB OC. BIOS date is 2014/06/25. The changelog mentions this very issue (black screen) is fixed, and I flashed it and haven't had any problems so far.

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/vga/ATI/BIOS/VBIOS_UPD...
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July 11, 2014 10:22:16 AM

d2kx said:
ASUS just posted an updated BIOS on their support site for the ASUS 260X 2GB OC. BIOS date is 2014/06/25. The changelog mentions this very issue (black screen) is fixed, and I flashed it and haven't had any problems so far.

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/vga/ATI/BIOS/VBIOS_UPD...


This BIOS update if for R7260X DCII-OC 2Go only or for all R7-260X ?
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July 11, 2014 11:10:34 AM

It is designed for the ASUS OC version, but it will work with the non-OC version aswell. But in that case, make sure your non-OC card handles the slightly higher clock rates just fine.

Don't flash it on non-ASUS 260X.
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July 12, 2014 3:35:54 PM

d2kx said:
ASUS just posted an updated BIOS on their support site for the ASUS 260X 2GB OC. BIOS date is 2014/06/25. The changelog mentions this very issue (black screen) is fixed, and I flashed it and haven't had any problems so far.

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/vga/ATI/BIOS/VBIOS_UPD...


How do you update GPU Bios?I've never done it before.
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July 15, 2014 7:52:34 PM

d2kx said:
ASUS just posted an updated BIOS on their support site for the ASUS 260X 2GB OC. BIOS date is 2014/06/25. The changelog mentions this very issue (black screen) is fixed, and I flashed it and haven't had any problems so far.

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/vga/ATI/BIOS/VBIOS_UPD...


This BIOS version basically sticks the clocks to 1188/1750. The card then runs like a toaster. (No more 2D clock) It's been more stable for the few hours I've run it but I read that in the long term the card overheats. Unfortunately, you can't underclock using GPU Tweak or AMD Overdrive.
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July 23, 2014 11:42:57 AM

This card is useless! I tried everything, but the video card never wanted to run normally. Finally I returned the card to RMA and I bought a Gigabyte Radeon R7 265 WindForce 2X. The problems have gone.

My advice to everyone that still have this graphics card is to RMA it!
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