AMD Radeon R9 290X Giving blackscreens in games / benchmarks.

ToxicMagic

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Hi, I installed a AMD Radeon R9 290X in my pc and its giving blackscreens in every game or anything that is abit hard to handle, however in idle it works fine never had a blackscreen in idle or when I am just watching youtube / browsing around.

More details on the problem: What it does is all my sounds drop and my screen blackscreens then my television where I have my pc connected to starts displaying "No Signal" but my pc is still displaying lights and the fans are still running I can hear my pc is just running fine but there is no display I mostly have this while playing games for a while but its almost always random it can happen 10 seconds after I launch a game or a benchmark or a whole day.

Things I have tried: installing drivers that are older / beta drivers and of course the newest drivers and yes I did remove the old drivers properly.
I also tried under-clocking it did not work.
Turning the fan up / putting the video-card on "Ubermode"
putting a big fan (not mend for computers) next to it while I had the side of my case open.
I also cleaned my pc from the inside.
I also have a old video-card that I put in the same computer a ATI Radeon HD 5750 and that runs fine.

If you have any Idea what it cud be or how I cud fix my problem please put you answer since I am realy tired of having this problem.

These are my computer specs: http://imgur.com/k0VaJAV

 

ToxicMagic

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Hey man thanks for the reply and the link now I know what kind of psu I need btw can you explain why it sometimes just works for days and then it just crashes again?
 

SlayZombi

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My guess is luck...
 

Vitric9

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I would play games with the R9 290X using that PSU. I have never heard of that make or model so Just to be careful...Wattage is not the only factor choosing a PSU. Though the R9 290X recommended PSU is that of 750w you could get away with 650w as long as it is of High quality from a trusted vendor. I have ruined a PC from using a poor Quality PSU.