Powercolor PCS+ 290x in Crossfire BSOD at 3840 X 2160 or 2160p (motherboard or video cards)
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redgarl
August 10, 2014 5:02:36 AM
My specs are at the bottom, however here is more detailed.
Like indicated in the title, I cannot isolate the fault by myself. When I am running some game with Crossfire enabled, the game crash severely and I am facing lockup artifact and a BSOD sometime when windows can recover enough. I even suspect system to not run in CF at all because single card run the same as two when Crossfire is disabled. The reason why I strongly suspect the motherboard also.
I will post pictures, video and blue page information in the next post.
Windows 7 latest drivers
3860X2160 or 2160p @ 60Hz with Displayport 1.2
Panasonic 58AX800
MSI Z87-G45 Gaming
Lucidlogix MVP unninstalled
AVG uninstalled
14.7 Catalyst
MSI Afterburner running with no OC
Build is 2 months old but I just started to use it at 2160p last week after receiving TV
Like indicated in the title, I cannot isolate the fault by myself. When I am running some game with Crossfire enabled, the game crash severely and I am facing lockup artifact and a BSOD sometime when windows can recover enough. I even suspect system to not run in CF at all because single card run the same as two when Crossfire is disabled. The reason why I strongly suspect the motherboard also.
1. System is not OC, however I have a dog chip which cannot pass 4.2GHz with 1.25V and overheat easily.
2. System have been test with 14.4, 14.7 and even on powercolor drivers with same result. DDU have been used in all occasion so it is clean drivers install in all cases.
3. Each PCIE slots have been tested individually with no difference.
4. Each cards have been tested individually and are working perfectly alone, but crash in Crossfire.
5. Tried different PCIE PLL options, SB and LC with same results.
6. Problem doesn't exist at 1080p.
7. Games culprit crashing in mere minutes or seconds, Crysis 2 and The Witcher 2 so far. Will update the list with time.
8. Memory tested through memtest86 came back negative, memory is fine so far.
9. BSOD was experienced when installing or unninstalling video drivers when a card was in the bottom PCIE slot at 4x. It doesn't happen when the two cards are in the top PCIE slots.
I will post pictures, video and blue page information in the next post.
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redgarl
August 10, 2014 5:38:50 AM
Video Crysis 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjEuGxfY7zs&feature=youtu.be
Video The Witcher 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GiaSvKHjrg&feature=youtu.be
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjEuGxfY7zs&feature=youtu.be
Video The Witcher 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GiaSvKHjrg&feature=youtu.be
Pictures

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redgarl
August 10, 2014 6:39:41 AM
redgarl
August 10, 2014 8:43:34 AM
redgarl
August 10, 2014 10:14:19 AM
redgarl
August 16, 2014 1:35:49 PM
redgarl
August 19, 2014 5:44:14 PM
I found something while dealing with MSI Afterburner.
New cards in Crossfire are running into ULPS mode. It's like one card running at 0MHz at idle. The problem with that is... instability when you are starting highly demanding games. Sometimes, the second card was not starting at all. I deactivated the ULPS and now The Witcher 2 and Crysis 2 are running like they should.
It could be the multiple drivers cleanup and reinstallation, or the ULPS deactivation.
Anyway, glad it is over.
New cards in Crossfire are running into ULPS mode. It's like one card running at 0MHz at idle. The problem with that is... instability when you are starting highly demanding games. Sometimes, the second card was not starting at all. I deactivated the ULPS and now The Witcher 2 and Crysis 2 are running like they should.
It could be the multiple drivers cleanup and reinstallation, or the ULPS deactivation.
Anyway, glad it is over.
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redgarl
August 19, 2014 5:46:33 PM
redgarl
September 6, 2014 5:30:24 AM
Major update here... for the Powercolor PCS+ 290x
You need to contact Powercolor for a BIOS update with these cards. Their initial BIOS is bad and can provoke bad performances, especially in CF, and instability issues like BSOD.
So far so good. I will update this thread if I continue experiencing BSOD even after the BIOS update.
You need to contact Powercolor for a BIOS update with these cards. Their initial BIOS is bad and can provoke bad performances, especially in CF, and instability issues like BSOD.
So far so good. I will update this thread if I continue experiencing BSOD even after the BIOS update.
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