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R9 290 Bluescreen While Streaming Youtube and Bad FPS in Games

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September 19, 2014 10:43:17 PM

This is so weird...

So I have an r9 290 which has underperformed compared to benchmarks by the way. =[
So I over-clocked it a bit, nothing that pushed the temp. past 90c which I'm told 95c is the highest this card should get.
I only enable my OC when I'm gaming it nothing seems wrong while gaming other than a lower than expected FPS...

My real issue is youtube oddly enough. Ever since I bought this card, switching tabs in chrome has studdered,
I'm talking 5 seconds of not responding every time I try and switch tabs. So, I moved to Opera. Opera has
worked fine, but when I watch youtube for a little while at 1080p normally, I get a flash of green pixels at the top
of my screen and a blue-screen message. I had none of these problems with my old GTX 650 2GB OC edition.

Should I RMA this card?
Is it possible to return this card for money so I can buy the Nvidia 970? ( I would have waited 2 weeks to buy the 970 if they had freak'n advertised it at all...)
=/

My Specs:
HIS r9 290 4GB
FX-6350 OCed to 4.3 GHz
16GB DDR5 RAM
750 watt 80+ gold seasonic PSU
1 TB HDD

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