This may be the most frustrating computer problem I've ever encountered. I've had components straight-up die on me before, but never have I seen anything like this.
A few months ago I built a new system with a Sapphire r9 290 tri-x GPU. I do not suffer from the apparently far more common issue of black screen on startup. No, I manage to cause a catastrophic system crash (not crash to desktop) to a black screen with a high pitched squeal coming out of my speakers when I over-stress the card. 95% of the time it works like a dream. But when I'm really stressing the card, say with ARMA 3, a large Planetary Annihilation map in late game, or or doing the 4k benchmark on 3DMark, I will get the problem. Up until the point of failure everything runs beautifully with no noticeable artifacting, frame skipping, lag, whatever.
Thoughts?
System:
Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor
Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card
EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
1 SSD + 2 7200RPM HDDs
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
A few months ago I built a new system with a Sapphire r9 290 tri-x GPU. I do not suffer from the apparently far more common issue of black screen on startup. No, I manage to cause a catastrophic system crash (not crash to desktop) to a black screen with a high pitched squeal coming out of my speakers when I over-stress the card. 95% of the time it works like a dream. But when I'm really stressing the card, say with ARMA 3, a large Planetary Annihilation map in late game, or or doing the 4k benchmark on 3DMark, I will get the problem. Up until the point of failure everything runs beautifully with no noticeable artifacting, frame skipping, lag, whatever.
Thoughts?
System:
Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor
Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card
EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
1 SSD + 2 7200RPM HDDs
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
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