Loss of video signal / PC freeze after an hour of gaming | R9 290 CF

Cyanogen1

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So I have an odd issue here, not sure if it is crossfire related though I am running a crossfire setup. So I figured I should put the thread here.

Specs:

CPU: i5 4690k @4.5ghz ; 1.3v - Never above 60c load - Prime95 checks out
RAM: 12gb ram - Did memtest on them
PSU: EVGA 850w; Product reference
GPU(s): R9 290 x2 crossfire - Not OC'd - Temps never above 80c ; (Series rated to run safe at 94c)
MB: MSI z97s SLI Krait edition - bios not flashed to newest

The title basically sums up the gist of what is going on. About an hour or so whilst playing The Division specifically, the video feed will either completely drop with no signal or the feed will glitch slightly and the pc will freeze but is still running nonetheless. Though a hard restart is my only out in this instance.

I've reinstalled amd crimson drivers several times to no avail. (Currently on 16.3)

After all of the testing I have done so far, I have narrowed the problem down to the 1st card itself via disabling crossfire and running the subject card alone with the problem still persisting. So I ruled out the psu as such.

I also swapped all of my dvi cables to the other card for video, and have not had the problem since, so I narrowed it down to the other card.

I have done my research on similar threads, and found them to be inconclusive for my needs.

The card runs fine unless I play a taxing game such as the division on it for a while.

So far I have not tested it on any other similarly taxing games, though other games I have played haven't had this issue.

Thanks for reading.





 

Cyanogen1

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I have no issues with crashing when I use my second card for video. It is only when I use the first gpu for video is when the issue happens.

In that right I believe it is 100% the particular card causing the issue, just wondering what the problem within the card may be.

A friend of mine suggested that the card may have video memory problems.