GPU Overclock isn't working?????

TaintedGG

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Hi,
I have an AMD R9 280, i know its not the best but it's what I've got. A while back I overclocked it past the factory boost: info here for the card vvvv

Sapphire Radeon r9 280
Base Clock: 850MHz
Boost Clock: 940 MHz
My Overclock: 1100Mhz
Base Mem speed: 1250MHz
My Mem overclock: 1350MHz

My overclock was fine. Stress tested to the max and working fine until today. I boost up my PC and a few hours into witcher 3 I alt-tab into afterburner to see that my gpou was only hitting 850Mhz core clock and 1250 memory clock...
even though clearly my settings say otherwise..

I checked some ovbious things first like possible power mode (on high). i updated the driver and reinstalled afterburner to find no change. I'm not sure what to do.
 

TaintedGG

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No. Just seems to not be working.

It seems a little overdramatic but I've resorted to doing a clean windows install on the PC. Been meaning to do it for a while and have a better excuse to do it now. I belive it is a software issue and fresh install should do the trick.