Strange gpu behavior

pbcphil

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Mar 18, 2013
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I have an rx 470 and it's been great for about a year but today when i tried to game my fps is low super low even in the main menu i'm talking single digits constantly never gets better so i closed the game and pulled up HWinfo 64 and noticed the GPU core current is bouncing around 101A to 122A even at idle and the core power and chip power bouncing around 110W to 130W even at idle but the voltage has dropped from 1.000 idle to 0.969 idle and this is all with 0% load on the GPU. The Core clock and memory clock don't ramp up either i think the highest i saw the core clock was 700 for a split second.

Does anyone have any ideas how to fix this or has the card just broke on me?
 
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I'm a bit confused by 110 amps and 122 amps and...


I'm a bit confused by 110 amps and 122 amps and 110-130W. A screenshot may help.

I would try the age old uninstall and reinstall. I would uninstall it via Device Manager and shut down your PC. Remove the card completely and clean if necessary. Insert card back into slot and firmly seat the PCIe supplemental power cable(s). Turn on PC and install the necessary driver. Get MSI AB running again and see
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if any changes happened.

Should it still not work I would agree it is probably dead and needs to be sent back to the manufacturer for a replacement, if you're the original owner with the warranty which normally last for about 3 years. That's also known as setting up a RMA.
 
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