AMD R9 280X | Programme/Pc crash/freeze until reaching a specific temperature

gogowe

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I have an R9 280X from Asus which always produce some issues if its get too hot.
Some data from tests:
PC1 (I7 6700k, 650W Corsair PSU, 16GB Ram, Win10)

  • ■ Witcher 3 crashed at 76 C°
    ■ GW2 crashed always at 74 C°
    ■ Fortnite freezes always at 74 C°
    ■ The Crew freezes always at 74 C°

PC2 (AMD FX 8320 8xCore, Thermaltake 630W PSU, 8GB Ram, Win7)
FurMark first freeze at 64 C°, lose display driver and display turn off and on.
If I start FurMark with the same situation again, everything freeze and I have to reset manually.


I tested it on 2 completely different systems if the same drivers (18.12.1) and get very similar problems.

If I turn the clock down (from the standard clock) and turn the RPM to 50% I can handle most games (with lower video settings) under 70C° and it all games run stable nothing crashes
But this isn't the solution.
I never used AMD GPUs before is there any "safety option" so it turns automatically off at high temperature (even 74 C° isn't really high)?
Or are the AMD Cards really so temperature sensitive?

Thank you for helping
 
Solution
If I turn the clock down (from the standard clock) and turn the RPM to 50% I can handle most games (with lower video settings) under 70C° and it all games run stable nothing crashes
That means either overheat or the oc is unstable to cause the problem.

You may try the MSI afterbuner, 1) controll the fan speed; or 2) up the voltage little bit, that will help the gpu runs stable.
MSI afterbuner https://www.msi.com/page/afterburner
If I turn the clock down (from the standard clock) and turn the RPM to 50% I can handle most games (with lower video settings) under 70C° and it all games run stable nothing crashes
That means either overheat or the oc is unstable to cause the problem.

You may try the MSI afterbuner, 1) controll the fan speed; or 2) up the voltage little bit, that will help the gpu runs stable.
MSI afterbuner https://www.msi.com/page/afterburner
 
Solution

gogowe

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I get to know that the previous owner runs the card permanently on 80-90 C° because he used bugged AMD driver that locked the fan speed at 20%.

I think the card is because of this very temperature sensitive.
I added one more external fan, change the fan graph for bit more rpm and reduced the clock with Afterburner.
Now I can play Witcher with High/Ultra Setting avg. 45 fps and the GPU don't become warmer as 60C°.

It's not the best solution but better than no one.