AMD Fixes Radeon Software Crimson GPU Fan Profile Problem With Hotfix

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  • Sakkura
    Killing the graphics card would require some additional factor, like the card not throttling down correctly or poor VRMs. Still a nasty little bug.
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  • JonnyDough
    Does this include a re-release for the beta Crimson for older cards that became end of life?
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  • jayracer7474
    Fallout 4 compas flicker made me fall back to 15.7, is it fixed or just being investigated?
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  • GPUEnthusiast
    Something about these reports of dead cards is fishy to me. Stories like that don't result from the fan not spinning fast enough, at least not alone, they result from thermal throttling protections being turned off somehow.

    I had the bug on my card, I thought the driver was so good that it made my card more efficient (fans weren't picking up). I thought that until the moment my framerate in Crysis 3 took a dump, and I checked HardwareMonitor to see my GPU temps at 85 C.

    However it throttled properly, as should any GPU with correct protections in place.
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  • firefoxx04
    The only problem with fan control that I have heard of is the speed being locked to 100%. I had that problem.

    I lock my 7850 at 20% via speedfan. Never overheats. I guess big boy cards might get hot.
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  • Anarkie13
    Hotfix... I see what you did there.

    Seriously though, happy to have a new GTX970 right about now. AMDs horrible driver reputation isn't going to get much better at this rate. My 7870 Myst always ran quite hot (and loud).
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  • kcarbotte
    17047096 said:
    Killing the graphics card would require some additional factor, like the card not throttling down correctly or poor VRMs. Still a nasty little bug.

    20% fan speed at high load for extended periods of time could every easily result in dangerously high temperatures.
    AMD said in a statement that it is aware of cards failing and acknowlegded it being a caused by a bug in the driver.
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  • kcarbotte
    17047103 said:
    Does this include a re-release for the beta Crimson for older cards that became end of life?

    AMD stated last week that no further updates will be coming for end-of-life products.
    the Crimson Beta for these cards was delivered as-is so I wouldn't count on an update.
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  • andre_888
    I have a Powercolor R9 290X on Windows 10 and have experienced no issues. In fact my card has been running at 100% for a couple days as I was reminded about using Folding@Home.

    I tried playing BF4 for a bit, and it was fine. I believe the temperature topped out at 65C.
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  • ZachSense
    Was wondering why my r9 270 was at 100C...
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