I just got a new graphics card today, the R9-390 Gigabyte G1 Gaming. But, when using it to play games like crysis or even far cry 1, after a while, my computer freezes, no blue-screen, just freezes and I have to reboot.
Specs:
GPU: R9-390 Gigabyte G1 Gaming
CPU: Intel i7 920
PSU: Thermaltake LitePower bronze 650W
I think this might be a power issue. Is 650W enough?
did you install the drivers from the CD or download the latest from the web?
650 should be fine. Have you wiped the old drivers with DDU before re installing.
Installed from windows 10 updates, fresh install.
Did your graphics card come stock overclocked? What's the clock on it? Also any other components in your PC overclocked? A new graphics card that draws more power can cause increased ripple in power delivery making an existing overclock unstable if it's already borderline.
It said it came factory overclocked to 1025MHz everything else is stock.
I highly doubt you got a bad egg 1025 isn't even that high. We're you previously running Nvidia in this system by any chance?
Nope, an old HD5850. Also, fresh install of windows.
How about temps? Can you monitor them while you game?
Also perhaps try a newer game, older games might be finicky with newer cards (for whatever reason - worth a shot) always try the simple stuff first!
Drivers...... you need to look at which driver version you are using I think the current AMD driver is 15.11, or 15.15,but there is a beta driver 15.20 that I'm running, the beta driver is flaky at best and has causes random crashes, lockups, and reboots.
Apparently, the driver is up to date, version 15.201.1151-150821a-188665E. I'm guessing that's the beta driver. Wonder why Windows installed that by default? Will install the 15.11 driver when it finishes downloading. See if that's any better.
I did check the temps, only getting around 60-70. Although, it crashes immediately after loading a save in Crysis (1) regardless of temps. May be a driver issue.
Well Gigabyte sat 600w recommended so It looks good on that front for now, but may come back to it later. You PSU is also single rail with 44amp so that is fine too.
Is it any load that crashes it like benches that crashes it or only games?
I've only tested games so far. Only got it this afternoon.
Alright, I think that's enough for today... It's about 1:30am. What I'll do is install the 3Dmark demo on steam, try it out and see if the computer crashes, then try some, older, stable/non-beta drivers (removing the old ones with DDU) and try 3Dmark again. Worst comes to worst, I can always try to underclock the card :/
Found the problem, It's not a graphics card or even driver problem, it's a motherboard/cpu problem, I also had problems booting and stuff. Luckily, I had an AMD FX-4300 and compatible motherboard lying around. I'll just have to make do with that until I get something new.
Damn. Well at least you found it. Got any more details? Always helpful to know of causes.
Well, it was an i7 920 in an Asus P6T motherboard, both second hand from my dad's old computer (he upgraded), The CPU had the stock cooler from a Pentium D and was getting up to about 100C in the firestrike benchmark. All pretty old parts and were used pretty hard, honestly not too surprised. Sometimes when I pressed the power button it would power up but not beep and go into the BIOS (not UEFI, it's pretty old). It would also sometimes hang at the BIOS or even not do it altogether and just show a blinking white line. Rest in peace Asus P6T, you served me well.
Anyway, I downgraded the drivers from catalyst 15.20 to 15.11 and was able to get into Crysis and do all the usual stuff pretty well, Aparently according to CPUBoss, the FX-4300 and i7-920 are pretty evenly matched in terms of performance. Should do me until Zen.