I received my MSI 280x Gaming OC GFX card a few days ago and have been getting artifacts in games while running stock clocks of 1020Mhz Core, 1500Mhz Memory. I have tried updating my motherboard bios to the latest, reinstalling the GFX drivers (13.12) and reinstalling Windows 8.1 without any luck.
Idle temperature is around 30-35c, gaming in BF4 is 70-75c & Skyrim around 60c.
I tried running MSI Kombustor and it was able to run a total of 4 minutes 46 seconds, reaching 80c before the artifacts showed up and the AMD driver crashed. This was with the fan on auto which reached 46% speed.
I tried a second attempt of running MSI Kombuster, this time with the fan on manual running at 60% and power limit set to +20% (I don't know if this made any difference). I ran it a total of 20 minutes, reaching 82c without the driver crashing or artifacts. Artifacts did however show up after Kombustor had been quit while moving the mouse around the taskbar.
I then put the clocks around reference 7970 levels of 925Mhz Core, 1350 Memory and ran BF4 for around 45 minutes without any artifacting. It usually takes 5-10 minutes for them to show up at stock clocks.
The temps seem fine to me so I don't think it's overheating? Do I just have a duff chip and am going to have to RMA the card?
Idle temperature is around 30-35c, gaming in BF4 is 70-75c & Skyrim around 60c.
I tried running MSI Kombustor and it was able to run a total of 4 minutes 46 seconds, reaching 80c before the artifacts showed up and the AMD driver crashed. This was with the fan on auto which reached 46% speed.
I tried a second attempt of running MSI Kombuster, this time with the fan on manual running at 60% and power limit set to +20% (I don't know if this made any difference). I ran it a total of 20 minutes, reaching 82c without the driver crashing or artifacts. Artifacts did however show up after Kombustor had been quit while moving the mouse around the taskbar.
I then put the clocks around reference 7970 levels of 925Mhz Core, 1350 Memory and ran BF4 for around 45 minutes without any artifacting. It usually takes 5-10 minutes for them to show up at stock clocks.
The temps seem fine to me so I don't think it's overheating? Do I just have a duff chip and am going to have to RMA the card?