I have a reasonable spec machine, I5-4690k, 24GB ram and an AMD 290.
When gaming even at lower resolution the game will always crash, sometimes after 30 seconds, sometimes 30 minutes. On some occasions I can get back to the desktop, other times I have to reboot the whole system. I have tried a number of games as well as clean installs of windows 7 and windows 10. Memtest86 and CPU burn in tests all pass with and without overclock - pretty much the only thing left in my mind is the Graphics card.
In the absence of a magic driver or setting fix I think it might need to be replaced. I have an old Nvidia 470 GTX I can swap in for a few days to test with to confirm the diagnosis.
Assuming it is bad and needs replacing - what are my options here? I bought the 290 back in Dec 2013 for about £230 and looking now I find most cards are only a bit faster for a lot more money. Have things really slowed down this much? A 1070 looks to be about 50-60% faster but still costs £400. so £170 more and nearly 3 years newer for only 50% more seems like a bad deal? Is there something else out there that is better value for money?
I am not using VR yet, but I would like to at some point. I also have a 4k screen which the 290 seems to be able to handle (when it’s not crashing) in a few games, others I drop down to 2560x1440 or 1920x1080.
Can anyone offer some sage advice on an upgrade path or a possible solution to my crashing woes so I can stave of this expense for a few more months?
When gaming even at lower resolution the game will always crash, sometimes after 30 seconds, sometimes 30 minutes. On some occasions I can get back to the desktop, other times I have to reboot the whole system. I have tried a number of games as well as clean installs of windows 7 and windows 10. Memtest86 and CPU burn in tests all pass with and without overclock - pretty much the only thing left in my mind is the Graphics card.
In the absence of a magic driver or setting fix I think it might need to be replaced. I have an old Nvidia 470 GTX I can swap in for a few days to test with to confirm the diagnosis.
Assuming it is bad and needs replacing - what are my options here? I bought the 290 back in Dec 2013 for about £230 and looking now I find most cards are only a bit faster for a lot more money. Have things really slowed down this much? A 1070 looks to be about 50-60% faster but still costs £400. so £170 more and nearly 3 years newer for only 50% more seems like a bad deal? Is there something else out there that is better value for money?
I am not using VR yet, but I would like to at some point. I also have a 4k screen which the 290 seems to be able to handle (when it’s not crashing) in a few games, others I drop down to 2560x1440 or 1920x1080.
Can anyone offer some sage advice on an upgrade path or a possible solution to my crashing woes so I can stave of this expense for a few more months?