Hi all respected ppl,
I bought this ex-mining GPU quite awhile back and didn't have much issues as I mostly doing work stuffs that didn't really stress the GPU. I have 3 monitors hooked up. Recently I tried watching the Dota 2 tournament via Steam in the game and it was fine for first few days. third day onwards, am having some fps issues in the game. It hardly can maintain above 30 fps when the game gets crowded. I have used the latest radeon drivers, and have tried dialing down the video requirements which doesn't help. I have a few questions though.
1. Issit normal that the VRAM utilization is always maximum or 99% used and GPU clock at max and temperature 75degC normal at fresh boot up?
2. This brings me to the main reason i put up this post. Realized the bios ROM could have been changed as it didn't match the PN number on the sticker (299-1E366-101SA SKU# 11265-07). When I bought it 2nd hand, it came with this ROM (113-1E3660EU-S5W) which I didn't bother to change initially as it wasn't giving me any problems for work usage until now when I tried gaming. But am unable to find the stock ROM for SAMSUNG RAM. Any idea how or where I can find it?
3. This is the only list this website's database has and I have tried flashing the latest one in the list as of now. I test run Dota under fresh boot up condition and it gives me some flickers and some horizontal line distortion. I checked the status, I suspect it was due to the game trying to downclock the RAM from 2000MHz to 1750MHz in game. Are the ROMs in the list legit or they are all considered tweaked versions as well like the mining ROM?
4. With reference to question 1 as that is the status in a fresh boot up condition. Occasionally it gives me a nice 50degC, low VRAM utilization, GPU Clock throttled down significantly, and in game it was very smooth. Screenshot as attached. Hence my question 1, what is normal? It's like having 2 different character like that. Dunno how else to describe it. I don't know why sometimes it knows how to throttle down but most of the time it just runs at max. Any idea what's happening?
I apologize for my length post, just trying to give as much information I could in my newbie troubleshooting experience.
Thank you.
I bought this ex-mining GPU quite awhile back and didn't have much issues as I mostly doing work stuffs that didn't really stress the GPU. I have 3 monitors hooked up. Recently I tried watching the Dota 2 tournament via Steam in the game and it was fine for first few days. third day onwards, am having some fps issues in the game. It hardly can maintain above 30 fps when the game gets crowded. I have used the latest radeon drivers, and have tried dialing down the video requirements which doesn't help. I have a few questions though.
1. Issit normal that the VRAM utilization is always maximum or 99% used and GPU clock at max and temperature 75degC normal at fresh boot up?
2. This brings me to the main reason i put up this post. Realized the bios ROM could have been changed as it didn't match the PN number on the sticker (299-1E366-101SA SKU# 11265-07). When I bought it 2nd hand, it came with this ROM (113-1E3660EU-S5W) which I didn't bother to change initially as it wasn't giving me any problems for work usage until now when I tried gaming. But am unable to find the stock ROM for SAMSUNG RAM. Any idea how or where I can find it?
3. This is the only list this website's database has and I have tried flashing the latest one in the list as of now. I test run Dota under fresh boot up condition and it gives me some flickers and some horizontal line distortion. I checked the status, I suspect it was due to the game trying to downclock the RAM from 2000MHz to 1750MHz in game. Are the ROMs in the list legit or they are all considered tweaked versions as well like the mining ROM?
4. With reference to question 1 as that is the status in a fresh boot up condition. Occasionally it gives me a nice 50degC, low VRAM utilization, GPU Clock throttled down significantly, and in game it was very smooth. Screenshot as attached. Hence my question 1, what is normal? It's like having 2 different character like that. Dunno how else to describe it. I don't know why sometimes it knows how to throttle down but most of the time it just runs at max. Any idea what's happening?
I apologize for my length post, just trying to give as much information I could in my newbie troubleshooting experience.
Thank you.
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