XFX R9 280x Flickering / 3D Problem

[apopelka]

Hi there, I'm having some problems with my new XFX R9 280x wich I bought for my new Display, Samsung U28D590D. In order to get 4k @ 60hz I had to connect it mDP to DP (samsung spec).

After booting for first time, installed latest drivers, reboot, and when I started using windows / chrome I noticed an annoying flickering on the screen (really bad), lowered resolution and it stoped, tried hdmi - hdmi connection and also no flickering (but 4k @ 30hz), started to look for some solutions and found it might be solved with bios update, but before that I tried on a clean windows install just to be shure it wasn't a software problem (same thing) so I made a backup of BIOS and updated with latest one for this model on this page and for my surprise it worked, started windows againg and no flickering at 4k@60hz but then I tried to test the card on a game but every game (far cry 4, watchdogs, CoD Ghosts...) they all crashed with "driver stopped and recovered" and simmilar errors.
This is what I tried:

Checked temps and they are all under 45 degrees
latest mother bios
latest drivers
tried several bios (no luck!)


System Specs:

Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5
i7 4771
8GB Corsair Vengeance
Thermaltake TR2 600W


What can I do? any thoughts? looks like there was a lot people having issues with this card and I can't think of returning it because I bought it on a trip to Canada (ncix).

Any help will be apreciated, Thanks!

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

http://xfxforce.com/en-us/support/xfx-warrantyhttp://xfxforce.com/en-us/support/xfx-warranty


tried several bios (no luck!)

 

[Ferrum Master]

1. Shitty cable. Yes at 4K60FPS it is a major problem, and tonns of reports for that. Try a different cable.

2. I had one this also... raised voltages to vmem and GPU, had occasional artifacting, black screen. Hardmoded vrm's.

 

[GhostRyder]

Hi there, I'm having some problems with my new XFX R9 280x wich I bought for my new Display, Samsung U28D590D. In order to get 4k @ 60hz I had to connect it mDP to DP (samsung spec).

After booting for first time, installed latest drivers, reboot, and when I started using windows / chrome I noticed an annoying flickering on the screen (really bad), lowered resolution and it stoped, tried hdmi - hdmi connection and also no flickering (but 4k @ 30hz), started to look for some solutions and found it might be solved with bios update, but before that I tried on a clean windows install just to be shure it wasn't a software problem (same thing) so I made a backup of BIOS and updated with latest one for this model on this page and for my surprise it worked, started windows againg and no flickering at 4k@60hz but then I tried to test the card on a game but every game (far cry 4, watchdogs, CoD Ghosts...) they all crashed with "driver stopped and recovered" and simmilar errors.
This is what I tried:

Checked temps and they are all under 45 degrees
latest mother bios
latest drivers
tried several bios (no luck!)


System Specs:

Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5
i7 4771
8GB Corsair Vengeance
Thermaltake TR2 600W


What can I do? any thoughts? looks like there was a lot people having issues with this card and I can't think of returning it because I bought it on a trip to Canada (ncix).

Any help will be apreciated, Thanks!

Well it could be a few things depending but I can tell you a few problems I have had in a similar situation:

The Samsung monitor U28D590D and the Asus PB287Q share the same panel and for the most part are exactly the same in terms of the basic levels of specs and such (not including things like the interface, stands, etc just the bare level specs). With both of these monitors specifically there have been issues running on AMD cards (Specifically referenced on the R9 290/X cards. Though this maybe attributed because people bought more of these with the intentions of 4K) where any trying to run 4K 60hz has caused flickering and/or a black screen. I have experienced this problem on my Asus PB287Q and 290X's where setting above 30hz caused the monitor to flicker and fade to a black screen consistently. I went out and bought a better cable which did not alleviate the problem just changed the frequency/pace of the flickering. What it seems to be is something about the way the monitor refreshes causing an incapability on AMD cards though some people have gotten them to work which also leads me to think its the monitors firmware causing part of the problems.

Seeing now that your problem is crashing when trying to load up a game now that you have flashed the bios of the card and the 4K problem seems mostly resolved it would lead to another issue. What is likely is that there is a stability problem with the version of the bios you downloaded specifically in the clock settings/Vram settings and voltage. My advice to test if this is an issue is to go into CCC and bump up the voltage to like +10% and then try again to see if the same thing happens. If not try 20% and then see what happens. After that I would say try a fresh driver install to test the card and see what happens. If all that does not work flash the old bios back and lets go from there because its likely a bios stability issue at that point.

 

[apopelka]

Thanks for the fast answer!... So I just tried the voltage thing (from CCC, AmdOverdrive, is that ok?) and now the "driver stopped and recovered" is not appearing, but I get black screen on games. The cable I'm using its supposed to be high quality (CableMatters) and the flickering disappear on most the bios I tried, the only thing I noticed that the first time I flashed it took more time than afterwards flashings (maybe its just me). So, I'm gonna wait for more ideas and in the meantime I'll try it on another computer and see what happens, and try to sell it....
Also I think I'm kinda fucked up, because I can't find where I saved the original BIOS!! .

 

[Ferrum Master]

since when overdrive included voltage settings...

Anyway... RMA your card.

 

[Patrice Forest]

Hello, sorry for my bad English, I have exactly the same problem, very frequent, and the graphics card has been tested on other PC and the problem still. XFX sent me 4 graphics card with exactly the same flickering problem on the warranty, and of course I had to pay transport costs each time .......