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    microstuttering at 120Hz-60FPS Radeon R9 290 - (VSync problems?)

    I play on 60 FPS If I am fluctuating between less than 120 and more than 60 so there's not really anything around that.
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    microstuttering at 120Hz-60FPS Radeon R9 290 - (VSync problems?)

    Hello guys, I don't really expect a solution to this problem but why shouldn't I try, right? I'm experiencing microstuttering in games when the framerate is locked to 60FPS but the screen operates at 120Hz. Normally I would just switch to a lower refresh rate in-game but that option does not...
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    Sapphire R9 290 Sudden Death/early failure in an entirely new build

    A little status update There was the possibility that my PCIe Slots (CPU and chipset ones) are broken. Today I borrowed a Graphics card from someone to test this. The results are that ALL slots work fine. So it is indeed the graphics card that is faulty, that´s why I sent it back yesterday to...
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    Sapphire R9 290 Sudden Death/early failure in an entirely new build

    Hi and thanks for such a quick answer but, It isn´t a driver issue as the card is actually doing nothing at all right now except spinning its fans. If I connect it to my screen and start the computer there is nothing happening, no BIOS screen, nothing. If I switch to the onboard solution...
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    Sapphire R9 290 Sudden Death/early failure in an entirely new build

    Hello Dear Tom´s Hardware community, I got a rather massive problem with my Graphics Card, It is a Radeon R9 290 Tri-X Card. I was doing Desktop Work when suddenly the screen went black and the "no signal" message from my monitor appeared. First up my specs, it is (as mentioned in the title)...
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    Building a new kickass computer from the ground up

    Hello fellow Tomshardware community! As you might have seen in the title I am doing an entirely new "from the very beginning build" and since the reputation of this forum is very well I thought I´d ask other knowledgeable people what the think about the config and the reason behind individual...