hello guys,
i have an Asus R9 280X Direct CUII Top Edition Card
its a Big and heavy card
and we all know that this card is notorious for Artifacting issues
But.. i never had any issues of that sort.. the only problem i had is that the gpu would crash when i played watchdogs for long hours.. which is somewhat dissapointing.. 🙁 but i hate that game anyways
everybody knows witcher 3 has optimisation issues.. every game Nvidia gets involved in somehow just doesnt perform with AMD cards,
recently i got witcher 3, installed latest 1.07 update..started the game.. i was getting 40-50fps.. sometimes dipping to 37-38.. on medium settings..nvidia hairworks off....dissapointing .. i know.. i played for a few days..
here where the story gets crazy..
on the 4th day the game suddenly quit to desktop... i tried the game again and the same thing happens ...i was astonished but i didnt bother.. then suddenly out of nowhere the artifacting started!! very badly.. black squares, morphed and slashed images started forming everywhere.. it got even worse when i used the chrome browser since it uses gpu acceleration
i decided to RMA , and they told me that i should bring the card to their offics which is 50kms away from where i live..they said that the card will not be reapired and will be replaced.. three days later i got a call that the new card has arrived and i can pick it up
here is where it gets even more crazy..... 😵
I get the card... something seems strange.. i can feel it but i just cant point at it..
the screw seal at the back is broken.. the card is thoroughly cleaned but there is a bit of dust at the back of the fan.. it is a used card....
the second i put it in my case i figured the difference i was feeling.. THE CARD IS SMALLER!!??
its a bit smaller in size.. about 5-10% is my rough estimate..
i start the PC.. i check the card details.. it is the same model...
heres where it gets crazier!
the pc is untouched since the RMA
i run witcher 3 and to my suprise i hit 60fps and beyond constantly 😀
i run cinebench which has the benchmarks of my old card... this new card gives 10fps higher 😵
wow!
how?
why?
have i won the "silicon lottery" people talk of?
what do you think .. leave a comment below..
i have an Asus R9 280X Direct CUII Top Edition Card
its a Big and heavy card
and we all know that this card is notorious for Artifacting issues
But.. i never had any issues of that sort.. the only problem i had is that the gpu would crash when i played watchdogs for long hours.. which is somewhat dissapointing.. 🙁 but i hate that game anyways

everybody knows witcher 3 has optimisation issues.. every game Nvidia gets involved in somehow just doesnt perform with AMD cards,
recently i got witcher 3, installed latest 1.07 update..started the game.. i was getting 40-50fps.. sometimes dipping to 37-38.. on medium settings..nvidia hairworks off....dissapointing .. i know.. i played for a few days..
here where the story gets crazy..
on the 4th day the game suddenly quit to desktop... i tried the game again and the same thing happens ...i was astonished but i didnt bother.. then suddenly out of nowhere the artifacting started!! very badly.. black squares, morphed and slashed images started forming everywhere.. it got even worse when i used the chrome browser since it uses gpu acceleration
i decided to RMA , and they told me that i should bring the card to their offics which is 50kms away from where i live..they said that the card will not be reapired and will be replaced.. three days later i got a call that the new card has arrived and i can pick it up
here is where it gets even more crazy..... 😵
I get the card... something seems strange.. i can feel it but i just cant point at it..
the screw seal at the back is broken.. the card is thoroughly cleaned but there is a bit of dust at the back of the fan.. it is a used card....
the second i put it in my case i figured the difference i was feeling.. THE CARD IS SMALLER!!??
its a bit smaller in size.. about 5-10% is my rough estimate..
i start the PC.. i check the card details.. it is the same model...
heres where it gets crazier!
the pc is untouched since the RMA
i run witcher 3 and to my suprise i hit 60fps and beyond constantly 😀
i run cinebench which has the benchmarks of my old card... this new card gives 10fps higher 😵
wow!
how?
why?
have i won the "silicon lottery" people talk of?
what do you think .. leave a comment below..