Crash, but only in NOT demanding games

Sep 21, 2018
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Hello All,


I've got a strange issue. Since I changed my R9 380 to XFX RX 580 8gb I'm getting random crashes (always resulting in diagonal stripes over the entire display) that last a minute and two and then all comes back to normal. The "strange" part is that it only happens in old/not demanding games.



I have the latest AMD driver, did a clean windows installation after changing the card (because I also changed my system drive).



Details:


I can play all day games like Monster Hunter World, Forza Horizon 3, AC: Origins, Prey with no issues, but my PC is crashing in not demanding games like League of Legends, Banner Saga 1-3, Hollow Knight, some visual novels, Town of Salem and in some cases - in loading screen of Monster Hunter. I also had crashed when I wa using Firefox browser for Youtube/video services. Stopped when I switched to Chrome.

As I mentioned, the crash results in having diagonal stripes all over my screen for a minute or two. I also can't do anything then, system is frozen. But there is no error, no bluescreen. The crash is quite random - sometimes happens few times per day, sometimes only once a week (even if I'm playing not demanging games all the time), at other times few times per hour - still, only when I'm plaing old/not demanding games.



What I did:
changing drivers multiple times for old/older/new.
There is no overheating.
Tried capping FPS to 60 by AMD drivers.
Tried increasing Wattman power limit to 50

Nothing really works.

My theories are:
1. My GPU is not stable at lower/middle power states.
2. Maybe some issues with 2d elements in games? No idea if that's possible.


My PC:



Ryzen 1600 (cooled by SilentiumPC Spartan 3 PRO HE1024), no OC

16 gb ram (2x GOODRAM 8GB 2666MHz Play Black CL16)

XFX RX 580 8GB (driver 18.9.2 now), no OC

PSU: Chieftec CTG-650C A80 85+ 650W

SSD/HDD Drives: Crucial BX 100 250gb (system drive), Crucial MX 100 256gb, some random Micron ssd, also ~250gb), some old Seagate HDD 256 gb (for media only)

Board: MSI B350M GAMING PRO

Samsung 1080p IPS monitor, 60 hz

Windows 10


 
Sep 21, 2018
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O hello Sherlock.

I'm looking for a little advices and ideas so I consider your answer a spam.

The card is perfectly delivering where all faulty cards are not - in demanding games.

5 hours or more n AC: Origins on high/very high 1080p? no problem, same with other new games.
Benchmarks? No problem.

What I'm now planning to do, it to apply little tweaks to the voltages for lower power states in AMD Wattman.