Sapphire R9 290 BSOD on MetroLL and Farcry 3. AMD_Catalyst_13.11_BetaV9.5 Does anyone experience same trouble?

[demixon]

Hi I played Battlefield 3-4, Crysis 3, cod: ghost, metro 2033 and non of them gave me BSOD from start to ending. But there is something about Metro LL and Farcry 3. these two title would run for 2-5min and i would get BSOD. I tried uninstall drivers with driver sweeper and install fresh copy - no help. Thinking that maybe problem is in AMD_Catalyst_13.11_BetaV9.5 drivers. Does anyone experiencing same problem?

my gpu is fully wc so temps are 50c at max vram 52c.

 

[demixon]

I don't know if this answer will be helpful or not, but you can inspect the data generated by the BSOD to help narrow down the problem (in case it might not be the graphics card).

How:
1. Make sure you have crash dump set to "small memory dump" If not, change it and wait till the next BSOD.
2. Download windbg unless your OS already has it: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/70b6f1c1-4a73-49d3-8e13-21c81cd30ed4/windbg-tool-download?forum=winservergen
3. Open the dump file using these instructions: http://www.overclock.net/t/1241077/beginner-bsod-crash-dump-analysis-and-debugging-guide
More than likely, somewhere you will find it mention a specific error or problem related to some piece of hardware. This might help you narrow down the problem.

BTW, you might want to run a stress test on the CPU and RAM. Maybe these two games are stressing the CPU more.
http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/736277-Far-Cry-3-Hard-Crash-amp-Blue-Screen-Possible-Solution-Forums
http://steamcommunity.com/app/43160/discussions/0/810924774492634880/

U see i played farcry 3 before when i had sapphire radoenon 7970 and finished it without any bsod and Metrro LL played when i had gtx670 same no trouble. thats way i think drivers is causing trouble. but ill try your offered solution.

 

[demixon]

Sapphire R9 290 4Gb GDDR5 (4Gb GDDR5/PCI Express 3.0/947Mhz/5000Mhz) http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-sapphire-radeon-r9-290-28nm-5000mhz-gddr5-gpu-947mhz-2560-streams-dport-dvi-hdmi.
EK-FC R9-290X (Original CSQ) - Nickel - http://www.ekwb.com/shop/blocks/vga-blocks/ati-radeon-full-cover-blocks/radeon-rx-200-series/ek-fc-r9-290x-original-csq-nickel.html
EK-FC R9-290X Backplate - Black - http://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-fc-r9-290x-backplate-black.html

U see power isnt issue becaue i am using antec true power 1200w quatro. it can handle 4way sli .
I think i am gona wait now for new amd driver and if problem persists then next soliution reinstall win 7.

 

[demixon]

If ur thinking to get one of them dont buy refence because they get very hot and very loud. Wait till asus direct cII or gifabite windforce 3x came out. But if ur thinking running them on water then get MSI, CLUB3D or VTX3D because when u remove original cooler u are still under warranty not like me i bought sapphire and same minute i removed reference cooler my warranty was gone (i find out only after gpu block was on gpu . buy the way xfx r9 290(vtx3d, msi) easily flashes to r9 290x so for price fo r9 290 u get r9 290x. all these thing i found out only after buying my sapphire r9 290. i know sapphire has good customer support and such but now i regret getting it because my warranty was viod and i cant falsh it to r9 290x. but other than that i got good overlocker. easily achieving 1200/1650 so beating any r9 290x or 780ti by good few points