[SOLVED] XFX RX480 8GB Crashes in Fallout 4 (Intensive workload)

[zxcvb1t]

Hi guys. I would like to know if my RX480 is near the end of the lifespan. Until yesterday, it was running fallout 4 fine without any issues. However, Starting today, it will crash between the load screen, having artifacts when the character was facing a certain direction. Up to this point, I have tried reinstall the game, creating new saves, swapping it into my other rig. The game just kept crashing. So I'm pretty sure that there is a problem with the card.

But when I wasn't using this GPU for fallout 4 level of workload, it works fine. Playing older titles, running an android simulator, and streaming online. So I'm wondering what should I do at this point? Will flashing the vbios help? Btw, this is a mining card which I am 100% sure.

Here are the screenshot I have with this thing. Looks fine for me.
GPU INFO GPU TEMP


Thanks for the help.

 

[RTX 2080]

That image only gives a snapshot of your card at idle; you are trying to diagnose a problem that it is having while under load.

 

[zxcvb1t]

That image only gives a snapshot of your card at idle; you are trying to diagnose a problem that it is having while under load.

Thank you for your reply. I tried to get some numbers when playing fallout 4. Unfortunately, I don't have the screenshot when playing this game. But the GPU-z and open hardware monitor did show Maximum temp at 73 degrees, with GPU load at 100%. And all these numbers were at the loading screen. The fans were spinning at normal speed (around 2000rpm). GPU Core Voltage is around 1.17 and the maximum frequency for GPU core and VRM are 1288 and 2000 respectively.

Another weird thing about my card is, it will play this game no problem when I lowered the resolution to 720p and set the game to Medium preset.

 

[RTX 2080]

It sounds like either your GPU or your PSU is dying on you. If it's your PSU, when you are running something intensive it is pulling more power than the PSU is able to handle in its worn-out state. If it's your GPU, when you push it to the limit it becomes unstable, giving you the issues you are describing.

If I were you, I'd borrow a GPU/PSU of similar quality/specs from a friend to see if that makes any difference. If you replace the PSU and find your GPU works fine again, time for a new PSU. If you replace the GPU and everything works fine, time for a new GPU.

What is the age/brand/wattage of your PSU?

 

[zxcvb1t]

It sounds like either your GPU or your PSU is dying on you. If it's your PSU, when you are running something intensive it is pulling more power than the PSU is able to handle in its worn-out state. If it's your GPU, when you push it to the limit it becomes unstable, giving you the issues you are describing.

If I were you, I'd borrow a GPU/PSU of similar quality/specs from a friend to see if that makes any difference. If you replace the PSU and find your GPU works fine again, time for a new PSU. If you replace the GPU and everything works fine, time for a new GPU.

What is the age/brand/wattage of your PSU?

Hi, I did a hardware swap yesterday to check if my GPU has a problem. The system had a Xeon 1230v3 and was originally using an EVGA gtx1080 sc, powered by a 500w cima modular power supply (1 Year old). That power supply had no problem driving z97 pc mate the 1230v3 and 1080, so I guess psu is not the problem here.

The malfunctioning rig had a ryzen 1700, x370 board (MSI Gaming plus) and the 480 mentioned before. For this system, I was using greatwall 1000w modular power supply (2 year old). So I guess it's even less a problem when comes to supply enough current and voltage.

The recent development is, this 480 starts to show artifacts when I was using solidworks. I guess it may have very little left for me . Maybe time to move onto something more powerful..


Thanks for your help.