solution 100% forget after burner dropping clocks the problem with the r9 is voltage
afterburner fix works but if you ever reinstall you will get hit with the black screen
flash your cards bios with the saffire tri x bios with 1000core 1300mhz can link if required even if your card is stock fan dont worry the card sits at the correct temps this bios has a slight voltage increase propper by saffire also fan tweak .....its the only bios that will fix the black screening
if your card has a bios switch flick it reboot then flash you can always switch back to stock bios easy power down flick switch back to stock easy stuff
ps your card will also be a true beast
my card is bf4 r9 290 i have flashed every manufactures bios to this card with all the diff clock speeds no fix
the tri x bios seems to be the only with the voltage tweak
the newer cards is the same problem the fix will be the same find the oc edition bios they have the voltage increase
its crazy how amd still selling cards with the same problem
i rma my card 3 times each card sufferd this black screen shit even when windows was just idle
i spent so much money on psu 2 motherboards i thought it was the ram everythink the gpu was brand new wasted £100s thinking the card was good thanks again AMD
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