r9 280x flickering issue

j4vier

Hi

i own a xfx r9 280x graphics card and I'm having some issues with it

I originally noticed random flickering issues which seems common enough on these cards

i upgraded the bios to the latest version 015.043.000.005.000000 obtained from http://www.techpowerup.com/ and this seems to have fixed the problem

however i can't install the graphics card drivers and the catalyst software does not recognise a amd card present. I re installed the software all together after updating the bios

i suspect that this is because this is a diy firmware and not approved by xfx themselves?

I am happy to have solved the flickering but not having the catalyst software installed might lead to other problems so If anyone knows a way around this that would be great

Overheal

hard to say, did you contact XFX before installing DIY firmware? Always the chance you bricked it... but i have to imagine theres a hard way to cold-flash the firmware, probably by messing with jumpers on the PCB itself. I'd get in touch with XFX about your options

j4vier

just reporting back

i reflashed the original bios so no issues with the AMD CCC

i solved the flickering by changing the clocktarger settings as described here

http://forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm?catid=440&threadid=173892&enterthread=y

j4vier

j4vier wrote: »

just reporting back

i reflashed the original bios so no issues with the AMD CCC

i solved the flickering by changing the clocktarger settings as described here

http://forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm?catid=440&threadid=173892&enterthread=y

Ended up just returning the card.. The flickering was reduced but still happened occasionaly