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I recently got a Radeon R9 290 Royalking and after few minutes running a gaming application,I get the message and the GPU Usage rockets to 100% and never goes down even with all application closed. I've tried using both the AMD Catalyst Omega and the new beta driver, used DDU to reinstall the drivers and changed hard drive. reinstalled windows to 8.1 and updated all bios and drivers for all other parts of the computer hardware. I still have the problem persists. i tried testing on different computer system with window 7 and still able to reproduce this problem.

Hi,
Open your task bar and see what app is taking the most resources available.
We think it could be a browser that is causing the problem such firefox, chrome etc.

The problem persist with nothing but the gaming application, or the problem can even occure without any thing on at all

I've already done the the trouble shooting as I talked to AMD rep prior to contacting you guys

I do not know your hardware specifications but i suggest to update your OS, make sure your mainboard BIOS is up to date and check if your power supply can handle the graphics card power requirements.
If you are playing a specific game, did you apply all the game patches?


My mother board is up to date, and the hardware specification is on the post with the image. The power supply I'm currently using is Corsair Professional HX650W. Pretty much all game I've run has this problem. Dragon Age Inquitison, Dota 2, Vindictus, World of Warcraft, Heroes of the Storm, Hearthstone, Diablo 3 and so on. They are all up to date.

Just in case, my Specifications are

Intel i5-2500 Sandy Bridge
4GB DDR3 x2 total of 8GB Ram
Asus P8Z68X LV
Samsung SSD 850 Evo 250GB
Seagate barracuda 1TB 

Can you try removing completely the drivers?
Try this after removing the drivers, DDU
Please follow instructions

As I've stated on the main post, I have used DDU to remove the driver and reinstall them, I've also completely formatted my hard drives and tried. The problem still persists

Sorry to miss that one.
Have checked if the fans are spinning correctly? Is it possible that you can test the card in a different system to verify if you have the same problem?

I have tested on a different system already, So far I have tried on 2 different system and the problem still persists.

Hi,
Please send the card for service since you have tested with the same results on a different system.
Regards

I've visited my place of purchase, and the technician there used furmark, and does not reproduce this problem. I have been refused for an RMA, so how do I send it to you guys for service.

I've just received my card from RMA Services and once again the problem has reproduced

after following window's suggestion to increase the TDR value, I get the message Application has been blocked from accessing the GPU

You mentioned that you have two system to test, can you check if on the other system you have the same problem?

After changing the TDR value both system no longer has screen tear, but the issue now is that the Applications like World of Warcraft, Heroes of the Storm, Dragon Age Inquisition, are being blocked from the GPU.

is the R9 290 Royalking compatable with really old mother boards? because the systems I'm testing on are using pretty much at least 3 year old motherboards

The R9 290 cards are compatible with your 3 year old mainboards.
I have checked your screenshot above and your mainboard BIOS is from 07/01/2013 which I think is Version 4003 above (BETA)
Can you update to Version 4105?
Here is the link 

The bios has been updated to 4105 since the day I installed the graphics card

Hi,
Did you get from our RMA department the same card or a different card?
Please check the serials. With this information I will check with our support team here to check what has happened.
Thanks.

The RMA Team gave me a new box without any serial numbers and product numbers. I do believe I got the same card however.

Can you send a mail to the RMA department and ask them the same question I have asked? Tell them it is Paul from Insights who is asking. I want to check what has happened.
Thanks and sorry for the trouble.

Thank you for getting back.
Please ask them to provide you a different card. If the testing went ok here we are not sure what is causing the problem in your system.
As for a swap and see if you have the same problem again.
Thank you for your patience.

The RMA team is saying they are confident the card is not at the fault and swapping the card will fix the problem. having said that they have not taken any actions to give me a swap on the card. I haven't heard from them over a week, so is there any other things that I might try to solve this problem

OnesQuared wrote:

The RMA team is saying they are confident the card is not at the fault and swapping the card will fix the problem. having said that they have not taken any actions to give me a swap on the card. I haven't heard from them over a week, so is there any other things that I might try to solve this problem

 
will not fix the problem*

I will try to contact them asap.
Keep you posted

I have received news from the support team that they have created a ticket to swap the card for you. They should be in touch asap

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