Over the last two weeks my main gpu (Asus R9 290x DC2 OC) has been getting to 94c in roughly 15 minutes while gaming. Usually at least once while playing a game in 1hr or less any game will minimize. No matter how aggressive a fan profile I put the card always reaches 94c. Happened on the newest Crimson driver, the first Crimson, and the driver prior to that.
Very recently I've noticed that even when playing videos on youtube or other sites I'll get either heavy screen tearing or stuttering when in full screen (100% of the time) or sometimes while playing in the window. I've changed Windows themes to basic and back to aero, enabled & disabled hardware acceleration, etc and nothing seems to fix it. Flash is updated and I've turned off all extensions in both FF and Chrome and it still happens.
I recently purchased a Kraken G10 and Corsair H55 to put on the main gpu, but I haven't yet because I do not want to remove the warranty stickers if this issue could possibly be gpu related. I'm hesitant to rma because it's Asus and we know how that process can be (myself first hand). In [H]'s opinion, is my gpu dying?
Very recently I've noticed that even when playing videos on youtube or other sites I'll get either heavy screen tearing or stuttering when in full screen (100% of the time) or sometimes while playing in the window. I've changed Windows themes to basic and back to aero, enabled & disabled hardware acceleration, etc and nothing seems to fix it. Flash is updated and I've turned off all extensions in both FF and Chrome and it still happens.
I recently purchased a Kraken G10 and Corsair H55 to put on the main gpu, but I haven't yet because I do not want to remove the warranty stickers if this issue could possibly be gpu related. I'm hesitant to rma because it's Asus and we know how that process can be (myself first hand). In [H]'s opinion, is my gpu dying?