The majority of cards I have had actually DIE have been HIS AMD cards.
The issue hasn't been the chipset - the issue is the CHEAP SLEEVE BEARING FANS they use on most of their cards.
so you would not recommend to buy a HIS HD7990 gpu? Is this brand possible to undervolt? (not like gigabite, where you have a limited chance to undervolt if even possible...)
thx for your reply
If it's one of their blower-style IceQ cards, should be good - they used a high quality Ball Bearing design on those.
I don't know if their higher end cards used ball-bearing fans at any point - if they DID upgrade to using high quality fans should be OK.
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dont bother trying the latest 16.12.x (relive) driver it drops hashes by 5-10% according to posts.
stick with 16.10.x, 16.11.x or so (i have 16.11.15, goes fine with my rx 470).
if your rig has only older 3x0, 2x0, 7xx0 cards best just to stay with 15.12. my 380/390 rig run
16.9.1/16.9.2 also seem to work fine for mining, though I'd recommend 16.10.1 for WQHL compatability + ability to used modded BIOS on RX series.
Pre-terrascale stuff you have to go with 16.9.2 "legacy" for it to work at all IME (15.7.1 does NOT work, 0 hashrate issue), otherwise 15.12 remains the "goto" version for pre-RX series cards IMO.