Put the card in my friend's machine and unfortunately it wasn't recognised. So it's going back to the retailer tomorrow under the original RMA of artifact problems. I might slip a note in the box to say that it's now completely unresponsive due to a ...

Dude, i'm really sorry to hear that. Still, how the hell did the update brick it?I flashed my card 2xtimes with the latest bios from ASUS site no problem and the same update bricked your card? That's really weird. Maybe you should try warranty, if yo...

I also downloaded the update to try and fix the artifacting:R9280X-DC2T-3GD5 VBIOS updateBIOS update to remove rare artifacting events during gaming, Please also update the Catalyst driver to 13.251 or aboveThe file within the .rar archive was a .exe...

Here's another contribution to what seems to be the busiest thread on this forum.Had my Asus R9 280x DirectCUII TOP for a few months now and have been putting up with annoying artifacts in just about every game that I play. When it came to playing Fa...