The GPU driver keeps crashing while playing FFXIV. The 250D's front case, where you mount the Fury X's radiator, is meant to have an intake fan placed on it but Fury X mounts onto it as exhaust. My assumption is the hot air from the Fury X isn't exhausting enough, and/or I'm not getting enough cool air intake. Currently the I'm using the H100i's two fans as exhaust as well, so the lack of intake fans could cause my GPU to crash.

1.Would reversing the Fury X's fan to intake air fix the issue?

2.The 250D also has room for two 80mm case fans. In the event that I should not reverse the Fury X's fans, and I install two additional case fans, would setting them as intake or exhaust cool down the GPU?

Status: UNRESOLVED

Computer Type: Desktop using Windows 10

GPU: PowerColor Radeon R9 Fury X 4GB Video Card Overclocking via MSI Afterburner

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor

Motherboard: ASRock B85M-ITX Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard

RAM: Provide the model number, quantity, and overclock information if applicable.

PSU: Corsair CSM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

Operating System & Version: Windows 10 professional

GPU Drivers: 16.6.1

Chipset Drivers: Provide the version of drivers currently installed.

Background Applications: MSI afterburner, clock blocker, steam, Corsair Link, Radeon Settings.

Description of Problem: Read Above

Troubleshooting: Turned the fan speed to 100%: Game still crashed, and had artifacts before the crash. Artifacts have never occurred previously. Lowered the OC settings: Game still crashed Turned FFXIV to DX9 mode: in the short amount of time it was played in that mode (10 minutes) the game was fine.