Msi 7870 Hawk crash, driver issue??

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Hi i recently got a Msi 7870 hawk edition card, i was planning on overclocking the card, but i am having some issues with it. The card wont overclock past 1150mhz with out crashing constantly. I was wondering if this was a driver issue? Every time is blue screens, it says that its the Ati drivers, i have tested everything on my computer, and everything checks out okay! I upgraded from a 550 ti to the 7870. If any one can help that would be fantastic! Or at least tell me that it is a driver issue, in that case i can wait this out at clock speeds until the drivers are fixed! Again thank you so much. Also it only crashes when i play games; for example i load up tomb raider and it crashes. I try to play League of Legends and it also crashes. When i have it at the stock speeds it works good, but I'm feeling like I'm not using the full power of the card.

Cpu- Phenom 955 II x4 (3.7)

Mobo- Msi 7599 board

Gpu- Msi 7870 Hawk

Psu- Ocz 600w

Ram- Ripjaw 8gb

Storage- 250 gb ssd ocz 3 ...... 1 tb seagate
 
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ok so u have unstable oc i think just try to raise clock speed first i think ur is 1100 so go 1150 and play games dont do furmark better to do heaven 4.0 or/and valley benchmark 3dmark etc , so raise clock 1150 go in game play,if its stable for an hour lets say go out and put 1200 or lower but first do for core then when u know max core go for memory dont forget to put power 20+ in ab or whatever oc program u use
i also have 7870 and for example i can have 1250 on core in valley benchmark but its imposible in any game or u can have stable oc in one game and in next game it isnt so u have to play around
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Are you using the catalyst control center to overclock ?

I would suggest using MSI afterburner which should have the option to overvolt and over clock. Ususally without bumping up the voltage there is a limit to your GPU core clock before it become unstable. Also bear in mind not to overvolt more than 1.25v as it may fry your GPU.
 
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I am using msi afterburner, and i bump up the voltage from 1219 to 1225 or around there. I would like to oc to 1300 but its just not stable there. And the temps are good, 40 idle and 60 max. Also thank you guys for replaying
 
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Had u clean the old driver (nvi driver, physX, etc..) ? and/or reinstall the newest amd driver?..

had u tried runing furmark and prime95 at the same time and try to check it's voltage? it will stress/test the PSU and will help narrow the problems...
 
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I am almost positive i got all of the old nvi driver out, when i get home, i will run a driver sweeper to make sure. And yes i do have the current most driver, and i will try to reinstall it. I will also try running both prime and furmark at the same time. Is 600w enough for this? I have looked at several posts that say that a 550w is the minimum.
 
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The hawk already came with O.C. -ed setting from 1000 Mhz to 1100MHz...

I think 1150 mhz already quite good,

Had u compared the benchmark score when it O.C. -ed to 1150 ? are it normal?

btw had u tried running furmark with prime95 at the same time ? if it BSOD or crash then the PSU could be the problems...
 
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ok so u have unstable oc i think just try to raise clock speed first i think ur is 1100 so go 1150 and play games dont do furmark better to do heaven 4.0 or/and valley benchmark 3dmark etc , so raise clock 1150 go in game play,if its stable for an hour lets say go out and put 1200 or lower but first do for core then when u know max core go for memory dont forget to put power 20+ in ab or whatever oc program u use
i also have 7870 and for example i can have 1250 on core in valley benchmark but its imposible in any game or u can have stable oc in one game and in next game it isnt so u have to play around
 
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Okay, i have left my computer on for 2 days straight, and ive played over 7 hours of games at 1150 mhz. I would say that this is a stable oc. I get okay speeds, so i think that im just going to leave this at 1150 mhz for now. Maybe when the next driver comes out i will try to oc again. Thank you all who helped me
 
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