Do I have a bitcoin farmer eating my GPU?
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ttg_Avenged
June 17, 2013 12:02:50 AM
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/396658-33-driver-cras...
Hi. I have a GTX 680, and it crashes at random on highly-taxing games.
I read on toms, at the above link that a bit ago a nasty bitcoin farmer (malware) was going around.
I wanted to know if this was why I get crashes, and was the only time I wanted malware lol.
Under task manager, no iehighutil.exe.
Not under msconfig startup.
Not in regedit.
No suspicious high mem. processes I don't recognize.
Why else would my card crash? Only high quality/taxing games.
I have a 800w gold psu. Good brand.
Latest drivers, driver sweeped.
Hi. I have a GTX 680, and it crashes at random on highly-taxing games.
I read on toms, at the above link that a bit ago a nasty bitcoin farmer (malware) was going around.
I wanted to know if this was why I get crashes, and was the only time I wanted malware lol.
Under task manager, no iehighutil.exe.
Not under msconfig startup.
Not in regedit.
No suspicious high mem. processes I don't recognize.
Why else would my card crash? Only high quality/taxing games.
I have a 800w gold psu. Good brand.
Latest drivers, driver sweeped.
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n1ghtr4v3n
June 17, 2013 12:04:33 AM
ttg_Avenged
June 17, 2013 12:06:59 AM
n1ghtr4v3n said:
are you overclocked ? edit:
or lets say do you own a factory overclocked version?
Crap. I will check, I think I might.. EVGA GTX 680 w/ backplate (MIGHT be superclocked. Will see..)
Edit: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/ite...
Don't judge me for tigerdirect ^^
But yes, thats SC+. Should I underclock?
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Heironious
June 17, 2013 12:11:50 AM
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n1ghtr4v3n
June 17, 2013 12:49:36 AM
ttg_Avenged said:
n1ghtr4v3n said:
are you overclocked ? edit:
or lets say do you own a factory overclocked version?
Crap. I will check, I think I might.. EVGA GTX 680 w/ backplate (MIGHT be superclocked. Will see..)
Edit: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/ite...
Don't judge me for tigerdirect ^^
But yes, thats SC+. Should I underclock?
well it could be a driver problem as the following post offers. but i may suggest 2 options as you may thought about it already;
1. increase the voltage like +5% or +10%
2. if voltage doesnt work, downclock it like -5% or -10%
3. try different drivers, my advise would be not to fall back to a older version but instead upgrade to a beta newer beta version
I hope it helps...
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ttg_Avenged
June 17, 2013 1:28:30 AM
Thanks for replying guys. I've tried 314.14, 310.xx, and many others. I am going to sadly try 301.10 (the shipped driver). EDIT: I'll try this as a last resort.
I will slightly increase the voltage, then downclock. Will report back tomorrow sometime
How do I increase the voltage? Under EVGA Precision, I changed the power target to max (132%)
I played Crysis 2 on full ultra 1080p but DX10 on accident for two hours, no crash. So far so good, I guess.
I will slightly increase the voltage, then downclock. Will report back tomorrow sometime
How do I increase the voltage? Under EVGA Precision, I changed the power target to max (132%)
I played Crysis 2 on full ultra 1080p but DX10 on accident for two hours, no crash. So far so good, I guess.
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n1ghtr4v3n
June 17, 2013 1:55:46 AM
ttg_Avenged
June 17, 2013 7:46:18 PM
n1ghtr4v3n said:
ttg_Avenged said:
Thanks for replying guys. I've tried 314.14, 310.xx, and many others. I am going to sadly try 301.10 (the shipped driver).I will slightly increase the voltage, then downclock. Will report back tomorrow sometime
good luck
I went from 987mv to 1012mV, I am still crashing. Increase the voltage? What is and isn't safe?
The power target is 132% now also, and I underclocked. GPU clock -45mhz, mem clock -70mhz.
Will report back.
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anthony8989
June 17, 2013 7:51:51 PM
ttg_Avenged said:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/396658-33-driver-cras...Hi. I have a GTX 680, and it crashes at random on highly-taxing games.
I read on toms, at the above link that a bit ago a nasty bitcoin farmer (malware) was going around.
I wanted to know if this was why I get crashes, and was the only time I wanted malware lol.
Under task manager, no iehighutil.exe.
Not under msconfig startup.
Not in regedit.
No suspicious high mem. processes I don't recognize.
Why else would my card crash? Only high quality/taxing games.
I have a 800w gold psu. Good brand.
Latest drivers, driver sweeped.
Have you been monitoring the GPU temperature? A malfunctioning cooling unit can cause over heating and subsequent crashes.
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cookybiscuit
June 17, 2013 7:54:08 PM
ttg_Avenged
June 17, 2013 7:56:42 PM
ttg_Avenged
June 17, 2013 7:58:42 PM
anthony8989 said:
ttg_Avenged said:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/396658-33-driver-cras...Hi. I have a GTX 680, and it crashes at random on highly-taxing games.
I read on toms, at the above link that a bit ago a nasty bitcoin farmer (malware) was going around.
I wanted to know if this was why I get crashes, and was the only time I wanted malware lol.
Under task manager, no iehighutil.exe.
Not under msconfig startup.
Not in regedit.
No suspicious high mem. processes I don't recognize.
Why else would my card crash? Only high quality/taxing games.
I have a 800w gold psu. Good brand.
Latest drivers, driver sweeped.
Have you been monitoring the GPU temperature? A malfunctioning cooling unit can cause over heating and subsequent crashes.
No. I will start.
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cookybiscuit
June 17, 2013 8:07:40 PM
ttg_Avenged said:
cookybiscuit said:
You wouldn't be targetted for that because your GPU doesn't support it, it's only AMD thats profitable.You sure? 3 GTX guys had this farmer. Including my friend, why would they lie?
With Nvidia GPU's, no matter how fast, the cost of electricity massively outweighs the profit from mining, obviously someone doing this wouldn't really care about your electric bills but it would be in their best interests to target someone with a system that is actually useful for it.
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ttg_Avenged
June 17, 2013 8:35:35 PM
cookybiscuit said:
ttg_Avenged said:
cookybiscuit said:
You wouldn't be targetted for that because your GPU doesn't support it, it's only AMD thats profitable.You sure? 3 GTX guys had this farmer. Including my friend, why would they lie?
With Nvidia GPU's, no matter how fast, the cost of electricity massively outweighs the profit from mining, obviously someone doing this wouldn't really care about your electric bills but it would be in their best interests to target someone with a system that is actually useful for it.
Oh I see.
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June 18, 2013 2:35:40 AM
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