- Nov 14, 2013
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Hello
Last weekend I build a new system (only kept the 4-year old PSU and HDD’s):
Asrock z87 extreme 4
I5 4670k
Gigabyte GTX 670 Windforce
2 x 4 GB GSkill Ripjaws RAM
Coolermaster 212 Evo
Kingston 60 GB SSD (for Windows 7)
PSU (4-years old): Corsair VX550 watt
Now I’m having problems when playing Skyrim (have not yet had the chance to test other games). After about playing for maybe 15-30 minutes the game crashes to desktop. Sometimes I get artifacts (lightblue triangles) right before it crashes. No other warning signs: no lag, no stutters, no fans heavy spinning, … almost constant smooth 60 fps.
When I go to check my GPU and CPU temps right after crashing everything looks very normal (the Gigabyte gtx 670 keeps under 55 degrees celsius). I used a program to check my memory ingame to see if it is the dreaded “Skyrim 3.1 GB limit and I never went above 900 MB.
I ran FurMark for half an hour and the GPU kept under 60 degrees celsius and didn’t show any artifacting or crashing.
After searching the internet for a few days I can’t find a satisfying answer. I read some stuff about a bios update for the Gigabyte gtx 670 and I also found that this GPU can have problems with PCI-E 3.0. However I’m a little hesitant to flash the bios at this moment.
Personally I’m beginning to blame the (4 year old but quality) PSU. I think in theory it should be able to power my system but maybe it lost some of its “power”? Could lack of power while gaming just crash the game (and cause artifacting) instead of powering off the whole system?
Any ideas?
Last weekend I build a new system (only kept the 4-year old PSU and HDD’s):
Asrock z87 extreme 4
I5 4670k
Gigabyte GTX 670 Windforce
2 x 4 GB GSkill Ripjaws RAM
Coolermaster 212 Evo
Kingston 60 GB SSD (for Windows 7)
PSU (4-years old): Corsair VX550 watt
Now I’m having problems when playing Skyrim (have not yet had the chance to test other games). After about playing for maybe 15-30 minutes the game crashes to desktop. Sometimes I get artifacts (lightblue triangles) right before it crashes. No other warning signs: no lag, no stutters, no fans heavy spinning, … almost constant smooth 60 fps.
When I go to check my GPU and CPU temps right after crashing everything looks very normal (the Gigabyte gtx 670 keeps under 55 degrees celsius). I used a program to check my memory ingame to see if it is the dreaded “Skyrim 3.1 GB limit and I never went above 900 MB.
I ran FurMark for half an hour and the GPU kept under 60 degrees celsius and didn’t show any artifacting or crashing.
After searching the internet for a few days I can’t find a satisfying answer. I read some stuff about a bios update for the Gigabyte gtx 670 and I also found that this GPU can have problems with PCI-E 3.0. However I’m a little hesitant to flash the bios at this moment.
Personally I’m beginning to blame the (4 year old but quality) PSU. I think in theory it should be able to power my system but maybe it lost some of its “power”? Could lack of power while gaming just crash the game (and cause artifacting) instead of powering off the whole system?
Any ideas?
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