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Nvidia GTX 660ti KEEPS CRASHING

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  • Nvidia
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  • Windows 8
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November 23, 2013 9:20:44 AM

I build my own system
Gigabyte MB z77-ds3h
Intel i5-3570k CPU
Gigabite GTX 660ti
Windows 8.1 x64
16GB ram
Ever since I started using the system the graphics driver crashes (10-20x a day). I have tried installing new graphics drivers (currently 9.18.13.3182) and upgraded the MB bios but nothing seems to work. Did I waste my money? HELP!!!

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November 23, 2013 9:25:42 AM

This would not be Tom's Hardware if someone did not ask what power supply you are running.

How are the temps? just to ensure the cooler is going its job.

Video cards do come defective from time to time it may well need to be RMA'd.
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November 24, 2013 8:47:27 AM

My power supply is a corsair cs 600 and the graphics card temps are between 80F to 89F. The crashing happens even when I boot up, I'll be typing my password and the page will freeze.
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a b * Windows 8
November 24, 2013 12:44:02 PM

Do you have a friends system to test on. It does sound like the card is defective.
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November 25, 2013 12:38:17 PM

I have the same card- gigabyte 660 Ti OC. The issue is that the default bios sets the boost clock way too high (it was at 1215 on mine on stock voltage) causing it to crash in games. The immideate fix would be to take msi afterburner or evga precision and underclock it to 915 core clock. That should immediately fix your issue.
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a b * Windows 8
November 25, 2013 4:08:15 PM

unpaisa said:
I have the same card- gigabyte 660 Ti OC. The issue is that the default bios sets the boost clock way too high (it was at 1215 on mine on stock voltage) causing it to crash in games. The immideate fix would be to take msi afterburner or evga precision and underclock it to 915 core clock. That should immediately fix your issue.

You make me wonder about Nvidia's binning process.

My first GTX 670 did exactly that. boosted until it crashed(and this boost was well over the cards specs. Hell they could have just set it a bit more conservatively and it would have been a 100% stable card). knocking off 26mhz(2 levels since they boost ~13mhz at a time) fixed it up.

Crashing at the desktop however was never an issue since the card never clocked up at that point.
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