Hi guys n girls.
I am building a new rig this weekend, so have been benchmarking my old system.
While running the Unigine Heaven Benchmark 4.0 I have been experiencing occasional black screens. When this happens the fans on my card dissable, I hear them spin down and spin back up after the black sceen recovers.
The black screen is totally unpredictable, it doesnt happen at one particular part in the loop of scenes, it does not appear to be temperature related (card maxes at 67C). Sometimes it is coupled with a driver crash, or even an error saying the hardware (gfx card) is unplugged, I have tried it with 3 different driver versions now, but it happens with all. Tried with 331.82, 331.65 and very old 310.70. I have experienced the crash in a few games, but did not understand the significance until I benchmarked and experienced it time after time. It seems to happen about every 2-4 minutes.
If the black screen does not throw an error, which it doesnt every time, the benchmark will load back in and say I have been running at 0fps for the time I lost.
I am wondering if this is a problem with the card, psu or something I havent considered, could you help? If it is PSU related, not a problem that is going in the upgrade. If however it is gfx card related this is a problem (I dont want to be buying a new card). Or a blessing as it is a great excuse to get a new card.
My current rig is as follows
I5 - 760 @ 3.6
Asus P7P55D-E
2X4Gb G Skill F3
KFA2 OC GTX 670 4Gb
Corsair 520 PSU (I cannot remember the exact spec, sorry)
I am moving up to
I7 - 4770K
Asus Maximus VI Hero
2X8GB Kingston HyperX Predator
KFA2 OC GTX 670 4Gb
Seasonic G-650 Modular
Both will be using the same HDD setup, which is a single SSD for OS and other HDDs for data.
I am building a new rig this weekend, so have been benchmarking my old system.
While running the Unigine Heaven Benchmark 4.0 I have been experiencing occasional black screens. When this happens the fans on my card dissable, I hear them spin down and spin back up after the black sceen recovers.
The black screen is totally unpredictable, it doesnt happen at one particular part in the loop of scenes, it does not appear to be temperature related (card maxes at 67C). Sometimes it is coupled with a driver crash, or even an error saying the hardware (gfx card) is unplugged, I have tried it with 3 different driver versions now, but it happens with all. Tried with 331.82, 331.65 and very old 310.70. I have experienced the crash in a few games, but did not understand the significance until I benchmarked and experienced it time after time. It seems to happen about every 2-4 minutes.
If the black screen does not throw an error, which it doesnt every time, the benchmark will load back in and say I have been running at 0fps for the time I lost.
I am wondering if this is a problem with the card, psu or something I havent considered, could you help? If it is PSU related, not a problem that is going in the upgrade. If however it is gfx card related this is a problem (I dont want to be buying a new card). Or a blessing as it is a great excuse to get a new card.
My current rig is as follows
I5 - 760 @ 3.6
Asus P7P55D-E
2X4Gb G Skill F3
KFA2 OC GTX 670 4Gb
Corsair 520 PSU (I cannot remember the exact spec, sorry)
I am moving up to
I7 - 4770K
Asus Maximus VI Hero
2X8GB Kingston HyperX Predator
KFA2 OC GTX 670 4Gb
Seasonic G-650 Modular
Both will be using the same HDD setup, which is a single SSD for OS and other HDDs for data.
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