Blackscreen Problems Windows 7

hippo008

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CPU : i7 4770k 3.9Ghz (good solid clock)
GPU Gtx 660 ZOTAC (clocks may be messed)
MOBO: ASUS MAXIUMUS 6 IMPACT
RAM: Corsair Dominator 1600mhz 16Gb 2 Channel
PSU:Corsair HX650
Windows 7 x64bit
Old ACER monitor x203h

Built the system a few days ago. Booted and ran well for first 2 days, then i updated the Gtx660 drivers from the disk version to 331.82. I messed with the memory clock and general clock speed in zotac firestorm. The computer crashed and i reset the MOBO back with the reset button on the back, and reset the GPU clocks back to stock.After that nothing was wrong, but about 30-1hour into Assassins Creed 4 the screen went purple with lots of visual errors. Then went black. I was getting a windows kernel error, but could not get the code down quickly enough. I restarted the computer, it boots fine all the way through into the desktop. About 10 seconds in the screen goes black and the monitor says no input, even though i have the side panel off and all the components, fan profiles, and graphics card are spinning. I booted into safe mode (how i am writing this) and everything is okay. Boots just fine. I downgraded the drivers back to the disk that came with the card, and still nothing. Same booting to desktop, then about 10 seconds then failure.

I have no idea what is wrong. maybe its the power into the GPU? its set at about 100% or maybe 110%? not sure. Ive heard that overvolting might be the solution. However you cannot access zotac firestorm in safe mode.

PLEASE HELP!!!
 
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Telling by the deal with the visual errors its probably artifacts artifacts mean your gpu is dead. rma it if its under warranty. if you overclock it too much it will fawk up your gpu. try overvolting in ur bios first though

nikita787

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You may have killed your card first try overvolting
 

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Telling by the deal with the visual errors its probably artifacts artifacts mean your gpu is dead. rma it if its under warranty. if you overclock it too much it will fawk up your gpu. try overvolting in ur bios first though
 
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hippo008

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I believe i moved the slider from the stock 980mhz to 1300 or so mhz, with a memory overclock of about 1400. Would you say thats enough to destroy a card?
And what do you think would be a viable new card? Maybe a 760 or a R9 280
 

nikita787

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oh thats enough to do it. i made the same mistake with my (former card) gt650. i think an amd radeon 270x is good for price and performance it can run bf4 maxed out with msaa on a 1080p monitor.