GPU crashes when running Valley Unigine

johngaspar

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Hi, so I just finished building my PC and wanted to run Valley to benchmark my EVGA GTX 780 Classified. I get to around the halfway point and my screen starts freaking out and the screen turns grey. I turn on my PC again (after manually turning off the PSU) and my NVIDIA drivers crashed and i had to download them again. I have not overclocked yet so is it just my card that is bad or is it the drivers fault? Thanks.

UPDATE: I can now run the Valley benchmark and play games with no issues until I quite the benchmark or the game. I can play for however long I want but once I quit the game, my screen flashes and then turns black.
 
Geforce Experience say you've got the correct up to date drivers?

Use HWInfo to show temps and voltages - What temps you getting? What voltages you getting? 12v, 5v and 3.3v - min and max

Afterburner - what clocks showing and Voltages and Temps and Usage?
 


Those are solid units, but it could still end up defective (like once in a while a bad solder job). But let's see what the others suggest and just put that on the back burner.
 

johngaspar

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i7-4770k
NZXT Kraken x60
EVGA GTX 780 Classified
ASUS ROG Maximus VI Hero
8GB Corsair Veangence 1600mhz Ram
XFX 80+Bronze PSU


Valley started tearing at the start, then it finally crashed at the end.

2014-04-27 22:29:36 , 1110.5 , 1502.3 , 64.0 , 53 , 1736 , 682 , 84 , 32 , 0 , 73.8 , 4 , 1.141 , 12.08 , 36.5 , 41.5 , 60 ,

2014-04-27 22:29:37 , 1110.5 , 1502.3 , 64.0 , 53 , 1733 , 675 , 97 , 39 , 0 , 80.6 , 4 , 1.139 , 12.08 , 38.0 , 43.3 , 60 ,

2014-04-27 22:29:38 , 1110.5 , 1502.3 , 64.0 , 53 , 1699 , 674 , 98 , 39 , 0 , 80.6 , 4 , 1.139 , 12.06 , 38.5 , 43.8 , 61 ,

2014-04-27 22:29:39 , 1110.5 , 1502.3 , 64.0 , 54 , 1716 , 674 , 98 , 40 , 0 , 80.4 , 4 , 1.141 , 12.08 , 34.5 , 40.3 , 61 ,

2014-04-27 22:29:40 , 1110.5 , 1502.3 , 64.0 , 54 , 1729 , 674 , 97 , 40 , 0 , 80.6 , 4 , 1.139 , 12.06 , 37.5 , 42.5 , 61 ,

2014-04-27 22:29:41 , 1110.5 , 1502.3 , 64.0 , 54 , 1729 , 674 , 96 , 40 , 0 , 79.1 , 4 , 1.139 , 12.06 , 38.0 , 43.3 , 61 ,

2014-04-27 22:29:42 , 1110.5 , 1502.3 , 64.0 , 54 , 1760 , 674 , 96 , 40 , 0 , 80.5 , 4 , 1.139 , 12.08 , 37.0 , 42.0 , 61 ,

2014-04-27 22:29:43 , 1110.5 , 1502.3 , 65.0 , 54 , 1763 , 675 , 93 , 39 , 0 , 79.3 , 4 , 1.139 , 12.08 , 38.0 , 43.3 , 61 ,

2014-04-27 22:29:44 , 1110.5 , 1502.3 , 65.0 , 54 , 1767 , 672 , 93 , 40 , 0 , 79.4 , 4 , 1.139 , 12.08 , 36.5 , 41.5 , 61 ,

2014-04-27 22:29:45 , 1110.5 , 1502.3 , 65.0 , 54 , 1739 , 672 , 97 , 41 , 0 , 80.8 , 4 , 1.139 , 12.06 , 39.0 , 44.3 , 61 ,

2014-04-27 22:29:46 , 1110.5 , 1502.3 , 65.0 , 54 , 1753 , 672 , 97 , 41 , 0 , 81.4 , 4 , 1.139 , 12.06 , 38.0 , 43.8 , 61 ,

2014-04-27 22:29:47 , 1110.5 , 1502.3 , 65.0 , 54 , 1785 , 706 , 90 , 35 , 0 , 77.4 , 4 , 1.139 , 12.06 , 38.0 , 43.8 , 61 ,

2014-04-27 22:29:48 , 1110.5 , 1502.3 , 65.0 , 54 , 1788 , 676 , 97 , 38 , 0 , 80.5 , 4 , 1.139 , 12.06 , 38.5 , 43.8 , 61 ,

2014-04-27 22:29:49 , 1110.5 , 1502.3 , 65.0 , 55 , 1792 , 675 , 97 , 38 , 0 , 81.2 , 4 , 1.139 , 12.06 , 38.5 , 43.8 , 61 ,

2014-04-27 22:29:50 , 1110.5 , 1502.3 , 64.0 , 55 , 1749 , 675 , 97 , 39 , 0 , 47.8 , 4 , 1.152 , 12.11 , 17.0 , 18.3 , 62 ,
 

johngaspar

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Nope, just built it today
 


Driver up to date? Try another card and use HW Info? What does HWInfo show?
 

johngaspar

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My drivers are up to date and I don't know how am I supposed to post what it shows?
 

johngaspar

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Lmfao I got the gist of it, I downloaded the old 335 driver for nvidia, I knew what you meant. One thing I found though, when I was running Valley Benchmark it said my clock speed was 1333mHz? the base clock for my card is 993mHz so I don't understand why it's like that. Maybe that's the reason for my problem?
 


I'd say that's a problem for sure. If it's clocking itself too high that would definitely cause a driver crash. I would contact the manufacturer. You might need a BIOS flash (don't do this yourself unless they tell you to).