I must be the unluckiest person in the world. I just bought these 2 gigabyte 780ti windforce overclocked edition cards and my games instantly freeze when the game starts causing a kernel driver error. If SLI is disabled games will work perfectly with no freezes/driver crashes. I found a fix though I think. Usually my games would freeze instantly with SLI enabled.
I did every test I could think of. I tried different PCIE slots on my board, I used DDU multiple times to try older drivers, I put new thermal paste on my CPU, I dusted all the slots and cleaned them. I even did a memtest for 10+ hours with no errors. I finally figured out a fix though since I was able to play one whole game/map of Battlefield 4.
I am relieved and a bit upset at the same time since I know how to fix it, but I shouldn't need to do this. I used MSI afterburner and reduced the core clock speeds by 50mhz. Games run perfectly now and everything is fine. My power supply is a 1200 wat corsair which is only a week old so it can not be a PSU issue. Should I RMA these cards? Or not bother. I can still max any game out and it is smooth, but it is awkward I need to reduce the clock speeds by 50mhz to be able to run games in SLI. Do I need to use MSI afterburner every time I turn on my computer before I game? This is really weird. Anyway I haven't had a stable PC for the past couple of months and I can say I am glad to say I think I have finally fixed the issue. Thank goodness.
I did every test I could think of. I tried different PCIE slots on my board, I used DDU multiple times to try older drivers, I put new thermal paste on my CPU, I dusted all the slots and cleaned them. I even did a memtest for 10+ hours with no errors. I finally figured out a fix though since I was able to play one whole game/map of Battlefield 4.
I am relieved and a bit upset at the same time since I know how to fix it, but I shouldn't need to do this. I used MSI afterburner and reduced the core clock speeds by 50mhz. Games run perfectly now and everything is fine. My power supply is a 1200 wat corsair which is only a week old so it can not be a PSU issue. Should I RMA these cards? Or not bother. I can still max any game out and it is smooth, but it is awkward I need to reduce the clock speeds by 50mhz to be able to run games in SLI. Do I need to use MSI afterburner every time I turn on my computer before I game? This is really weird. Anyway I haven't had a stable PC for the past couple of months and I can say I am glad to say I think I have finally fixed the issue. Thank goodness.
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