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September 21, 2014 3:34:40 PM

So for the passed year I've been working with a GTX 660 Superclocked and I've had this consistent issue of the drivers crashing all the time. The card isn't overheating, I've tried Under/Overclocking, I've tried decreasing/increasing Voltage, I've tried swithing PCI slots, I've tried downgrading drivers, I even bought a new fan for it. No matter what I tried, the drivers crash randomly while I'm gaming and I'm just fed up with it. I was thinking of going the AMD route in a couple of weeks and picking up an R9 280x. My question is, will I end up having the same issues while gaming?

My build:
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AMD FX-8320 @ 4.5GHz w/ Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO (2 fan setup)
EVGA GeForce GTX 660 SCE
8GB DDR3 Corsair Vegence @ 1600Mhz
PNY XLR8 Pro 120GB SSD (OS) (Windows 8.1 , Debian 7 Wheezey)
[Slave Drive 1] Western Digital Black Edition 2TB HDD (Games)
[Slave Drive 2] Western Digital Black Edition 2TB HDD (Music, Vids, Etc.)
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5


EDIT: I forgot to add, I typically don't game at 1080P. Although my monitor's default resolution is 1920x1080 I usually game at 1600x900 in order to increase performance.

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September 21, 2014 3:37:17 PM

You wont have the same issues, it sounds as though that is a hardware issue.
But please if you are considering the 280x look into the 970. For 50-70 bucks more you can get nearly 30% increased performance.
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September 21, 2014 3:48:18 PM

sounds like hardware issues but its all luck what card you get whether its AMD or NVidia they all have problems but i would lean more towards NVIDIA they have less issues overall.
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September 21, 2014 3:53:11 PM

I was on the Nvidia Band Wagon for years up until my two 460GTX's died, I'd crash at least once a week with Nvidia drivers, the cards ran super hot (though I was pushing them very hard)... I ran those cards on X58 versions of EVGA, ASUS motherboards. Since then I went with AMD and haven't looked back. I picked up a AMD 7850 for $150 last year, and it works fine... The only time I really ever had an issue was when I clocked them to their max and some games didn't like that. My next card will be an AMD! Since we have a similar computer build I look into a super clocked version of a R9-280 or what ever the best you can get for around $200(+or- $20), Unless your going 4K, Anything over $225 for AMD or Nvidia is rip off I believe.
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September 21, 2014 4:48:31 PM

I agree on the above post. For 200~300 price range I will go with AMD, but above that will be a different story.
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September 21, 2014 4:50:34 PM

Have you tried said GPU in a different PC? on a clean windows install? BIOS up to date? there could be other factors causing this outside of hardware issues.
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