EVGA GTX 970 strange lights appearing is this normal?

LeoSensei · May 30, 2015

Its been happening ever since i started overclocking my gpu using EVGA precision X with these settings:
Power Target: 110%
GPU temp target: 90oC
GPU Clock Target: +150MHZ
Mem Clock Target: +500MHZ

Also, im getting this message "Display driver stopped responding and has recovered.
Display driver NVIDIA wINDOWS kERNEL Mode Driver, Version 352.86 stopped responding and has succesfully recovered."

http://i.imgur.com/FTijxl6.png
http://i.imgur.com/FQVBNn4.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/rswUcbK.jpg

Should I return these graphics card? Its still on warranty.

LeoSensei · May 30, 2015

these lights seem to appear in every game

Suztera · May 30, 2015

Reduce your overclock settings and test again.

LeoSensei · May 30, 2015

Suztera :

I already have tried, and it doesn't matter if i overclock it anymore, i still get these errors that say the display drivers stopped responding

Suztera · May 30, 2015

LeoSensei :

Try a reinstallation of your drivers.

LeoSensei · May 30, 2015

Also these lights without overclock still seem to appear less frequently but still does

LeoSensei · May 30, 2015

Okay, imma reinstall it, and test again...

LeoSensei · May 30, 2015

Also, what settings would you recommend me to use for the OC?

corndog1836 · May 30, 2015

reinstall drivers. go into device manger after having reinstalled the drivers and uninstall the video card.(important==== only do this if your cpu has integrated graphics on it) restart computer. go into device manger and scan for hardware change to reinstall the card if it hasn't already reinstalled because of the restart....

corndog1836 · May 30, 2015

I also noticed from your pics that your frame rate is 21 on the bad pic... may try lowering settings in game.

LeoSensei · May 30, 2015

thats because FRAPS was recording at a very low frame rate, but my actual frame rate was about 60/70

LeoSensei · May 30, 2015

Okay, reinstalled the driver... theres still hope eh

LeoSensei · May 30, 2015

Nope...
http://i.imgur.com/BmjgLEY.jpg

Still getting the weird light thingy

corndog1836 · May 30, 2015

LeoSensei :

try a different game. is your memory clock at default in precision x.

LeoSensei · May 30, 2015

its strange cuz my friend also has a 970, he overclocks it , and he said thiss never happened to him

corndog1836 · May 30, 2015

this is sounding like an RMA back to the manufacturer. it a memory issue....

corndog1836 · May 30, 2015

LeoSensei :

try underclocking your memory and try a different game . let me now . I will wait.

LeoSensei · May 30, 2015

Just did the underclock, it seems that i dont have the same issues, how did i find that out? simple, i pressed ctrl+alt+delete and it brings me to that screen... the interesting thing is that when i overclocked there would be lines moving all over the screen, and with the underclock they were all gone...

LeoSensei · May 30, 2015

yup, even if i dont underclock/overclock the lines are there... running the game with the default settings

corndog1836 · May 30, 2015

LeoSensei :

did you underclock memory only?

LeoSensei · May 30, 2015

should I return the card? is it broken?

LeoSensei · May 30, 2015

Yeah, only the memory

corndog1836 · May 30, 2015

LeoSensei :

did you do a clean install of the drivers?

LeoSensei · May 30, 2015

mhm, did it just like you said.

LeoSensei · May 30, 2015

corndog1836 :

I have an inteli7 4790k with built in graphics..

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