- Feb 11, 2016
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I am trying to work out why I have to underclock my graphics card in order to get it to run stable.
Here is my system:
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
CPU
AMD FX-4100
RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. M5A97 EVO R2.0 (Socket 942)
Graphics
SyncMaster (1920x1080@59Hz)
L70S+ (1280x1024@60Hz)
1023MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Gigabyte)
For a number of months the card was crashing with this TDR error whilst playing games.
Display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding and has successfully recovered.
Error 4101
Not just one particular game, a huge range of games. Too many to put it down to one particular game. Most recently I got this error playing Skyrim.
I have tried several things in order to fix or even properly diagnose this issue.
Have updated to the latest drivers. This has been an ongoing issue and I always have the latest drivers. The issue has persisted through many driver updates.
I have run my RAM through multiple tests. It's fine.
I have cleaned inside my PC, the card is not dusty and was doing this when it was new anyway.
In the NVidia control panel in "Manage 3D settings" I have changed "Power Management mode" from "Adaptive" to "Prefer maximum performance".
I have tried a different power supply which did not fix the issue. My current power supply is stable and does not fluctuate even under load.
Different operating systems (was happening under Win 8 & 8.1 as well)
Other things I cannot remember but will add in here when I remember/am reminded.
In the end the only thing I can do to maintain any stability and stop these "crashes" is to underclock my GPU with MSI Afterburner to these settings:
Core Clock (MHz)
Original: 970
Stable setting: 899
Memory Clock (MHz)
Original: 2050
Stable setting: 1904
I'd really like to get to the bottom of what is actually causing this to happen. I've tried several times over quite a few months and always hit a dead-end, got bored of reading endless articles/posts or got frustrated with trying different solutions that don't work when all I want to do is play games in peace! I have no idea where to go from here to work out why this is happening. Can anyone give me some insight?
Here is my system:
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
CPU
AMD FX-4100
RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. M5A97 EVO R2.0 (Socket 942)
Graphics
SyncMaster (1920x1080@59Hz)
L70S+ (1280x1024@60Hz)
1023MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Gigabyte)
For a number of months the card was crashing with this TDR error whilst playing games.
Display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding and has successfully recovered.
Error 4101
Not just one particular game, a huge range of games. Too many to put it down to one particular game. Most recently I got this error playing Skyrim.
I have tried several things in order to fix or even properly diagnose this issue.
Have updated to the latest drivers. This has been an ongoing issue and I always have the latest drivers. The issue has persisted through many driver updates.
I have run my RAM through multiple tests. It's fine.
I have cleaned inside my PC, the card is not dusty and was doing this when it was new anyway.
In the NVidia control panel in "Manage 3D settings" I have changed "Power Management mode" from "Adaptive" to "Prefer maximum performance".
I have tried a different power supply which did not fix the issue. My current power supply is stable and does not fluctuate even under load.
Different operating systems (was happening under Win 8 & 8.1 as well)
Other things I cannot remember but will add in here when I remember/am reminded.
In the end the only thing I can do to maintain any stability and stop these "crashes" is to underclock my GPU with MSI Afterburner to these settings:
Core Clock (MHz)
Original: 970
Stable setting: 899
Memory Clock (MHz)
Original: 2050
Stable setting: 1904
I'd really like to get to the bottom of what is actually causing this to happen. I've tried several times over quite a few months and always hit a dead-end, got bored of reading endless articles/posts or got frustrated with trying different solutions that don't work when all I want to do is play games in peace! I have no idea where to go from here to work out why this is happening. Can anyone give me some insight?
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