GTX 980 SLI GTA 5 Black Screen Crashes

lukas13x

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Apr 17, 2013
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So I oftenly crash from GTA 5 using my 980's, both EVGA. I get a black screen on both monitors, im playing on only 1 though, 1080p 144hz. I have to reboot my pc to get back onto the desktop. It sometimes makes a noise through the speakers.
I've taken one card out before and it worked fine. But the thing is that GTA 5 is the only game that i crash with. all other games play fine and smooth with sli
What could be the problem?
Thanks.
 
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Probably a poor SLI profile for it to put it bluntly. Check your system memory usage when you have SLI enabled vs disabled. I know on a few titles SLI doubles the memory requirement (for no reason), you could be hitting a cap.

Noise is common when the GPU crashes, they do handle audio through DP and HDMI.

Eximo

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Probably a poor SLI profile for it to put it bluntly. Check your system memory usage when you have SLI enabled vs disabled. I know on a few titles SLI doubles the memory requirement (for no reason), you could be hitting a cap.

Noise is common when the GPU crashes, they do handle audio through DP and HDMI.
 
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