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giancarlo.acv2

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I played World of Warcraft with a GT 610 which gave me no issues but obviously low fps.

Recently bought a GTX 1060 and a 750W Corsair PSU Bronze.

After installing I ran lots of issues which led me to reinstall Windows like 5 times. At the end I discovered latest Nvidia driver gives me the BSOD, so I installed previous.

Since I got my pc to run with new PSU and GPU Im having some performance issues while gaming and just by having the League of Legends lobby open.

This issue reflects in the mouse freezing for intermitently randomly and a buzzing weird sound on my headphones at the same time.

I really don't know whats exactly happening with my computer and Im actually looking for answers. Hope you can help me.

I have a G41 motherboard, Intel Core2 Duo E7500, 2 2Gb ddr3 ram, gtx 1060 gpu, 5400rpm 500gb hdd and a 750w psu bronze.

Any help would be appreciated. If you need more details on the issue just let me know.
 
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Yes, there may be other factors contributing to the issues you are having other than the GPU. But EVGA does have the best warranty programs, so you should be able to ease your mind there knowing you can RMA the GPU if it does turn out to be the problem.

Otherwise, along with the drivers, the CPU should be upgraded. Even with the Core 2 Quad you will still have relatively low performance compared to other systems with CPUs fast enough to fully support a GTX 1060.

The Core 2 Quads are cheapest on eBay btw. Get whichever you can afford and that will work in your motherboard.
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GTX 1060 requires 4GB system RAM. https://www.nvidia.com/content/geforce-gtx/GTX_1060_User_Guide.pdf

I would buy a cheap Core 2 Quad (Q6700, Q8400, Q9400, etc.) asap and might as well get yourself up to the standard 8GB system RAM that modern gaming requires.

Or, not spend money on such an old system and dish out the required money for a modern entry level CPU/Mobo/RAM combo.

*I think maybe you said 2 2GB system ram as in 2x2GB = 4GB total? If so, it still might be your old dual-core CPU giving you issues with the GTX 1060. It's certainly less than the minimum requirements for WoW.
 
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giancarlo.acv2

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Wow, thanks for you fast response volkgren.

So you say I should completely discard the GPU or PSU?

Both were used for about a month or 2 for cryptomining. And Im a littlebit scared that it is the card or PSU.

I have just tried putting back my old GT610 on the pc and doesnt give me any weird sound or that intermitent freezing as before.

I just want to be sure what to do before doing anything like talking with the guy that sold me the GPU about it or just upgrading my rig.

And yes, 2x2gb ddr3 ram.
 
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Hmmm.. well now the person mining with it could have simply abused the GPU until it doesn't function properly. What brand is it and when was it originally bought? You might be able to RMA it under warranty unless the manufacturer doesn't allow secondhand warranty.
 
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Would like to query something on the side, what Windows are you running? Im assuming Win7, if so how far back in driver versions did you go?

If you haven't gone as far back as 391.35, try that. I've had bad experiences with later drivers (397xx) running Win7 and a 1080Ti. These drivers were causing the system to bog until i reverted back. Games did run fine though but was usually when i exited a game that this stuff happened. No idea why, Win10's version of these drivers have no problems though.

Your system specs is quite low for a card like this as pointed out but thought i'd throw this one out there.
 
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Yes, there may be other factors contributing to the issues you are having other than the GPU. But EVGA does have the best warranty programs, so you should be able to ease your mind there knowing you can RMA the GPU if it does turn out to be the problem.

Otherwise, along with the drivers, the CPU should be upgraded. Even with the Core 2 Quad you will still have relatively low performance compared to other systems with CPUs fast enough to fully support a GTX 1060.

The Core 2 Quads are cheapest on eBay btw. Get whichever you can afford and that will work in your motherboard.
 
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