I apologize ahead of time if this message is long, but for gods sake hear me out. This problem I`ve been having for two years now has absolutely stumped me. I`ve submitted support tickets before to EVGA and XFX, but nothing has helped. Not suggestions or anything. I`m still experiencing the same problems I`ve had with my system since when I first built it (August 2009), nothing has changed. I`ve taken such drastic steps to remedy it, it`s almost unfathomable I`d still be having this problem. I`ve been experiencing very random crashes, artifacting, BSODS, and GPU error messages with particular computer games and actions such as Wolfenstein, Crysis, Mass Effect, generally any Unreal Engine 3 game though not all, and sometimes putting a lot of stress on my GPU. The list of games that are absolutely incompatible to run is very random. I`ve done so many things to fix this so I will list a few: I`ve changed slots, cables, positioning, I`ve exchanged my GPU, I`ve exchanged my Motherboard, I`ve upgraded my PSU from an 850w to a 1000w, I`ve done RAM tests and individually tested out all my sticks, I`ve run stress tests on my GPU and other components, I`ve used a different GPU which had no problem (8500GT), I`ve downclocked my GPU, I`ve improved the cooling, and I`ve upgraded / rollbacked / reinstalled multiple drivers and firmware,
I`ve consulted XFX support (my gpu manufacturer), online support, anecdotal support, and even more. For quite a while, I was certain the OS was causing my problem since I`d researched that Vista had certain functions that can cause GPU failures. I managed to shell out 150$ for a version of Windows 7 and did it fix it? Nope. I`ve put in 1700 $ + on this gaming system only to have it game whenever it feels like. I don`t want to waste anymore. I`ve tried selling it but can`t for a manageable price. What's crazy is that when I first sent in my GTX 285 in october 2009, they confirmed there was a problem and replaced it, yet, I did it again just this past month and they couldn't find anything wrong with it I don't know what do from here. I've checked temps on everything and it's all normal. Any help at all would be much appreciated.
The following are my parts:
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Patriot Viper 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model PVT36G1600ELK
Microsoft Windows 7 ultimate
XFX GX285XZWFF GeForce GTX 285 1GB 512-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
EVGA E758-A1 3-Way SLI (x16/x16/x8) LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard
SAMSUNG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner Black EIDE/ATAPI Model SH-S222A
Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80601920
RAIDMAX RX-1000AE 1000W ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V
I`ve consulted XFX support (my gpu manufacturer), online support, anecdotal support, and even more. For quite a while, I was certain the OS was causing my problem since I`d researched that Vista had certain functions that can cause GPU failures. I managed to shell out 150$ for a version of Windows 7 and did it fix it? Nope. I`ve put in 1700 $ + on this gaming system only to have it game whenever it feels like. I don`t want to waste anymore. I`ve tried selling it but can`t for a manageable price. What's crazy is that when I first sent in my GTX 285 in october 2009, they confirmed there was a problem and replaced it, yet, I did it again just this past month and they couldn't find anything wrong with it I don't know what do from here. I've checked temps on everything and it's all normal. Any help at all would be much appreciated.
The following are my parts:
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Patriot Viper 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model PVT36G1600ELK
Microsoft Windows 7 ultimate
XFX GX285XZWFF GeForce GTX 285 1GB 512-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
EVGA E758-A1 3-Way SLI (x16/x16/x8) LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard
SAMSUNG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner Black EIDE/ATAPI Model SH-S222A
Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80601920
RAIDMAX RX-1000AE 1000W ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V