- Nov 24, 2011
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Hi, I have this problem with my Palit Jetstream GTX 680 4GB's in SLI setup.
I've first had a Gainward Phantom GTX680 4GB, but I wanted SLI and there weren't any Phantoms available in my country. My brother bought the Phantom from me, so I could buy 2 Jetstreams. I haven't had any problems with my Phantom.
But now I have the Jetstreams in SLI, but I have a problem with them. First time I installed the cards, there was a problem with fullscreen gaming. Whenever I started a fullscreen game, the screen started flickering. Here I filmed it with my mobile phone, because recording it with fraps would just show normal on Youtube.
I tried some random things, like changing Physx settings in Nvidia control panel or some other settings in Nvidia control panel. Anyway, the same day it started working, without a good reason. I thought it was because of going back to the WHQL drivers (I had betá drivers before that).
Now a week ago I wanted to re-wire my PC, to get better cable management. I got my Jetstreams out, and put it right back in when I was done. Everything was connected good.
However, when I started my PC again, the problem was back. It was flickering when I played at full screen (Tested with various of games, all have the same problem). This was also when I recorded the video I posted before. This time it took longer to recover. I tried different things, like re-attaching cables etc. because I thought it was because I re-wired my PC. I even ordered a new SLI bridge, to test out if the SLI bridge is broken. (got it for free, because I told the company where I bought my motherboard my SLI bridge was defect)
1 hour after I've ordered the SLI bridge I randomly tested again, and somehow.... it worked! I didn't change a single thing since the last time I tested it! I thought it worked permanently, so I didn't bothered anymore.
It worked fine for days, and I decided to keep my PC like this, and not changing SLI-bridge when it arrives. But now since yesterday, I played a game, and in the middle of playing it, it turned back to flickering! I immediatly set it to "Borderless" because that would give me normal screen (however not every game has "Borderless" as option). I finished the game, and tried to test another game, to check if it was broken again. But no, the other games worked perfect, when I restarted the game again, it worked perfectly.
Today I've had a same problem, I played the game again (same game, League of Legends) and in the middle of playing it, the screen now turned red! Fully red! That colour scares the sh*t out of me when it suddenly appears all over the screen! I alt-tabbed some, and back. It worked for a second, alt-tabbed again, and back. Then it worked again. I switched to borderless again, and finished the game. That was 10 minutes ago!
note: I've had a full red screen before, in the same periods as the flickering happened. So I think these 2 have connections, because they both appear in fullscreen only.
Now I really don't want this to happen again! Can someone help me out, or tell me what's wrong? Is my hardware defect? I find it very strange because it happens so suddenly. And it doesn't have any match to temperature. When it was constantly flickering, it was during 30 C as well as during 60 C. And League of Legends isn't reaching higher than 47 C on this GPU's, so that won't be the problem.
Here are my full PC specs:
CPU: Intel Core i7 3770k
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100 liquid cooling
MOBO: Asus Sabertooth Z77
RAM: G.Skill Ripjawsz 16GB 4x4GB @2133
SSD: Corsair Force 3 240GB < This drive contains all the games I play + Windows
HDD: Random 500GB HDD I've got out of an old PC < For data only (Music, Video's etc.)
GPU's: 2x Palit Jetstream GTX 680 4GB in SLI
PSU: XFX 1050W Black Edition
I hope someone can help!
I've first had a Gainward Phantom GTX680 4GB, but I wanted SLI and there weren't any Phantoms available in my country. My brother bought the Phantom from me, so I could buy 2 Jetstreams. I haven't had any problems with my Phantom.
But now I have the Jetstreams in SLI, but I have a problem with them. First time I installed the cards, there was a problem with fullscreen gaming. Whenever I started a fullscreen game, the screen started flickering. Here I filmed it with my mobile phone, because recording it with fraps would just show normal on Youtube.
I tried some random things, like changing Physx settings in Nvidia control panel or some other settings in Nvidia control panel. Anyway, the same day it started working, without a good reason. I thought it was because of going back to the WHQL drivers (I had betá drivers before that).
Now a week ago I wanted to re-wire my PC, to get better cable management. I got my Jetstreams out, and put it right back in when I was done. Everything was connected good.
However, when I started my PC again, the problem was back. It was flickering when I played at full screen (Tested with various of games, all have the same problem). This was also when I recorded the video I posted before. This time it took longer to recover. I tried different things, like re-attaching cables etc. because I thought it was because I re-wired my PC. I even ordered a new SLI bridge, to test out if the SLI bridge is broken. (got it for free, because I told the company where I bought my motherboard my SLI bridge was defect)
1 hour after I've ordered the SLI bridge I randomly tested again, and somehow.... it worked! I didn't change a single thing since the last time I tested it! I thought it worked permanently, so I didn't bothered anymore.
It worked fine for days, and I decided to keep my PC like this, and not changing SLI-bridge when it arrives. But now since yesterday, I played a game, and in the middle of playing it, it turned back to flickering! I immediatly set it to "Borderless" because that would give me normal screen (however not every game has "Borderless" as option). I finished the game, and tried to test another game, to check if it was broken again. But no, the other games worked perfect, when I restarted the game again, it worked perfectly.
Today I've had a same problem, I played the game again (same game, League of Legends) and in the middle of playing it, the screen now turned red! Fully red! That colour scares the sh*t out of me when it suddenly appears all over the screen! I alt-tabbed some, and back. It worked for a second, alt-tabbed again, and back. Then it worked again. I switched to borderless again, and finished the game. That was 10 minutes ago!
note: I've had a full red screen before, in the same periods as the flickering happened. So I think these 2 have connections, because they both appear in fullscreen only.
Now I really don't want this to happen again! Can someone help me out, or tell me what's wrong? Is my hardware defect? I find it very strange because it happens so suddenly. And it doesn't have any match to temperature. When it was constantly flickering, it was during 30 C as well as during 60 C. And League of Legends isn't reaching higher than 47 C on this GPU's, so that won't be the problem.
Here are my full PC specs:
CPU: Intel Core i7 3770k
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100 liquid cooling
MOBO: Asus Sabertooth Z77
RAM: G.Skill Ripjawsz 16GB 4x4GB @2133
SSD: Corsair Force 3 240GB < This drive contains all the games I play + Windows
HDD: Random 500GB HDD I've got out of an old PC < For data only (Music, Video's etc.)
GPU's: 2x Palit Jetstream GTX 680 4GB in SLI
PSU: XFX 1050W Black Edition
I hope someone can help!
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