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I built my computer about a year ago and have been getting random crashes in certain games. Some of these games include:
Borderlands 2
Bioshock Infinite
Splinter Cell Blacklist
I believe there were a couple others that I crashed during but I do not remember them. Every time a crash happens Afterburner shows the GPU goes from 100% usage to 0% usage. The temp goes from about 60 degrees Celsius and the slowly dips down to a little below 40 degrees Celsius. When reading some posts I found a suggestion saying to reduce the core clock down to standard speed(it is a factory overclocked card). This did seem to make the games crash less.
However, since I paid for a factory overclocked card I do not want to have to under clock it just to play games.
Side Note: Recently when my computer wakes from hibernation only one of my 2 screens turns on (always the one in the top DVI port of the graphics card). This does not happen when it wakes from sleep or turns on from pull power off, just hibernation. I have to unplug the DVI cord from the bottom port and replug it for the monitor to be recognized.
I am not sure if these issues are connected but any advice on either of them would be greatly appreciated.
My build in case it matters:
CPU: i7-4770k
MB: Asrock Z77 Extreme4
GPU: MSI GTX660 Twin Frozr OC Edition
CPU Cooler: Hyper 212 plus
Power Supply: Corsair 650TX
SSD: 128GB 840 Pro
HHD: 2 old 500GB drives
Case: Zalman Z11
Borderlands 2
Bioshock Infinite
Splinter Cell Blacklist
I believe there were a couple others that I crashed during but I do not remember them. Every time a crash happens Afterburner shows the GPU goes from 100% usage to 0% usage. The temp goes from about 60 degrees Celsius and the slowly dips down to a little below 40 degrees Celsius. When reading some posts I found a suggestion saying to reduce the core clock down to standard speed(it is a factory overclocked card). This did seem to make the games crash less.
However, since I paid for a factory overclocked card I do not want to have to under clock it just to play games.
Side Note: Recently when my computer wakes from hibernation only one of my 2 screens turns on (always the one in the top DVI port of the graphics card). This does not happen when it wakes from sleep or turns on from pull power off, just hibernation. I have to unplug the DVI cord from the bottom port and replug it for the monitor to be recognized.
I am not sure if these issues are connected but any advice on either of them would be greatly appreciated.
My build in case it matters:
CPU: i7-4770k
MB: Asrock Z77 Extreme4
GPU: MSI GTX660 Twin Frozr OC Edition
CPU Cooler: Hyper 212 plus
Power Supply: Corsair 650TX
SSD: 128GB 840 Pro
HHD: 2 old 500GB drives
Case: Zalman Z11
akabaka9
May 9, 2014 6:34:53 AM
plaintuts said:
Defaults are the 1033mhz it comes with. It means defaults for your gpu. After driver update.Try and play some games for comparisson.
Sadly it is finals week so I will have to delay the testing although it does sound like a tempting excuse not to study. I will post again when I have time to test the new driver.
akabaka9
May 8, 2014 2:13:32 PM
plaintuts said:
use msi afterburner to set your card back to default values, then check for a driver update on the MSI website for your GPU.temps are looking normal. it might be a stability issue.
as for the monitors, disable the settings that automatically turn of the monitor in the power options in control panel, set your power scheme to high performance (" i think hibernation is only for laptops"). you can just manually turn off your monitors so that the memory allocation for them are not messed up.
When you say default values do you mean the 1033MHz core clock it comes with or the 980MHz that other reference gtx 660s have? Also I installed driver version 331.65. Not sure if this is what I had before or not.
As for the monitors I realized I used the wrong terminology. The problem occurs when waking from sleep (which only happens if I short press the power button). It is set to never auto sleep but sometimes I like to sleep it when not in use so all of the LEDs and fans turn off.
Thanks for the help.
Best solution chosen by ErVivek
use msi afterburner to set your card back to default values, then check for a driver update on the MSI website for your GPU.
temps are looking normal. it might be a stability issue.
as for the monitors, disable the settings that automatically turn of the monitor in the power options in control panel, set your power scheme to high performance (" i think hibernation is only for laptops"). you can just manually turn off your monitors so that the memory allocation for them are not messed up.
temps are looking normal. it might be a stability issue.
as for the monitors, disable the settings that automatically turn of the monitor in the power options in control panel, set your power scheme to high performance (" i think hibernation is only for laptops"). you can just manually turn off your monitors so that the memory allocation for them are not messed up.
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