So I just got a new Gigabyte Gtx 650 ti 1gb after using a AMD 6570 for a few months.
The card seems to be running fairly fine in games except for in all the games that I've tried the games lock up after a while of playing.
Now this lock up is not whole system crash but rather just the application itself locking meaning that the process can be terminated from task manager.
After trying the card out in a few different games I found that the crash seems to happen in most of them (far cry 3 and Dishonored seem to have major trouble), yet Just cause 2 only locked up when I tried to exit the game after 40 min+ of gametime.
After finding this problem out I decided to look in the event viewer in windows to see if that would help me understand what is causing it. All the game crashes give out a code if I recall correctly it's 0x000007.
After a bit of googling it appears to have something to do with either faulty hardware or a driver problem.
After finding this out I did some more google work and found a windows utility that scans all the drivers for faults (saldy I can't recall the name of said utility).
After setting it up to scan after a reboot, I let the computer do so, and was instantly greeted with a BSOD, which apparently is a sign of a faulty driver.
After this I wanted to make sure it's not something hardware related too, so firstly I used memtestg80 to test the card itself, but that came up with no errors.
I'm also currently running memtest86 to make sure that there is not a problem with the ram.
I just thought I would make this thread to see if there is some easy fix for this that I am overlooking before attempting my final ditch effort of reinstalling the OS.
System specs:
i3 2100 3.1Ghz
MSI z77a-g43
2x 4gb corsair xms3
seagate barracuda 500gb
Corsair 600CX psu
And of course the pesky gigabyte GTX 650 ti 1gb
[editline]25th January 2013[/editline]
Also, forgot to ask, anyone know a better programme to test the GPU?
I want to definitely rule out hardware problems with it.
[editline]25th January 2013[/editline]
Forgot to mention, again, that when I was playing the games that crashed HWmonitor said that it got up to 54C so overheating can be ruled out.
Is it possible that having switched to Nvidia from AMD graphics may have caused drivers to conflict?
I did try and remove all traces of AMD drivers/software.
[editline]25th January 2013[/editline]
Memtest just finished it's first pass with no errors, so I think that can be ruled out.
After spending hours backing up files and reinstalling windows it still crashes, so I've decided to RMA it.
[QUOTE] found a windows utility that scans all the drivers for faults (saldy I can't recall the name of said utility).
After setting it up to scan after a reboot, I let the computer do so, and was instantly greeted with a BSOD, which apparently is a sign of a faulty driver.[/QUOTE]
I believe you just greatly increased your chances at obtaining a virus(hence the BSOD after the (OMG, reboot). I say it in that tone, because you just let that program exploit your systems foundation. I'll just refer that program to a HE - He ran through all yo shit(including C:/Windows). It seems like you have a faulty card but, I don't have enough information on the subject and in times like these, I need to have hands-on i order to know what I'm dealing with. It sucks you have to return it but, I sure hope that was the issue. Be wary of installing driver scanners, you don't need them -[B]AT ALL[/B]
Well considering that this driver scanner is a windows utility, that came with windows, that was made by microsoft, I think I was in the clear.
I didn't install any 3rd part driver scanners at all.
[b]Edit:[/b]
I found what the driver scanner was called, it's "Driver verifier", or just search "Verifier" in the start menu search.
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