780ti - Crashing and Artifacts - Please Help!

[Charliecastle]

Hi guys,

I really hope someone can point me in the right direction with this one or I will have to RMA my card.

I have a 780ti (Upgraded from a 7950) which keeps crashing and locking up while playing games.

I have installed numerous driver versions, always uninstalled drivers properly with driversweep ect.

I have also tried reinstalling Windows, and I have tried both Windows 7 and 8 - same problem with both. I also have shadowplay switched off.

The card seems to lock up 1 -3 times a night. I will be playing a game at a high framerate and all of a sudden the screen will go black. I also get the "nvidia display driver stopped working" message when this happens.

These crashes will never happen while on the desktop, web browsing ect, only during games.

I occasionally also get artifacts on the desktop, usually a program I am using will start to develop artifacts around the edges, and it will get worse and worse until I restart.

When games crash they still seem to be "active" if I press "W" I can hear the character run forward, Click and I will shoot... You know what I mean.

Is there anything else I could try here? Would it just be best to suck it up and RMA? I'm really stuck with this one, so any input would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

[Eduello]

Have you overclocked and what is your PSU?

 

[Charliecastle]

Have you overclocked and what is your PSU?

No overclock on the GPU - No need!

I am running a 4.5Ghz OC on my CPU, but this has always been okay. I have an i5 2500k.

PSU wattage is 850. EDIT: Link to PSU - http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/powersupplies/nov-psb851.html

Thanks for your quick reply.

 

[Eduello]

Have you overclocked and what is your PSU?

No overclock on the GPU - No need!

I am running a 4.5Ghz OC on my CPU, but this has always been okay. I have an i5 2500k.

PSU wattage is 850. EDIT: Link to PSU - http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/powersupplies/nov-psb851.html

Thanks for your quick reply.

So that's not the problem then... Check your temperatures during gaming using MSI afterburner or another program like it. If the temps aren't abnormally high I'd go for RMA since you've already tried numerous operating systems and drivers.

EDIT: I didn't notice that edit there. I'm not so sure that the PSU is very high quality so if you can borrow one from a friend you could try using your PC with a different PSU and see if that helps.

 

[bigpinkdragon286]

Provided the PSU is not malfunctioning, I can see only two remedies. Clock your CPU normally and see if the problem persists, or RMA the card.

Just because you've never experienced problems with your CPU overclock in the past, doesn't mean issues haven't been present or can't begin with the passage of time. Unless you carefully validated your overclock, you could have simply never experienced any issues that may have been present with your overclock. You should run the system as intended before declaring something to be wrong with a new part.

I don't suspect heat to be the culprit here as both the CPU and GPU should throttle when subject to excessive temperatures. This would most likely manifest itself as slower than expected gaming performance, not the appearance of artifacts.

 

[Charliecastle]

Have you overclocked and what is your PSU?

No overclock on the GPU - No need!

I am running a 4.5Ghz OC on my CPU, but this has always been okay. I have an i5 2500k.

PSU wattage is 850. EDIT: Link to PSU - http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/powersupplies/nov-psb851.html

Thanks for your quick reply.

So that's not the problem then... Check your temperatures during gaming using MSI afterburner or another program like it. If the temps aren't abnormally high I'd go for RMA since you've already tried numerous operating systems and drivers.

Im pretty sure temps are fine, but I will play some games and make sure I haven't got any heat issues with CPU/GPU. If not, like you said, I will go for RMA.

Any idea how good Gigabyte's RMA process is? I don't want to be without my card for long 🙁

Thanks for your help.

 

[bigpinkdragon286]

Gigabytes RMA process is as good as any I've dealt with. Jump through all of the proper hoops, be polite, and expect a few weeks time without your card.