Do I have a bitcoin farmer eating my GPU?

[ttg_Avenged]

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/396658-33-driver-crash

Hi. I have a GTX 680, and it crashes at random on highly-taxing games.
I read on toms, at the above link that a bit ago a nasty bitcoin farmer (malware) was going around.

I wanted to know if this was why I get crashes, and was the only time I wanted malware lol.

Under task manager, no iehighutil.exe.

Not under msconfig startup.

Not in regedit.

No suspicious high mem. processes I don't recognize.

Why else would my card crash? Only high quality/taxing games.
I have a 800w gold psu. Good brand.
Latest drivers, driver sweeped.

 

[n1ghtr4v3n]

are you overclocked ?

edit:
or lets say do you own a factory overclocked version?

 

[ttg_Avenged]

are you overclocked ?

edit:
or lets say do you own a factory overclocked version?

Crap. I will check, I think I might.. EVGA GTX 680 w/ backplate (MIGHT be superclocked. Will see..)
Edit: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2300708
Don't judge me for tigerdirect ^^
But yes, thats SC+. Should I underclock?

 

[Heironious]

If you are using 320.18 FALL BACK to 314.22. The 320.xx drivers are bad. I had to get modified 314.22 ones for my GTX 780 so I can actually use the damn thing.

 

[n1ghtr4v3n]

are you overclocked ?

edit:
or lets say do you own a factory overclocked version?

Crap. I will check, I think I might.. EVGA GTX 680 w/ backplate (MIGHT be superclocked. Will see..)
Edit: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2300708
Don't judge me for tigerdirect ^^
But yes, thats SC+. Should I underclock?

well it could be a driver problem as the following post offers. but i may suggest 2 options as you may thought about it already;
1. increase the voltage like +5% or +10%
2. if voltage doesnt work, downclock it like -5% or -10%
3. try different drivers, my advise would be not to fall back to a older version but instead upgrade to a beta newer beta version

I hope it helps...

 

[ttg_Avenged]

Thanks for replying guys. I've tried 314.14, 310.xx, and many others. I am going to sadly try 301.10 (the shipped driver). EDIT: I'll try this as a last resort.

I will slightly increase the voltage, then downclock. Will report back tomorrow sometime

How do I increase the voltage? Under EVGA Precision, I changed the power target to max (132%)

I played Crysis 2 on full ultra 1080p but DX10 on accident for two hours, no crash. So far so good, I guess.

 

[n1ghtr4v3n]

Thanks for replying guys. I've tried 314.14, 310.xx, and many others. I am going to sadly try 301.10 (the shipped driver).

I will slightly increase the voltage, then downclock. Will report back tomorrow sometime

good luck

 

[ttg_Avenged]

Thanks for replying guys. I've tried 314.14, 310.xx, and many others. I am going to sadly try 301.10 (the shipped driver).

I will slightly increase the voltage, then downclock. Will report back tomorrow sometime

good luck

I went from 987mv to 1012mV, I am still crashing. Increase the voltage? What is and isn't safe?

The power target is 132% now also, and I underclocked. GPU clock -45mhz, mem clock -70mhz.

Will report back.

 

[anthony8989]

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/396658-33-driver-crash

Hi. I have a GTX 680, and it crashes at random on highly-taxing games.
I read on toms, at the above link that a bit ago a nasty bitcoin farmer (malware) was going around.

I wanted to know if this was why I get crashes, and was the only time I wanted malware lol.

Under task manager, no iehighutil.exe.

Not under msconfig startup.

Not in regedit.

No suspicious high mem. processes I don't recognize.

Why else would my card crash? Only high quality/taxing games.
I have a 800w gold psu. Good brand.
Latest drivers, driver sweeped.

Have you been monitoring the GPU temperature? A malfunctioning cooling unit can cause over heating and subsequent crashes.

 

[cookybiscuit]

You wouldn't be targetted for that because your GPU doesn't support it, it's only AMD thats profitable.

 

[ttg_Avenged]

You wouldn't be targetted for that because your GPU doesn't support it, it's only AMD thats profitable.

You sure? 3 GTX guys had this farmer. Including my friend, why would they lie?

 

[ttg_Avenged]

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/396658-33-driver-crash

Hi. I have a GTX 680, and it crashes at random on highly-taxing games.
I read on toms, at the above link that a bit ago a nasty bitcoin farmer (malware) was going around.

I wanted to know if this was why I get crashes, and was the only time I wanted malware lol.

Under task manager, no iehighutil.exe.

Not under msconfig startup.

Not in regedit.

No suspicious high mem. processes I don't recognize.

Why else would my card crash? Only high quality/taxing games.
I have a 800w gold psu. Good brand.
Latest drivers, driver sweeped.

Have you been monitoring the GPU temperature? A malfunctioning cooling unit can cause over heating and subsequent crashes.

No. I will start.

 

[cookybiscuit]

You wouldn't be targetted for that because your GPU doesn't support it, it's only AMD thats profitable.

You sure? 3 GTX guys had this farmer. Including my friend, why would they lie?

With Nvidia GPU's, no matter how fast, the cost of electricity massively outweighs the profit from mining, obviously someone doing this wouldn't really care about your electric bills but it would be in their best interests to target someone with a system that is actually useful for it.

 

[ttg_Avenged]

You wouldn't be targetted for that because your GPU doesn't support it, it's only AMD thats profitable.

You sure? 3 GTX guys had this farmer. Including my friend, why would they lie?

With Nvidia GPU's, no matter how fast, the cost of electricity massively outweighs the profit from mining, obviously someone doing this wouldn't really care about your electric bills but it would be in their best interests to target someone with a system that is actually useful for it.

Oh I see.

 

[ttg_Avenged]

If you are using 320.18 FALL BACK to 314.22. The 320.xx drivers are bad. I had to get modified 314.22 ones for my GTX 780 so I can actually use the damn thing.

That would explain the recent artifacting.

 

[ttg_Avenged]

Okay, I haven't had a crash recently. This may be a fix. But usually I get a crash 3 times for a total of 8 hours gaming.
If I don't get a crash tomorrow, solved.

 

[ttg_Avenged]

Epic. Haven't crashed in 2 days mostly BF3 and Crysis 3, ~ 12 hours total

So i'm calling this solved.
Solution: I had to overvolt by 3%, this was because the card was overclocked from the factory.
I also lightly underclocked it. Fixed!!