- Sep 21, 2015
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The title is pretty much a prologue. I also happen to have that infamous "nvidia driver has stopped working and recovered" without the recovery part though, as I just get a black screen right after (I look at the logs though and it says it recovered, then it says, no i couldn't recover it and microsoft driver kicks in).
My specs:
CPU: 4790k i7 at stock speed.
RAM: 2x GSkill, CL9 1866 set to XMP
MOBO: ASUS Z97-PRO GAMER latest bios
PSU: CORSAIR VS550.
GPU: ASUS STRIC 970 GTX OC version
Yes, I'm not innocent, that PSU is a dissonance to the whole system, classified as tier 4 in tom's hardware list. It was intended for a lower spec rig, although it's brand new, and I'll talk about it below.
Everything I did to stop the error from happening was futile. ASUS suggested me a driver tho, 353.62 which eventually fixed (!) the problem (10 hours gaming without problems), but also introduced choppyness and lower fps obviously as an older driver. I think though, the driver was using the card less efficiently, hence the lower power consumption, hence what I am about to say.
I used HWinfo to measure the 12V rail and crossed my fingers it was correct (i'll get a decent multimeter tomorrow). Under no load the 12V is frighteningly on spot, 12.000V idling, which sometimes dips to 11.904V. On heavy system load (prime95 and Heaven benchmark) the voltage diped to 11.504V. It might be within the 5% margin the PSU manufacturers give, but I don't know. I didn't like it at all. Could this be the reason I get the errors? I'm certain the system can't draw more power than vs550 can deliver (supposedly 550 watt), i'm talking about the wattage margin they advertise of course.
Could this gradually degrade components? VRM temperature of 970 reaches a scary 100C on heavy gpu load. I don't know maybe THAT could be the reason. Low voltage could actually increase amperage. Am I correct? Could this also be the reason of extra heat?
So do you have any insights? I rely on you. I like this gpu so much and it's also expensive (400 € in my country which is close to $430 😛 )
Thank you in advance
My specs:
CPU: 4790k i7 at stock speed.
RAM: 2x GSkill, CL9 1866 set to XMP
MOBO: ASUS Z97-PRO GAMER latest bios
PSU: CORSAIR VS550.
GPU: ASUS STRIC 970 GTX OC version
Yes, I'm not innocent, that PSU is a dissonance to the whole system, classified as tier 4 in tom's hardware list. It was intended for a lower spec rig, although it's brand new, and I'll talk about it below.
Everything I did to stop the error from happening was futile. ASUS suggested me a driver tho, 353.62 which eventually fixed (!) the problem (10 hours gaming without problems), but also introduced choppyness and lower fps obviously as an older driver. I think though, the driver was using the card less efficiently, hence the lower power consumption, hence what I am about to say.
I used HWinfo to measure the 12V rail and crossed my fingers it was correct (i'll get a decent multimeter tomorrow). Under no load the 12V is frighteningly on spot, 12.000V idling, which sometimes dips to 11.904V. On heavy system load (prime95 and Heaven benchmark) the voltage diped to 11.504V. It might be within the 5% margin the PSU manufacturers give, but I don't know. I didn't like it at all. Could this be the reason I get the errors? I'm certain the system can't draw more power than vs550 can deliver (supposedly 550 watt), i'm talking about the wattage margin they advertise of course.
Could this gradually degrade components? VRM temperature of 970 reaches a scary 100C on heavy gpu load. I don't know maybe THAT could be the reason. Low voltage could actually increase amperage. Am I correct? Could this also be the reason of extra heat?
So do you have any insights? I rely on you. I like this gpu so much and it's also expensive (400 € in my country which is close to $430 😛 )
Thank you in advance
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