- Nov 6, 2012
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Hey all,
I've got a Seahawk 2080ti on an EK waterblock that I seem to be having issues with. The PC was built in 2019 and I have never had any issues until recently.
Every time I play demanding games I inevitably end up crashing. Certain games like the the new MW2 will crash very quickly, and others will play for longer periods and then crash - I'm assuming that the more demanding games are quicker to crash in this instance. I don't crash in any other applications.
The crashes are always the same - Monitor loses signal, sometimes the game sound loops, all PC lights and fans running like normal. I always have to hard reset to get back into Windows. Benchmarks like Timespy and Heaven usually run without crashing (I'm guessing they're just not as demanding as MW2 at 3440x1440)
I have tried all the standard trouble shooting stuff - uninstall driver with DDU, then reinstall. Malware/virus scans. Set GPU to stock clocks. Underclocked GPU. I even did a fresh installation of Windows.
I initially thought my GPU was dying, but the more I think about it, the more I think I might be dealing with a temp issue. I checked on GPU - Z that my GPU temp is running at a max of 70C, but what caught my eye was that my 'hotspot' temp was at 107C. Could it be that I need to remove the water block and reapply thermal paste?
It might sound like a silly question, but I have seen on another post that the 'hotspot' feature is not reliable on the 2000 series cards and that the temp will be a lot closer to what I am actually getting through the overall monitor i.e. 70C?
Any advice appreciated, as I am pretty much on my last leg regarding options. Only thing I can think of doing is reapplying thermal paste or replace GPU - and what a bad time to be doing this imo.
I've got a Seahawk 2080ti on an EK waterblock that I seem to be having issues with. The PC was built in 2019 and I have never had any issues until recently.
Every time I play demanding games I inevitably end up crashing. Certain games like the the new MW2 will crash very quickly, and others will play for longer periods and then crash - I'm assuming that the more demanding games are quicker to crash in this instance. I don't crash in any other applications.
The crashes are always the same - Monitor loses signal, sometimes the game sound loops, all PC lights and fans running like normal. I always have to hard reset to get back into Windows. Benchmarks like Timespy and Heaven usually run without crashing (I'm guessing they're just not as demanding as MW2 at 3440x1440)
I have tried all the standard trouble shooting stuff - uninstall driver with DDU, then reinstall. Malware/virus scans. Set GPU to stock clocks. Underclocked GPU. I even did a fresh installation of Windows.
I initially thought my GPU was dying, but the more I think about it, the more I think I might be dealing with a temp issue. I checked on GPU - Z that my GPU temp is running at a max of 70C, but what caught my eye was that my 'hotspot' temp was at 107C. Could it be that I need to remove the water block and reapply thermal paste?
It might sound like a silly question, but I have seen on another post that the 'hotspot' feature is not reliable on the 2000 series cards and that the temp will be a lot closer to what I am actually getting through the overall monitor i.e. 70C?
Any advice appreciated, as I am pretty much on my last leg regarding options. Only thing I can think of doing is reapplying thermal paste or replace GPU - and what a bad time to be doing this imo.
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