Geforce EVGA 660Ti Driver has recovered

[holymit]

Howdy peeps,
I have recently done a small upgrade to my gaming rig, i updated my ATI Asus HD6850 to an EVGA 660Ti 2Gb Superclocked.

I was gaming fine a couple of days ago but now when i try, a game runs for a few moments then freezes. I then get blocks of a single colour, the game goes blank and gives me the error message "Nvidia driver controller has recovered from an error"

CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30GHz @ 4.40GHz Sandybridge CPU
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
RAM: 12Gb 1600Mhz Kingston HyperX
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 660TI SuperClocked 2048MB GDDR5
PSU: OCZ 650W
Storage: 1Tb HDD, 250Gb HDD, 128Gb SSD

I recently did the upgrade and removed the Ati drivers with no problems at all, when the problem first arose i uninstalled the drivers and cleaned them using Driver Sweeper.

The problem still persists.

I forgot to mention, i'm using split monitors (If this has any effect)
Asus VG248QE
and some crap cheap quality Kogan TV.

 

[mzw]

1 i had a similar problem neededto format and reinstall windows and drivers
2.u can try a system restore to date that u didnt hav yo ati card which i doubt u will find

 

[holymit]

1 i had a similar problem neededto format and reinstall windows and drivers
2.u can try a system restore to date that u didnt hav yo ati card which i doubt u will find

I think i found a fix, on the EVGA Precision X software i fiddled around with the voltage for overclocking, i moved the bar to mid-yellow tier. I only managed to test it for about 30 minutes but it seemed to fix it..

Something tells me that its the PSU trying to use the same voltage on my 660Ti as the HD6850, if it doesn't fix i'll attempt a fresh build. Its just a pain in the ass starting again from scratch =/

 

[Fishwithadeagle]

I do not belive it has anything to do with the voltage on the card. Yes, I would recommend that you do a complete video driver wipe and reinstall, but what that crash actually means is that the card itself is crashing and basically rebooting. This is what happens when you try to overclock a card to high. In your case, I would guess that your psu is bad and not providing the proper amount of wattage to the card in order for it to run at oc settings. When you reduce the voltage, you reduce the amount of energy needed and temperature, but it makes the card more likely to crash when it is running. I would just go check out your psu at the local pc shop.

 

[holymit]

Tried a fresh install of Windows 7, with installing the 314 driver the 3D benchmark in Just Cause 2 worked perfectly but when it came to actual gameplay it hung on the first cutscene. The screen would go black with the audio still in the background, it would then recover "Nvidia driver controller has recovered from an error" the game still running with the audio in the background. It cannot however be selected requiring you to end it through the task manager.

I've since then tried using the 320 beta drivers, but on bootup it bluescreens "Display adapter driver timeout" this also occurred when i was unplugging my HDD's and removing two of my memory sticks to see if it is the load on the PSU.

It seems to be the card has been gradually getting worse, i believe the card itself is faulty.
Any other suggestions would be much appreciated, for now i've reverted back to my 6850.