Gigabyte Windforce GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Runs Benchmarks, No Games

[kur0ma]

Hi all,

Just got this card (upgrading from Radeon R9270x 2gb) and I installed it (PCI Port and just one 6 pin connector.

1. Tried to run Fallout 4 (detects at ultra settings), run the game through launcher.
2. "Fallout 4 has stopped working." Game does not boot at all.
3. Skyrim - Does not work, but Enderal (a full game mod of skyrim) works.
4. Overwatch - same error as FO4. Won't even attempt to open.
5. CS:GO - Same error.
5. Heaven Benchmark, runs normal (Card seems to run, fan on, little humming, etc...)
6. Just for fun - Starcraft Broodwar works (official free one from Blizzard). Battlefield 1 also seems to work.

I have been searching for ages. Tried clean install in safe mode, removed GeForce experience, reinstalled games. Here is my rig:

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit
CPU: i5-4590 Haswell Quad-Core 3.3 GHz LGA 11
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB 240-pin DDR3
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Pro4 LGA1150 Intel HDMI SATA 6gb/s
Power: Corsair RM750 - 750 w

Just in case, here is the problem details from Fallout4 (I see a lot of "BEX" errors):

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BEX64
Application Name: Fallout4.exe
Application Version: 1.9.4.0
Application Timestamp: 588bb214
Fault Module Name: StackHash_0584
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
Exception Offset: 000007fefcf03e40
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Data: 0000000000000008
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 0584
Additional Information 2: 05844721ba6f46935da4f741075b96d8
Additional Information 3: cfd7
Additional Information 4: cfd727e056ffff4bf82e32abe5e4efc5

Any kind of suggestion will help. I am assuming this is more of a software problem than a hardware problem. Please let me know when you can.
Unfortunately, my store of choice was bad and I can't just return, I can only exchange for the same one 🙁

 

[dontlistentome]

You need to uninstall the old videocard drivers. Then you install the new videocard drivers. But this is after you installed the card in PCI-ex x16 slot 1 right? That motherboard has two graphic card slots, but for a single card you'd use PCIE1.

 

[kur0ma]

You need to uninstall the old videocard drivers. Then you install the new videocard drivers. But this is after you installed the card in PCI-ex x16 slot 1 right? That motherboard has two graphic card slots, but for a single card you'd use PCIE1.

Yes I deleted all the drivers with DDU in safe mode. Currently I decided to just do a fresh install of windows for now. Hoping this will fix this. Thanks for the response. I'll update soon..

 

[kur0ma]

Hi all.
So this was not the graphics card at all .

There is some weird compatability issue with Razor Synapse, Fallout 4 (or any game with the BEX64 error) and GeForce Cards (?).

Try this solution below:

1. Open Razor Synapse
2. Open Task Manager
3. Look for Rzstats.Manager.Exe
4. Right Click, "Open File Location"
5. Go up one folder.
6. Close Razer Synapse.
7. Delete the entire Rzstats folder.
8. Restart Razer Synapse.

Don't know why, but this fixed the crash (for now).

 

[Bo Lee]

Are you using mods? I have a 1060 and I do know that some mods will prevent both FO4 and Skyrim from starting. Nothing to do with the GPU, it is just mods clashing with each other. If you are using Nexus Mod Manager, disable all mods and see if it starts. If so, renenable a couple at a time until you find the culprit.

 

[kur0ma]

Are you using mods? I have a 1060 and I do know that some mods will prevent both FO4 and Skyrim from starting. Nothing to do with the GPU, it is just mods clashing with each other. If you are using Nexus Mod Manager, disable all mods and see if it starts. If so, renenable a couple at a time until you find the culprit.

Hi Bo,

When the game initially had issues, I was not using mods at all.
It was also very odd because it did this to numerous games, so I figured it was not the games that caused the problem.
It also ran benchmarks with no issue (so I figured it was not hardware, thank goodness).

The Razer stats trick works for now... I have had no issues since.
Since then I have tried mods since. They do not cause any issues.

Thanks for the input though

 

[Bo Lee]

Good deal. Hopefully the problems won't recur.