GPU LIMIT Message with MSI Afterburner

[gerardojuego_13]

Good morning i have problem with my GPU or PSU and i cannot identify which one is. As soon as i open the FFXV Benchmark tool, i get a GPU LIMIT message from MSI Afterburner, and my PC shutdowns. This happened to me with the PC version of Vanquish, but i capped the game to 60FPS and now is all good

What could it be? this is my setup

1 x GIGABYTE GA-B250M-DS3H (rev. 1.0) LGA 1151 Intel B250 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Pentium G4600 KabLake Dual-Core 3.6 GHz LGA 1151 51W BX80677G4600 Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics ..
1 x ASUS GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Phoenix Fan Edition VR Ready HDMI DP DVI Graphics Card (PH-GTX1060-3G)
1 x CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 8GB 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200) Desktop Memory Model CMK8GX4M1A2400C16

 

[gerardojuego_13]

I think it can be lack of power for CPU or RAM or even for Chipset itself, yeah it could be bad config of bios.
If voltage for CPU stock is for example 1.2V try 1.25V, same for ram if its DDR3 stock would be 1.5V try 1.6V. But its soo weird, OH and try to clear CMOS and reseat ram, first then increase voltage for ram and cpu (Look online stock voltage of CPU).

If you have latest bios, try one earlier (JUST KEEP AN EYE FOR REVISION WHEN YOU DOWNLOAD) and see if CPU is SUPPORTED by that specific bios in LIST.

Is safe to do this?

Its hyperthreaded like i3 then if its 1.08V, set it to 1.1V~, RAM is safe up to 1.6V for a brief of time to test it (i have mine for over 2 years on 1.65V).
Other settings i wouldn't touch.

Not sure what else could be. Did you try another wall PLUG?
Is fresh windows reinstall possible?
I would try Memtest http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/faq/id-1906201/test-memory-memtest.html
Is this you https://www.resetera.com/threads/gpu-limit-playing-vanquish-pc.21162/

Are you sure that PCIE power connector is seated propertly into your GPU?Try another PCIE.

Well if we can't help you, you can always head up to Linustechtips.com .

Im out of ideas.

Yeah haha i've asking on different forums and everyone says to me that it has to be the PSU, but how could it be? we tried the same PSU into his PC and it didn't shut down, and yeah i tried a different PCIE cable but is wired into the same cable

 

[gerardojuego_13]

So i tried running AIDA64 stability test and i got this message:

"The windows video driver Timeout detection and recovery delay (TdrDelay) value is configured too low. It may cause the video driver to be reset while running the AIDA64 System Stability Test.

Do you want AIDA64 to fix this issue for you now"

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Everything went fine with the stability test, but as soon as i hit the FFXV benchmark tool...shutdown again


Everything went fine with the stability test, but as soon as i hit the FFXV benchmark tool...shutdown again.

I have issues with high demanding games (Arkham Knight as soon as i hit the batmobile and with the FFXV benchmark tool, haven't tried anymore games.While gaming my GPU hits around 75c, nothing more than that. I have all my cables good connected, i tried numerous times.

3.3V - 3.42v while running the aida 64 stability test
5.100v while running the stress
12v - 12.456v while running the test

I already tested the stability test for the CPU and system memory, nothing wrong there. Also the GPU while being stressed with AIDA64 hits around 65c, and still doesnt shutdown

 

[gerardojuego_13]

I havent tried any remove tool, just the normal "clean" installation that the nvidia drivers provide. This is getting weirder. I managed to complete 3D furmark stress test. I also managed to run 3D Furmark for almost 30 minutes (i never was able to do this before). I also stressed both CPU, GPU, and Memory system with AIDA64, nothing wrong either:

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Maybe is MSI afterburner itself? I don't know

 

[RememberThe5th]

I would clean windows install, backup your data, install fresh windows, update it to last point, don't install asrock software.
This is last reserve.

 

[gerardojuego_13]

So i tried running 3 different stressing GPU tool for around 20 minutes each. My PC didnt shutdown at all:

Then i restarted my PC and tested all again. Not shutdowns at all. I didn't used MSI Afterburner at all the entire times that i was using the stress tools. At this moment im running Stability test from AIDA64 for 2-3 hours and see if something fails.

I'm running AIDA64 Stability test for a longer period of time, to see if something happens. According to this, it seems like is not my hardware at all. Maybe is the game? FurMark didnt shutdown my PC either for 30 minutes straight during the stress test.

 

[RememberThe5th]

Seriously i don't know, it can be anything, it could be MSI afterburner, driver, game, it is up to you to test out scenarios.
You ruled out GPU/PSU.
Try unigen valley.

 

[gerardojuego_13]

Tried the FFXV benchmark and Batman AK along with Valley Benchmark. PC shutdowns again. I runned 4 different GPU stress tool benchmarks for almost 30 minutes straight and nothing happened with my PC.

Im starting to believe this is drivers related

 

[RememberThe5th]

Do you have any Asrock software on pc, uninstall it, all of it. Try to update every single driver you can download from your motherboard vendor (utility is asrock software don't download it).
Oddly eunogh i've read that Ethernet driver might cause issue.

 

[gerardojuego_13]

Ok, update again, this is crazy. As soon as i put the TESSELATION STRESS in MSI Kombustor, my PC shutdown. So i guess this is the problem.

What the hell do i do now?

 

[gerardojuego_13]

Tried all the tesselation utilities in MSI Kombustor. Only the Stress Tesselation burner crashes my PC

 

[RememberThe5th]

Can you look up event viewer, windows-> application logs, look up for errors going for nvidia.
Seems like driver issue as always....
Found similar post of issue as you https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/4udyps/gtx_1080_ftw_crashing_in_shadow_of_mordor/
Start up Nvidia Control Panel go to Manage 3D settings and in upper right select restore defaults, after that in that window select power managment to maximum,
On Configure surround, Physx select your GPU.
Try without tesselation to play,
If you still have original CD of GPU install these and try.

 

[gerardojuego_13]

i did that. in fact i tried a clean installation of the nvidia drivers, unistalled any benchmark tool, etc etc. And...Shutdown while playing both Batman and the FFXV Benchmark.

This is just weird. Why my PC doesnt shutdown with stressing tools like those, not for high GPU LOAD, not for anything except the tesselation stress tool and those games? Why is that happening and what should i do or which component is not working properly?

Windows Event Viewer doesnt say anything wrong, at all.

 

[gerardojuego_13]

Can you look up event viewer, windows-> application logs, look up for errors going for nvidia.
Seems like driver issue as always....
Found similar post of issue as you https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/4udyps/gtx_1080_ftw_crashing_in_shadow_of_mordor/
Start up Nvidia Control Panel go to Manage 3D settings and in upper right select restore defaults, after that in that window select power managment to maximum,
On Configure surround, Physx select your GPU.
Try without tesselation to play,
If you still have original CD of GPU install these and try.

Tried this...shutdown with the FFXV benchmark tool