- Apr 19, 2015
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Having issues with my graphics while playing games. The problem is that after a couple of minutes, depending on the game, certain things happen that cause the game to become unplayable and lock up sometimes. I have to restart the game. For example:
-When I play SWTOR the entire screen becomes fragmented and artifacts appear all over. The graphics become chopped. There will be a piece of the screen here, and there, on a black background. I can HEAR the game going on just fine but I cannot SEE it clearly. I have to restarted the game. Once restarted it is fine for a few secs, or a few minutes, and then starts again.
-When I play WOT I experience random 1 sec hangups that happen maybe 1-3 times. Then after a couple of minutes of having the game open. I dont even have to be actually playing the game just sitting in the garage the game will lock up, sometimes the screen goes black. But its JUST the game. I have to close the game down and restart it. Once this occurs it continues to happen until I give it a few minutes. Then I can get a few battles complete before it happens again.
BACKGROUND:
I bought a new motherboard and processor. I keep my games on a separate HDD from my OS. I installed the motherboard and processor. The install did not go well as it was a completely different MB and CPU. Long story short I had to reinstall windows. Had TWO 660 GTXs in SLI but found out that was crashing my system. Removed one of the cards and the system was working fine until the above issue started happening. My system would crash randomly with the two 660s in SLI even while IDLE. However now just games are locking up and having to be restarted after a couple of minutes of play. I can do anything else on my pc and it runs just fine. I DID NOT reinstall the games on my gaming drive. I did try repair installing some of them but that seems to not have worked.
ATTEMPTED SOLUTIONS:
1-I reverted back to previous Nvidia drivers WITH a CLEAN install. Currently running 347.52 version. That SEEMED to work for a little bit but back to the same issue. I recently upgraded to the most recent Nvidia Drivers yet to no avail.
2-Ran HWMonitor while I played games thinking it was GPU temp. The temp got to about 81degrees at its height. It seemed to drop some before the lock up and graphics issue. Does not seem to be a heat issue then?
3-Ran DirectX Diag. No problems were reported.
4-Attempted repair install of some games yet did not work.
QUESTIONS:
1-I have my games set to max settings now. Could my new processor and motherboard be bottlenecking my GPU? In terms of processing the information faster than the GPU? I had changed WoT's settings to high to test that but still had the lock up issue.
2-Is the fact that I haven't reinstalled my games causing this issue due to registry problems?
3-Could this be a lingering issue connected to the fact that my two 660 GTXs in SLi were crashing my pc?
4-Do I need to upgrade to a stronger GPU to match my motherboard and processor with the graphics settings I have currently?
Current setup: NON-OVERCLOCKED
CPU - Intel Devil's Canyon
MB - MSI Z97 Gaming 7
GPU - EVGA 660 GTX
PSU - 1000W Gaming PSU
If any other info is needed please let me know! Thank you for any suggestions.
Any help is appreciated!
-When I play SWTOR the entire screen becomes fragmented and artifacts appear all over. The graphics become chopped. There will be a piece of the screen here, and there, on a black background. I can HEAR the game going on just fine but I cannot SEE it clearly. I have to restarted the game. Once restarted it is fine for a few secs, or a few minutes, and then starts again.
-When I play WOT I experience random 1 sec hangups that happen maybe 1-3 times. Then after a couple of minutes of having the game open. I dont even have to be actually playing the game just sitting in the garage the game will lock up, sometimes the screen goes black. But its JUST the game. I have to close the game down and restart it. Once this occurs it continues to happen until I give it a few minutes. Then I can get a few battles complete before it happens again.
BACKGROUND:
I bought a new motherboard and processor. I keep my games on a separate HDD from my OS. I installed the motherboard and processor. The install did not go well as it was a completely different MB and CPU. Long story short I had to reinstall windows. Had TWO 660 GTXs in SLI but found out that was crashing my system. Removed one of the cards and the system was working fine until the above issue started happening. My system would crash randomly with the two 660s in SLI even while IDLE. However now just games are locking up and having to be restarted after a couple of minutes of play. I can do anything else on my pc and it runs just fine. I DID NOT reinstall the games on my gaming drive. I did try repair installing some of them but that seems to not have worked.
ATTEMPTED SOLUTIONS:
1-I reverted back to previous Nvidia drivers WITH a CLEAN install. Currently running 347.52 version. That SEEMED to work for a little bit but back to the same issue. I recently upgraded to the most recent Nvidia Drivers yet to no avail.
2-Ran HWMonitor while I played games thinking it was GPU temp. The temp got to about 81degrees at its height. It seemed to drop some before the lock up and graphics issue. Does not seem to be a heat issue then?
3-Ran DirectX Diag. No problems were reported.
4-Attempted repair install of some games yet did not work.
QUESTIONS:
1-I have my games set to max settings now. Could my new processor and motherboard be bottlenecking my GPU? In terms of processing the information faster than the GPU? I had changed WoT's settings to high to test that but still had the lock up issue.
2-Is the fact that I haven't reinstalled my games causing this issue due to registry problems?
3-Could this be a lingering issue connected to the fact that my two 660 GTXs in SLi were crashing my pc?
4-Do I need to upgrade to a stronger GPU to match my motherboard and processor with the graphics settings I have currently?
Current setup: NON-OVERCLOCKED
CPU - Intel Devil's Canyon
MB - MSI Z97 Gaming 7
GPU - EVGA 660 GTX
PSU - 1000W Gaming PSU
If any other info is needed please let me know! Thank you for any suggestions.
Any help is appreciated!
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