I recently purchased a used Zotac GTX 1070 Mini from eBay. I have reason to suspect it had a harsh life of crypto-currency mining because it has a number of weird issues... After I install the latest Game Ready Driver from NVIDIA, the following occurs:
I don't have any of these issues when I uninstall all NVIDIA drivers using DDU and let Windows run the GTX 1070 as a "Basic Display Adapter", AND when I use my GTX 960 in the SAME system instead and install the SAME driver I also experience no issues. That's how I've managed to isolate the problem. It's the GTX 1070. Is this card doomed? I'm okay with requesting a refund from the eBay seller, but I would much prefer being able to resolve it myself if possible.
My PC specs are:
Intel Core i7 7700 (stock speeds)
16GB DDR4 2400Mhz
ASUS Prime H270-Plus
Zotac GTX 1070 Mini (no overclock)
500GB SSD
Thanks for reading, any help would be greatly appreciated
- GPU usage spikes to 100% every time I open a new window. Literally every single time. Chrome, Steam, Task Manager, doesn't matter - the memory clock jumps to 4000mhz for 5 seconds and the fans rev up to max RPM. My previous GPU (GTX 960) never did that so I know it's not normal.
- After about 10 minutes of use, without fail, the PC will blue screen and stay there. (gathering info before reboot stays at 0%). I'm then forced to power down the system myself and reboot. Again, my old GTX 960 never had this issue.
I don't have any of these issues when I uninstall all NVIDIA drivers using DDU and let Windows run the GTX 1070 as a "Basic Display Adapter", AND when I use my GTX 960 in the SAME system instead and install the SAME driver I also experience no issues. That's how I've managed to isolate the problem. It's the GTX 1070. Is this card doomed? I'm okay with requesting a refund from the eBay seller, but I would much prefer being able to resolve it myself if possible.
My PC specs are:
Intel Core i7 7700 (stock speeds)
16GB DDR4 2400Mhz
ASUS Prime H270-Plus
Zotac GTX 1070 Mini (no overclock)
500GB SSD
Thanks for reading, any help would be greatly appreciated
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