Is this a bad GPU?

[Tshifty]

My computer likes to make me restart it several times for it to work properly sometimes. The biggest reason is a huge fps drop and the entire system slows down. This is sometimes accompanied by audio crackling.

I have a EVGA GTX 970 and I went in and messed with the overclock settings (this is an overclocked card out of the box). On a good boot, I was able to up the numbers even more and pull a 71 fps furmark (preset 1080). I restarted my machine and got a bad boot...

When I run benchmark on a bad boot the core clock usage is about 100 higher, but my power usage is very unstable and I only get about 40 fps. When I run benchmark on a good boot, the core usage stays at about 1225 and 110% power usage and I get my 70 fps. Have my problems been a bad GPU or could this still be something else?

 

[Saurabh Harwande]

When I run benchmark on a bad boot the core clock usage is about 100 higher, but my power usage is very unstable and I only get about 40 fps. When I run benchmark on a good boot, the core usage stays at about 1225 and 110% power usage and I get my 70 fps. Have my problems been a bad GPU or could this still be something else?

Just wanted to know what is bad boot exactly. At first I thought the PC won't boot at all, but then you said you get lower funmark score in bad boot so can you please explain what it is?

 

[blokewhoknowsnothingabouttech]

My computer likes to make me restart it several times for it to work properly sometimes. The biggest reason is a huge fps drop and the entire system slows down. This is sometimes accompanied by audio crackling.

I have a EVGA GTX 970 and I went in and messed with the overclock settings (this is an overclocked card out of the box). On a good boot, I was able to up the numbers even more and pull a 71 fps furmark (preset 1080). I restarted my machine and got a bad boot...

When I run benchmark on a bad boot the core clock usage is about 100 higher, but my power usage is very unstable and I only get about 40 fps. When I run benchmark on a good boot, the core usage stays at about 1225 and 110% power usage and I get my 70 fps. Have my problems been a bad GPU or could this still be something else?

I wouldn't say there's anything wrong with your GPU. Sounds more it's been overclocked badly or your PSU isn't powerful enough. Can you give me the name and model of your PSU? I'd also suggest resetting you GPU clock speeds to what they were out of the box

 

[Tshifty]

My computer likes to make me restart it several times for it to work properly sometimes. The biggest reason is a huge fps drop and the entire system slows down. This is sometimes accompanied by audio crackling.

I have a EVGA GTX 970 and I went in and messed with the overclock settings (this is an overclocked card out of the box). On a good boot, I was able to up the numbers even more and pull a 71 fps furmark (preset 1080). I restarted my machine and got a bad boot...

When I run benchmark on a bad boot the core clock usage is about 100 higher, but my power usage is very unstable and I only get about 40 fps. When I run benchmark on a good boot, the core usage stays at about 1225 and 110% power usage and I get my 70 fps. Have my problems been a bad GPU or could this still be something else?

I wouldn't say there's anything wrong with your GPU. Sounds more it's been overclocked badly or your PSU isn't powerful enough. Can you give me the name and model of your PSU? I'd also suggest resetting you GPU clock speeds to what they were out of the box

When I say bad boot, what I mean is sometimes I will boot my pc and everything will run perfectly, but other times I will boot and all games will lag - it seems as though the GPU is severely underperforming during these instances.

My PSU is a Corsair rm850. During these "bad boots" I had tried tuning my GPU down and it still turns out 30-40 fps. It is all very strange. Programs will run fine for days, or I will have to restart 3-4 times every few hours.

 

[Tshifty]

When I run benchmark on a bad boot the core clock usage is about 100 higher, but my power usage is very unstable and I only get about 40 fps. When I run benchmark on a good boot, the core usage stays at about 1225 and 110% power usage and I get my 70 fps. Have my problems been a bad GPU or could this still be something else?

Just wanted to know what is bad boot exactly. At first I thought the PC won't boot at all, but then you said you get lower funmark score in bad boot so can you please explain what it is?

When I boot up my machine it will either perform very poorly or it will work perfectly. Sometimes during the instances where it starts performing badly I will have to restart multiple times to get it to run smoothly again.

 

[blokewhoknowsnothingabouttech]

My computer likes to make me restart it several times for it to work properly sometimes. The biggest reason is a huge fps drop and the entire system slows down. This is sometimes accompanied by audio crackling.

I have a EVGA GTX 970 and I went in and messed with the overclock settings (this is an overclocked card out of the box). On a good boot, I was able to up the numbers even more and pull a 71 fps furmark (preset 1080). I restarted my machine and got a bad boot...

When I run benchmark on a bad boot the core clock usage is about 100 higher, but my power usage is very unstable and I only get about 40 fps. When I run benchmark on a good boot, the core usage stays at about 1225 and 110% power usage and I get my 70 fps. Have my problems been a bad GPU or could this still be something else?

I wouldn't say there's anything wrong with your GPU. Sounds more it's been overclocked badly or your PSU isn't powerful enough. Can you give me the name and model of your PSU? I'd also suggest resetting you GPU clock speeds to what they were out of the box

When I say bad boot, what I mean is sometimes I will boot my pc and everything will run perfectly, but other times I will boot and all games will lag - it seems as though the GPU is severely underperforming during these instances.

My PSU is a Corsair rm850. During these "bad boots" I had tried tuning my GPU down and it still turns out 30-40 fps. It is all very strange. Programs will run fine for days, or I will have to restart 3-4 times every few hours.

Very strange. Is the GPU still under warranty? Might be worth contacting EVGA

 

[Tolis_GR]

Pull the card out, clean your pcie x16 slot by blowing hot air and reseat yout card firmly and gently. Sometimes it's just as simple as bad connectivity

 

[Tshifty]

My computer likes to make me restart it several times for it to work properly sometimes. The biggest reason is a huge fps drop and the entire system slows down. This is sometimes accompanied by audio crackling.

I have a EVGA GTX 970 and I went in and messed with the overclock settings (this is an overclocked card out of the box). On a good boot, I was able to up the numbers even more and pull a 71 fps furmark (preset 1080). I restarted my machine and got a bad boot...

When I run benchmark on a bad boot the core clock usage is about 100 higher, but my power usage is very unstable and I only get about 40 fps. When I run benchmark on a good boot, the core usage stays at about 1225 and 110% power usage and I get my 70 fps. Have my problems been a bad GPU or could this still be something else?

I wouldn't say there's anything wrong with your GPU. Sounds more it's been overclocked badly or your PSU isn't powerful enough. Can you give me the name and model of your PSU? I'd also suggest resetting you GPU clock speeds to what they were out of the box

When I say bad boot, what I mean is sometimes I will boot my pc and everything will run perfectly, but other times I will boot and all games will lag - it seems as though the GPU is severely underperforming during these instances.

My PSU is a Corsair rm850. During these "bad boots" I had tried tuning my GPU down and it still turns out 30-40 fps. It is all very strange. Programs will run fine for days, or I will have to restart 3-4 times every few hours.

Very strange. Is the GPU still under warranty? Might be worth contacting EVGA

I am in the process of troubleshooting with a technician in order to RMA the card. I just hope that is the problem, and it isn't a faulty MOBO since that was an out of box purchase.

 

[Tshifty]

Pull the card out, clean your pcie x16 slot by blowing hot air and reseat yout card firmly and gently. Sometimes it's just as simple as bad connectivity

Unfortunately I have tried that several times =[

 

[Saurabh Harwande]

When I boot up my machine it will either perform very poorly or it will work perfectly. Sometimes during the instances where it starts performing badly I will have to restart multiple times to get it to run smoothly again.

Well try running the card on different machine(Or dual boot/format yours). Sound like a software issue more than a hardware one if the card is running fine on good boots.