Hello. I have a more irregular issue I believe so here goes.
I got me an rx580 nitro+ Special Edition. I have been gaming nicely with it AAA games from 2018-2019 - no probs.
Then I tried an older game, pillars of eternity. The gist of it is that when I do a lot of stuff on the screen and pause the game, right then, my entire system crashes. It restarts itself after 2secs.
I have tried this with 2 seperate identical RX 580s with the same result. I am trying to pin down the issue. I don't think it's the GPU because I tried 2 of them - unless there is a possibilty that the card isn't fitted properly? yea it's a little bit too big for my case, but I can fit it in the PCI-e and screw it on tight.
My temps are good during the crash, both cpu and gpu around ~60C. What I have noticed is the Wattage though.
I use an older no-name 700W PSU - which probably has/had an effective 550W output. Pillars (the only game which crashes the system) runs my GPU at around 70-80W. When I pause the game in flashy moments, the W can spike to 120-140W in an instant. I noticed these are the times when my system crashes.
Other games run my GPU at 150W+ constant so it seems weird to me that this happens only with this older game.
My hypothesis is that during said key moments, when I pause, I cause a spike in wattage through my system (but still very well within regular limits). Having an older PSU, this very sudden spike might be too much for it and it forces the system to crash in order to protect my components because it can't handle this surge.
Again, if this is of any relevance, the PC doesn't stay shut down, it restarts itself.
Some other info: I had a gtx 560 before and then an rx560 with this system. Both ran the game without problems. The RX560 though never went above 90-100W. The RX580 can reach 200W, though I got it at 190W max (no crash).
My current specs:
i5 4690k on an ASRock Z97 Pro3 motherboard
RX 580 Sapphire Nitro+ Special Edition 8gb GPU
Intertech? 700W PSU - this is also the oldest component which I kept from my previous system and the most likely culprit.
None of the components is OCed.
Now, before I go and buy another power unit (a quality one this time around), I'd like some advice from you fellow techies, if I should check anything else out. Like I mentioned, the GPU is very big for my case and cable management is very tight around it, but it ultimately fits, and I tried this with 2 seperate RX580s in order to pinpoint the issue.
I've been as thorough as I possibly could, but I might have missed stuff. Does my "Watts spike" logic make sense? Maybe it doesn't work that way and I'm way off my assessment, I'm not that tech-savvy and bad with electronics, so anything I might have overlooked, please be kind and point it out. I can provide any extra info I might have missed. This forum helped me so much during the past with more common issues, but this seemed specific enough to make a separate thread. Here's hoping it comes through again
I got me an rx580 nitro+ Special Edition. I have been gaming nicely with it AAA games from 2018-2019 - no probs.
Then I tried an older game, pillars of eternity. The gist of it is that when I do a lot of stuff on the screen and pause the game, right then, my entire system crashes. It restarts itself after 2secs.
I have tried this with 2 seperate identical RX 580s with the same result. I am trying to pin down the issue. I don't think it's the GPU because I tried 2 of them - unless there is a possibilty that the card isn't fitted properly? yea it's a little bit too big for my case, but I can fit it in the PCI-e and screw it on tight.
My temps are good during the crash, both cpu and gpu around ~60C. What I have noticed is the Wattage though.
I use an older no-name 700W PSU - which probably has/had an effective 550W output. Pillars (the only game which crashes the system) runs my GPU at around 70-80W. When I pause the game in flashy moments, the W can spike to 120-140W in an instant. I noticed these are the times when my system crashes.
Other games run my GPU at 150W+ constant so it seems weird to me that this happens only with this older game.
My hypothesis is that during said key moments, when I pause, I cause a spike in wattage through my system (but still very well within regular limits). Having an older PSU, this very sudden spike might be too much for it and it forces the system to crash in order to protect my components because it can't handle this surge.
Again, if this is of any relevance, the PC doesn't stay shut down, it restarts itself.
Some other info: I had a gtx 560 before and then an rx560 with this system. Both ran the game without problems. The RX560 though never went above 90-100W. The RX580 can reach 200W, though I got it at 190W max (no crash).
My current specs:
i5 4690k on an ASRock Z97 Pro3 motherboard
RX 580 Sapphire Nitro+ Special Edition 8gb GPU
Intertech? 700W PSU - this is also the oldest component which I kept from my previous system and the most likely culprit.
None of the components is OCed.
Now, before I go and buy another power unit (a quality one this time around), I'd like some advice from you fellow techies, if I should check anything else out. Like I mentioned, the GPU is very big for my case and cable management is very tight around it, but it ultimately fits, and I tried this with 2 seperate RX580s in order to pinpoint the issue.
I've been as thorough as I possibly could, but I might have missed stuff. Does my "Watts spike" logic make sense? Maybe it doesn't work that way and I'm way off my assessment, I'm not that tech-savvy and bad with electronics, so anything I might have overlooked, please be kind and point it out. I can provide any extra info I might have missed. This forum helped me so much during the past with more common issues, but this seemed specific enough to make a separate thread. Here's hoping it comes through again
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