- Feb 22, 2015
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I OC'd my RTX 2080Ti, with a modest +150 on the core clock. It appeared stable in stress tests, benchmarks, and other games, but it crashed Borderlands 3 with a DirectX error after some playtime. It should be noted that I crashed with the same error multiple times before applying an overclock. My friend did as well, and he has never overclocked. Now, every game and benchmark I try to launch crashes, usually with a DirectX error, as soon as there is a scene to render. I have tried the following troubleshooting steps:
Restarted PC
Reset clocks to default
Significantly underclocked GPU Core (this resulted in Heaven being able to run without artifacting)
Reinstalled Nvidia driver
Rolled back Nvidia driver
This process: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/929833/use-the-system-file-checker-tool-to-repair-missing-or-corrupted-system
Shut down PC and removed power, held power button for 30 seconds
Removed GPU power and held power button for 30 seconds
Reset BIOS to default settings
Reseated GPU
I hope I didn't damage my GPU. From what I understand and what I've been reading, it should be nearly impossible to damage the card with software overclocking. I also had a pretty modest OC compared to others that I've seen. Temperatures never exceeded 73C.
I have since gotten Heaven to run in DirectX 9 on minimal settings for a few seconds, but it shows severe artifacting. FurMark will also run for a couple seconds with artifacting as well.
Any help is greatly appreciated, and I thank you in advance.
EDIT: Discovered that significantly reducing memory clock results in stable performance without artifacting.
Restarted PC
Reset clocks to default
Significantly underclocked GPU Core (this resulted in Heaven being able to run without artifacting)
Reinstalled Nvidia driver
Rolled back Nvidia driver
This process: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/929833/use-the-system-file-checker-tool-to-repair-missing-or-corrupted-system
Shut down PC and removed power, held power button for 30 seconds
Removed GPU power and held power button for 30 seconds
Reset BIOS to default settings
Reseated GPU
I hope I didn't damage my GPU. From what I understand and what I've been reading, it should be nearly impossible to damage the card with software overclocking. I also had a pretty modest OC compared to others that I've seen. Temperatures never exceeded 73C.
I have since gotten Heaven to run in DirectX 9 on minimal settings for a few seconds, but it shows severe artifacting. FurMark will also run for a couple seconds with artifacting as well.
Any help is greatly appreciated, and I thank you in advance.
EDIT: Discovered that significantly reducing memory clock results in stable performance without artifacting.
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