Question SLI 1070s monitors keep flickering

caseybrunet

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I am running dual 1070s in sli mode and I am having an issue which is subtly driving me crazy in which my displays are flickering randomly.

I have a powerful power supply, 1050 watts. The flickering occurs across all three monitors simultaneously so I don't believe it is monitor or cable related (if that is incorrect reasoning please tell me). It does not seem to be impacted by what task I am performing but I could be wrong because it is so random. I don't remember having this issue with my sli 780s. My drivers are all up to date.

Any ideas on tests I can run or ways I can try to narrow down the problem?

Note: the flickering impacts all monitors simultaneous and looks like a full screen of random artifacts, just for a few frames at a time. sometimes it happens in intervals of every 30 or so seconds and other times it is minutes or hours.

Note 2: My PC was built in 2013 and I overbuilt it to last. The only upgrades have been to the GPUs. I know windows 7 is coming to the end of its life and I have been heavily considering finally making the leap to windows 10, think that will make a difference?

Components:
Operating System
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core i7 4820K @ 3.70GHz 25 °C
Ivy Bridge-E 22nm Technology
RAM
32.0GB DDR3 @ 666MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. X79-DELUXE (LGA2011) 36 °C
Graphics
DUAL-DVI (2560x1440@59Hz)
S271HL (1920x1080@60Hz)
S271HL (1920x1080@60Hz)
4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (ASUStek Computer Inc) 45 °C
4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (ASUStek Computer Inc) 38 °C
ForceWare version: 431.60
SLI Enabled
Storage
3726GB Seagate ST4000DM000-2AE166 ATA Device (SATA ) 29 °C
931GB Samsung SSD 850 EVO 1TB ATA Device (SATA (SSD)) 31 °C
3726GB Seagate ST4000DM000-2AE166 ATA Device (SATA ) 29 °C
1863GB Seagate ST2000DM ST2000DM001-1CH1 SCSI Disk Device (SATA ) 30 °C
115GB SanDisk Ultra Fit USB Device (USB )
Optical Drives
ELBY CLONEDRIVE SCSI CdRom Device
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-224DB SCSI CdRom Device
OnePlus Device Driver USB Device
Audio
High Definition Audio Device

Power Supply:
HX Series™ HX1050 Power Supply — 1050 Watt 80 PLUS® Gold Certified Modular PSU
 
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caseybrunet

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You have already mentioned some of your PC specs in your OP. But, you can use the speccy tool , if you wish, but for the PSU model I think you need to check your ATX cabinet, because I don't think any software will provide this info, though I could be wrong.

https://www.ccleaner.com/speccy

Thanks a lot, I have updated the original post with a more detailed account of my hardware!
 
You didn't answer my question yet....
What happens if you DISABLE SLI, and use only a SINGLE GPU and one Monitor to boot your system? Does the screen still flicker ?

I know windows 7 is coming to the end of its life and I have been heavily considering finally making the leap to windows 10, think that will make a difference?

Nope, I don't think so. I'm still using Windows 7 OS, and there are absolutely NO issues whatsoever. Some of the latest Windows 10 OS patches/updates have been very buggy, and they can even wreck the whole OS install, or the system. Not all PCs are going to get affected though.
 

caseybrunet

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You didn't answer my question yet....




Nope, I don't think. I'm still using Windows 7 OS, and there are absolutely NO issues whatsoever. Some of the latest Windows 10 OS patches/updates have been very buggy, and they can even wreck the whole OS install, or the system. Not all PCs are going to get affected though.

I havent tested a single card and monitor. Not really in a position to attempt it at the moment. I can try it when I am available again and update though

I need to do an upgrade to windows 10 sometime soon either way though...i want to get the new valve virtual reality system and it claims it only works on windows 10.