New GTX 1070 Some Issues/Questions

[dampchimp]

Hi, I recently picked up the KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 "Reference Blower" on offer at £359.99.

Have had a few initial issues and would appreciate any help.

Initially, I could not boot into Windows with the card in to install the drivers.

I got round this by using the onboard graphics, booting into Windows and then installing the drivers that way.

I then upgrade my mobo bios and installed the latest drivers.

Seemed to have a few issues with it not booting into Windows as the card was trying to display a resolution which my TV could not display, but since the above, this seems to have resolved.

However, when I boot into Bios, the screen does not display correctly, meaning it becomes very difficult to navigate.

I also have/had an issue where certain (but not all) games would crash shortly after or on launch. A bit of investigation led to a list of things to try and I found that setting the power mode to High Performance seems to resolve this issue.

I haven't had any crashes in any games since doing this.

My question is, does this seem right, or is there something I should be investigating here. Seems odd that some games ran fine and the card runs cool and quiet, so nothing amiss with the card or my PC as far as I can tell.

 

[Rustyone]

I would try cleaning out all the drivers and doing a fresh install,reseat the GPU then progressing from there, could be something simple like a dodgy power cable.

 

[dampchimp]

I would try cleaning out all the drivers and doing a fresh install,reseat the GPU then progressing from there, could be something simple like a dodgy power cable.

Good shout. When I manage to get the time, I plan to go back into my case and make sure everything is in nicely as I did wonder about that.

I did a fresh install of the drivers.

Just seemed a little strange that some games ran fine e.g. Crysis 2/GTA IV at absolute max whereas Tomb Raider and Bioshock Infinite would crash. Also just changing that power setting seems to have "fixed" the issue...

 

[Bishie]

Good shout. When I manage to get the time, I plan to go back into my case and make sure everything is in nicely as I did wonder about that.

I did a fresh install of the drivers.

Just seemed a little strange that some games ran fine e.g. Crysis 2/GTA IV at absolute max whereas Tomb Raider and Bioshock Infinite would crash. Also just changing that power setting seems to have "fixed" the issue...

Presumably you used Display Driver Uninstaller prior to reinstalling the drivers? If not, I'd recommend it.

 

[melmac]

I had awful trouble with mine until I got the drivers installed. Of course, I couldn't do that until I installed the latest version of windows 10, which, didn't go so well and I had to do a complete reinstall

It's the first graphic card that has had problems even during boot up without the proper drivers installed. After I got windows 10 reinstalled and the drivers load everything worked fine. And I fully agree with what you said in the owners thread, they feel really cheap and plasticky!! IT's the most expensive card that I ever bought but doesn't give that impression out of the box.

Mine isn't a KFA2 though, it's one that was just as cheap, A Palit Dual 1070.

 

[dampchimp]

It does seem to be working fine now, so tempted to leave it as is. Made sure it was nicely seated and replugged the power cables just to be safe. My only real issue now is my bios screen displays at an odd resolution and I cannot really read or see my options which is a pain.

Hopefully I shouldn't need to go into the bios too often though, so again, I can probably live with that...

 

[maonayze]

It does seem to be working fine now, so tempted to leave it as is. Made sure it was nicely seated and replugged the power cables just to be safe. My only real issue now is my bios screen displays at an odd resolution and I cannot really read or see my options which is a pain.

Hopefully I shouldn't need to go into the bios too often though, so again, I can probably live with that...

You know the old saying....."If it aint broke....Don't fix it"

Just enjoy your 1070 dude

 

[dampchimp]

Aargh, so thought I was up and running, everything seemed OK and nice and stable. Ran Heaven benchmark for half an hour, card stayed at 73c stable. Thought OK I'll get something pretty to play and picked up Rise of the Tomb Raider. Fully maxed out, running at stable 60 fps. Then the game crashed, loaded back up running fine. Thought I'll check running the benchmark to ensure everything is going well. Crash. Now almost everything crashes out immediately. Tried everything and thought I'll do a windows restore and try from scratch, reset and my TV goes off. It will now not come on! Stuck as my main TV has the issue as above where it will not display my bios or the windows update\install screens through the graphics card!

At this stage tempted to cut my losses return the card and give up on PC gaming!

 

[dampchimp]

So, a further update on this.

After much experimentation, reinstalling Windows from a fresh install, checking drivers, connections and everything else I could think of, still getting the same issue.

Looking through my Windows log, I did keep seeming to recieve the error "Application has been blocked from accessing graphics hardware", so on the recommendation of a forum post I went in to the Geforce settings and change the power setting from optimal to performance. Bingo, everything works a treat!

I am sort of willing to leave it there, but still concerned there is something underlying this issue. Also, this means that the card runs at full frequency even when idling on windows. Even trying to set the individual applications to use the performance setting doesn't work.

Should I look into this being a faulty card, or is there something I could possibly check on my system.

Please, any help on this would be much appreciated!