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Gigabyte 3090 Gaming OC issues/Game Crashes

1nfern0

1nfern0

1nfern0

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Hey, just wondering if any of you lucky people that managed to secure a card are experiencing crashes whilst gaming after the recent driver update?
I'm still experiencing crashes quite regularly in a number of games both at 1440p and in VR. Looking at afterburner, certainly some of the crashes occur when the GPU boost into 2k but other crashes look to be non boosted.

Other hardware

PSU - Corsair HXi 1200W
CPU - 3700x
Memory - 64Gb Balistix @ 3600Mhz
NVME 2Gb Corsair MP500

Certainly I'd not expect any issues with the PSU.
I'm not running any overclocks on the GPU and will try underclocking to see if this improves the situation but for a card that is factory OC'd even just a little bit, I'd expect better.
Starting to think I'd have been better off getting a strix.
 
1nfern0 said:
Hey, just wondering if any of you lucky people that managed to secure a card are experiencing crashes whilst gaming after the recent driver update?
I'm still experiencing crashes quite regularly in a number of games both at 1440p and in VR. Looking at afterburner, certainly some of the crashes occur when the GPU boost into 2k but other crashes look to be non boosted.

Other hardware

PSU - Corsair HXi 1200W
CPU - 3700x
Memory - 64Gb Balistix @ 3600Mhz
NVME 2Gb Corsair MP500

Certainly I'd not expect any issues with the PSU.
I'm not running any overclocks on the GPU and will try underclocking to see if this improves the situation but for a card that is factory OC'd even just a little bit, I'd expect better.
Starting to think I'd have been better off getting a strix.
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That CPU certainly is a limiting factor! stupid me thought it was referencing an intel CPU
 
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zoffster1 said:
It shouldn't cause it to crash though
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I wouldn't have thought so, it would just be a bottleneck.
Crashing could be related to a few issues, PSU, GPU overclock or possibly driver related.
Typically, if i push my GPU overclock too much, I'll get C2D, I just have to dial it back.

I know you have a 1200w PSU, but how old is it?
How far back did you try to dial back the GPU clock?
 
Yeah, the CPU will be bottlenecking but planning to upgrade to a 5900x next month. short term problem :)

The PSU is only 9 months old and prior to upgrading to the 3090 was barely strained.
I dialled back the GPU -75 and it has been more stable this last day or 2. occasional C2D but not like before. I haven't had time to do so yet but will probably try a fresh install over the weekend and see if that helps with clean drivers etc.
As I say, a little frustrating but to be expected with a new release. Hoping the clean install helps.
One thing I haven't checked is the power connectors, reading the other GB thread, could be something.
 
Yes i would check the connectors ..make sure there all firmly in place and non have pushed in de crimped.
 
first and foremost .

have you installed latest driver ? and when installing it did you DDU first, and then installed latest driver .

After that can identify if any card problems

did you have any crashes before GPU swap with 64GB of ram at 3600hz with your CPU ?

Strix hasn't even shipped by the way so will be some time, unless they have started to roll out this week?
 
Latest drivers, yes although didn't run DDU first.
No crashes before GPU swap, the system was rock solid with a 2070S.

Will try a full uninstall of drivers with DDU this evening to rule this out at least. Power connectors will have to wait until tomorrow.
 
you say latest, what drivers are you using? there been at least 3 releases this week alone. .65+ fix crashing issues
 
orbitalwalsh said:
first and foremost .

have you installed latest driver ? and when installing it did you DDU first, and then installed latest driver .

After that can identify if any card problems

did you have any crashes before GPU swap with 64GB of ram at 3600hz with your CPU ?

Strix hasn't even shipped by the way so will be some time, unless they have started to roll out this week?
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incorrect, ASUS has shipped some Strix 3090s (from a competitor) so they are shipping but very very slowly right now.(more are expected Expected 13th - 15th)
 
as you found out ensure each power connector is using its own Dedicated cable. No double ups. Although PCi_E power is underrated by 40% best to ensure you have good power
 
So today, I removed drivers completely and re-installed latest set just to eliminate driver issues.
My boy wanted to to play some fortnite so thought it would be a good time to test any CTD's. 3 in a 1 hour window.

As promised, checked the power connectors afterwards. I'll be honest they don't look too bad the top left pin looks a little skewed but otherwise they all look central. they're a little loose when touching with a screwdriver but the power connectors went back on with no issue.

The power connectors are running separate cables to the PSU

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Bit of a loss where to go from here, I'll be doing a fresh install of windows tomorrow to rule that out but I'm not holding out hopes.
 
Adding my two pence here as i also had crashes with my 3080 GB Vision OC with my 3700x.

Computer Management logs suggested it was core crashing on the CPU. I don't overclock my CPU past what PBO does, it's more of an undervolt than anything else, which was stable under my old graphics card. I turned Load Line Calibration up one step in bios and the crashes stopped.

When you crash, what's the error log for system crash under Computer Management? I have a 850w PSU, lower than yours, so I wouldn't assume it's power related specifically.
 

Ok so you are running separate cables from PSU have you also tried setting that PSU to Single rail not Multi-rail which can be done threw the PSU software. Also if set to single rail switch to multi as a test. Then do a GPU stress test something like furmark while making changes to the rail configuration and see which one doesn't crash, if Single rail works then leave it as that , it could mean the OCP (Over current protection) on the Multi-rail config is tripping and causing the crash.

Also make sure to be using latest BIOS on motherboard seeing a lot of people with 3080/3090's having issues and when they update BIOS all vanishes.
 
Purgatory said:
Ok so you are running separate cables from PSU have you also tried setting that PSU to Single rail not Multi-rail which can be done threw the PSU software. Also if set to single rail switch to multi as a test. Then do a GPU stress test something like furmark while making changes to the rail configuration and see which one doesn't crash, if Single rail works then leave it as that , it could mean the OCP (Over current protection) on the Multi-rail config is tripping and causing the crash.

Also make sure to be using latest BIOS on motherboard seeing a lot of people with 3080/3090's having issues and when they update BIOS all vanishes.
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Some good points there. BIOS was a few revisions out of of date, just updated that and my PSU was set to Multi. Again, switched that to Single. Finally removed the riser in case that was causing any issues. Going to give this a go and see stable it.
 
1nfern0 said:
Some good points there. BIOS was a few revisions out of of date, just updated that and my PSU was set to Multi. Again, switched that to Single. Finally removed the riser in case that was causing any issues. Going to give this a go and see stable it.
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Yes dont use risers on a pcie 4 motherboards unless you go into the bios and set it to pcie 3 , that will cause a lot of problems as there is no pcie 4 risers and pcie3 risers on a pcie4 motherboard set to pcie 4 will cause headaches like this you see.

Also check with GPUZ what pcie level the graphics card is running at and how many lanes 4/8/16 .You may find that the pcie it's running at maybe the problem too, if stuck in a 16 slot and reading 4/8 then the slot maybe damaged or not working right or set wrong in the bios or you have something in next Pcie slot that halves the pci lanes .. Make sure the graphics card is on the first 16x slot near the cpu and nothing in the next 16x slot, to make sure you have 16x lanes.
 
Purgatory said:
Yes dont use risers on a pcie 4 motherboards unless you go into the bios and set it to pcie 3 , that will cause a lot of problems as there is no pcie 4 risers and pcie3 risers on a pcie4 motherboard set to pcie 4 will cause headaches like this you see.

Also check with GPUZ what pcie level the graphics card is running at and how many lanes 4/8/16 .You may find that the pcie it's running at maybe the problem too, if stuck in a 16 slot and reading 4/8 then the slot maybe damaged or not working right or set wrong in the bios or you have something in next Pcie slot that halves the pci lanes .. Make sure the graphics card is on the first 16x slot near the cpu and nothing in the next 16x slot, to make sure you have 16x lanes.
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Yeah, the riser caused all sorts of problems when I got the card. It just wouldn't post without changing the bios to pcie 3. Definitely using 16x lanes too. Card has actually been stable tonight after the changes, haven't had any C2D yet which is promising. Haven't tested too much but I'm not downclocking now which is definitely an improvement so far. We'll see tomorrow when I stress it.
 
1nfern0 said:
Yeah, the riser caused all sorts of problems when I got the card. It just wouldn't post without changing the bios to pcie 3. Definitely using 16x lanes too. Card has actually been stable tonight after the changes, haven't had any C2D yet which is promising. Haven't tested too much but I'm not downclocking now which is definitely an improvement so far. We'll see tomorrow when I stress it.
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Have you also installed the ryzen chipset drivers for windows 10 ? Then when you do make sure you have the ryzen power profile loaded in the power options in the control panel and pick the ryzen performance power profile. That can also cause crashes if not installed on some builds on windows 10.

Make sure to install the right version for your motherboard chipset, there is versions for every chipset.
 
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