BFG GTX 285 OCX Drivers crashing?

[bosTRom]

Hi all,

I purchased a BFG GTX 285 OCX a couple of weeks ago.But not had time to use it much.

I recently started playing some games COD4, Counter strike, Did 3D 06 benchmark and every so often at random times I get a freeze/locks up in middle of game, then screen goes black and brings up -

"WINDOWS DRIVER STOPPED RESPONDING"

"the nv4_disp display driver has stopped working normally.Save your work and reboot the system to restore full display functionality" etc..

This has happened about twice a day over a week.

Im certain its not a heat issue as i use evga precision through my G15 screen.
it runs about 65 - 75 degreesC at load with fan set to 65%.

I have tried a few official drivers 182.06, 182.08, 182.02, But still same.

Not tried any new beta drivers yet though.

Could this be a driver conflict somewhere OR is the card faulty? should I RMA card?

I put my old 8800GTX back in and it runs perfect. STRANGE??

I wonder if it doesn't like to run at OCX speeds.Which means its not what it says on the box.

My system

ASUS COMMANDO latest bios
CORE 2 E8400 @ 4 GIG
CORSAIR 4 GIG RAM
CORSAIR HX620 PSU
BFG GTX285 OCX
RAPTOR X 150
SAMSUNG F1 1TB
WINDOWS XP 32BIT / VISTA 64 DUAL BOOT

any suggestions much appreciated !!

thanks!

 

[bosTRom]

I suggest you uninstall nVidia drivers and then use some driver cleaning utility to get rid of all bits of the driver. Then reboot and install new fresh drivers.

I always uninstall drivers in safe mode and then run driver sweeper after.
Cheers!

 

[bosTRom]

Anything other than the card overclocked, as ive read overclocking can cause that, and if not, card could be faulty, so you could try reducing its clocks to test.

I was hoping it is a driver fault But I have a feeling my card doesn't run at specified OCX speeds. If thats is the case I wonder if its classed as faulty?

I will reduce clocks later to test.

Thanks

 

[bosTRom]

Underclock the shaders + core down to BFG 285 OC2 speeds and see if it still locks up, I suspect it wont.

I will reduce to OC2 or OC speeds tonight and see what happens.

If runs ok @ OC2 speeds i wonder if i am entitled to refund as card is less than 1 month old. Or do i keep and run @ OC2 speeds?

 

[bosTRom]

yeah it would be classed as faulty, as its not running at its specified speeds, so you can RMA it.

Tidy!

 

[bosTRom]

Going well ta!
Put the clock speeds to OC2 spec using EVGA precision tool:

Core 691Mhz
Mem 2592Mhz
Shader 1566Mhz

Been on COD 4 online for 2 hours running at 1920X1200 res max detail and WOW No crashes what so ever.

Did a few 3dmark 06 runs aswell. So far so good.

Im not sure what to do. Whether to RMA it or just keep it.

What shall I do?????

Theres not much difference in OCX and OC2 speeds.Im happy at OC2 speeds.

If I RMA it i wonder if i will get refurb one?

 

[bosTRom]

Thanks for all your comments and expert advice! At least I know what the problem is now and can play games trouble free.I know I paid for the OCX version that won't run at specified speed.

BUT like LoadsaMoney says theres bugger all difference in speeds. I'm happy at slightly slower stable speeds.So i will probably keep.

I got 10 years (BFG warranty) to make my mind up LOL!