Hey guys, I recently received my EVGA GTX 970 FTW+ ACX 2.0 card.
Now before I continue, I just want to say I know the card is already OC'd out the box and that it's really good still for 1080p 60fps gaming but I would still like to push it further.
The issue that I am having is, my OC's seems completely random in terms of stability and what triggers crashes. For example, when I first got the card I could not go above +100 on the core clock without instantly crashing, yet now I can get to +140 on Unigine heaven and valley benchmarks, completely stable, no artifacts. Yet as soon as I load Fire Strike Extreme, I crash automatically and keep crashing until I lowered the core clock to like +90.
Then, I restarted my pc and rose the core clock to +130, entered Fire Strike Extreme, unigine heaven and valley and it was completely stable again.
Is there a cause for this? Is it my drivers, they are up to date.
For the record, when I insta-crash I always get a brown screen, it's never a black screen unless my drivers crash.
Thanks!
EDIT: I forgot to add I have a aggressive fan curve going, to ensure the card stays below 70 degrees even after a couple hours use. Also, I have tried both EVGA PrecisionX and MSI Afterburner.
Now before I continue, I just want to say I know the card is already OC'd out the box and that it's really good still for 1080p 60fps gaming but I would still like to push it further.
The issue that I am having is, my OC's seems completely random in terms of stability and what triggers crashes. For example, when I first got the card I could not go above +100 on the core clock without instantly crashing, yet now I can get to +140 on Unigine heaven and valley benchmarks, completely stable, no artifacts. Yet as soon as I load Fire Strike Extreme, I crash automatically and keep crashing until I lowered the core clock to like +90.
Then, I restarted my pc and rose the core clock to +130, entered Fire Strike Extreme, unigine heaven and valley and it was completely stable again.
Is there a cause for this? Is it my drivers, they are up to date.
For the record, when I insta-crash I always get a brown screen, it's never a black screen unless my drivers crash.
Thanks!
EDIT: I forgot to add I have a aggressive fan curve going, to ensure the card stays below 70 degrees even after a couple hours use. Also, I have tried both EVGA PrecisionX and MSI Afterburner.