D3D, Down clocking Nvidia Factory overclocked card's...

[StrongSad]

So if it's a power draw issue has anyone tried the above suggestion to see if it helps?

Yeah, tried all combinations.

It started with Elite (see above) and I was on the 347 drivers and it was fine, then they released a patch and that was that. Down clocking fixed it...

I was also running a 1500 MHz clock on GTA V before 350 patch, then it started on that as well. However I had shifted to online about that point in time.

I can still run a clock of 1475 MHz in single player but On-line, crashes at my stock clocks. 1266 Mhz Base. 1366 Boost.

I can see the voltage drop away when the scene changes (after a race or mission etc) so it probably is that, but my voltage increases via AB don't affect the lower voltage's when the card winds down.

I have also disabled streamer service, this was a help yesterday and I played 5 hours at stock clocks but then it crashed for the first time. Still working my way through the list of things so I can get back to R*

 

[shankly1985]

I'll pass this onto a friend who also getting driver crashing in witcher 3. He has 970 not sure on boost speed though.

 

[MrMD]

This has been pretty common since maxwell launched it generally only affected people pushing high OC's but affected some cards at out the box clocks too.it becomes far more apprant if your using extra mV for an OC tho.

The best method to get rid of it is to flash a bios with a locked voltage at 3D clocks,so when gaming the load Voltage never drops in game even if load does(clocks still downclock related to usage tho)

I done this,not had this issue since.

Edit:Not sure what the this issue is related to AMD cards tho

 

[StrongSad]

This has been pretty common since maxwell launched it generally only affected people pushing high OC's but affected some cards at out the box clocks too.it becomes far more apprant if your using extra mV for an OC tho.

The best method to get rid of it is to flash a bios with a locked voltage at 3D clocks,so when gaming the load Voltage never drops in game even if load does(clocks still downclock related to usage tho)

I done this,not had this issue since.

Edit:Not sure what the this issue is related to AMD cards tho

I had thought about flashing with a new bios but I am not confident in performing it as if it goes wrong, it can brick the card.

If my card had a bios switch then I would but I don't.

 

[DeanT77]

This has been pretty common since maxwell launched it generally only affected people pushing high OC's but affected some cards at out the box clocks too.it becomes far more apprant if your using extra mV for an OC tho.

The best method to get rid of it is to flash a bios with a locked voltage at 3D clocks,so when gaming the load Voltage never drops in game even if load does(clocks still downclock related to usage tho)

I done this,not had this issue since.

Edit:Not sure what the this issue is related to AMD cards tho

Could this be what is affecting my 780ti (factory OC, Gigabyte Ghz edition)?

I didn't want to get into overclocking and wanted something stable which is why I opted for a factory OC.

I have tried downclocking core by 105Mhz and memory by 250Mhz, which is some pretty significant downclocking I believe but even this isnt 100% stable.

Not sure what else to try apart from trying my 280x and seeing how that does.

 

[MrMD]

I had thought about flashing with a new bios but I am not confident in performing it as if it goes wrong, it can brick the card.

If my card had a bios switch then I would but I don't.

Its pretty safe to flash a GPU bios as long as you follow the correct method.More of the risk comes from flashing a bad bios,that has values that the card just cant handle/are incompatible with.

Could this be what is affecting my 780ti (factory OC, Gigabyte Ghz edition)?

I didn't want to get into overclocking and wanted something stable which is why I opted for a factory OC.

I have tried downclocking core by 105Mhz and memory by 250Mhz, which is some pretty significant downclocking I believe but even this isnt 100% stable.

Not sure what else to try apart from trying my 280x and seeing how that does.

Maybe,it seems driver related as its to do with the powerstates,its not unreasonable to assume that it could affect keplar cards aswell.


http://www.overclock.net/t/1522651/disable-boost-and-bake-in-max-game-stable-clocks-for-maxwell

For anyone wanting to do it,just follow step 5(Voltage table) of this guide ,obviously substituting your load voltage for the one shown.

 

[PieEater]

Yeah, tried all combinations.
I can see the voltage drop away when the scene changes (after a race or mission etc) so it probably is that, but my voltage increases via AB don't affect the lower voltage's when the card winds down.

There's a "Force Constant Voltage" setting in Afterburner you could try.

 

[StrongSad]

There's a "Force Constant Voltage" setting in Afterburner you could try.

Cheers

I did not realise that was an option.

Gas anybody got any experience of this?

 

[MrMD]

Force constant voltage didnt work for me,it seems to not work for most Nvidia cards from the searching i done.

You can use EVGA PrecisionX and enable Kboost,it does the exact same thing and it does work.

edit: Defiantly worth trying,i had forgotton about that workaround tbh lol

 

[StrongSad]

Force constant voltage didnt work for me,it seems to not work for most Nvidia cards from the searching i done.

You can use EVGA PrecisionX and enable Kboost,it does the exact same thing and it does work.

edit: Defiantly worth trying,i had forgotton about that workaround tbh lol

OK done that, Kboost did keep the clocks at full but it still crashed in the same place. Which is extremely annoying.

So only the last thing to do on the list now is install the latest drivers.... which are poop apparently...

*sigh*

 

[DeanT77]

I think I have finally found my cards sweet spot, -40 on the core and -700(!) on memory.

Actually managed to play 2 whole hours on GTA 5 this afternoon (with no crashes) and just got in about 1.5 hours on the witcher 3 - had one crash but put that down to ropey drivers.

 

[StrongSad]

GRRRRRR

The 352 drivers are truly awful. The GPU is now stuck at 100% so it is a stutter fest.

I will be DDU'ing them in 5 mins....

so I will get back to R* and see that they have to say.

Edit update:

Reinstalled 350

Just played 3 hours and no crashes.... GTA V has never run so well, no stutters, 60 fps in all areas.....

So I don't know what is going on.

 

[StrongSad]

OK

Well getting somewhere now.

I have played 3 hours this evening without a crash.

My card is clocked at 1366 Mhz - 1467 Boost (in game it is 1497)

Spoiler

I forgot the OC was on after I bench marked my driver reinstall (350)

The card however is idling at 1266 Mhz (stock clock) and such the voltage does not drop.....

Spoiler

The weird thing is..... it is shadowplay being enabled that fixes the clock.....

I will keep on playing to see if this helps, but GTA V runs soooooo well with the overclock So not really worried..

Will give it a go in Elite at some point.

Fingers crossed.

 

[SkodaMart]

Currently having problems with my GTX 660Ti PE.
I have either got to underclock it back to reference clocks or overvolt it using after burner. (+30mv)
I have had crashes in The Witcher 3 mainly and come to think of it Elite Dangerous, however I thought that was the game at the time.
I'm just going to get a stock, reference clocked card next time and save a bit of cash.

 

[StrongSad]

OK

After quite a lot of testing I am happy that I have solved my issue.

My base clock has been locked at 1266 MHz since Sunday. .

As a result the card does not dip below 1 volt when the game is idling after load/general game play etc before it then loads up again. Hi-low-HI

I have not had a crash since this was implemented on GTA V (16 -17 hours) Before this I would crash every 30 mins +.

Down clocking the card resolved it for both GTA and Elite dangerous. I am not sure why, however it could be to do with the increase in power needed for the card to ramp up. This was causing GPU spikes and dips and as well as the Voltage.

I will test it on elite at some point.

Not sure why this causes driver instability however it does seem that way. Mostly with factory overclocked cards (going by the number of users on the Elite forum and GTA users on Reddit)

I hope this helps

 

[DeanT77]

Just thought I would add something else from testing.

When downclocking along with afterburner and riva I still get crashes - unsure if this is AB causing it or something to do with Riva and the OSD.

When using Nvidia inspector to downclock I get a fully stable GTA5.

Hope this helps someone else