Hi guys,
So I managed to snag myself a 3070 gaming OC during November and was excited to get the new system up and running.
When I went to install it in my system for the first time, I noticed a bent pin on the power connector inside the 8 pin socket. I managed to straighten it out with a small screwdriver and get the PSU connected to the card and everything seemed ok until I ran Heaven and 3DMark Time Spy stress tests on the card.
When running Heaven, I get black screens every now and again which last for about 2-3 seconds, and then the screen returns, along with some artifacts which flash up on the screen momentarily every so often (bars across the screen).
When running Time Spy, I get artifacts, much the same as the ones in Heaven, but without any black screens.
I assumed it was the dodgy power connection causing the issue on the card, as it is a known issue on Gigbabyte 3000 series cards, see this thread for context: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/foru...-oc-vision-power-connector-concerns.18900176/
I sent my card back to OC, and this morning received a new card, this time with no bent pins, and the power connected just fine. However, when I ran Heaven and Time Spy, I get exactly the same defects.
My assumption now (and I admit, this is my first ever build so I am not very knowledgable on this sort of thing) is that either I have an issue elsewhere in my system which is causing these artifacts/black screen, or the factory overclock on these cards is unstable.
I'm hoping that some of the more experienced members can help me troubleshoot this issue.
so, the first question - for anyone that has this card, do you have any issues when running these benchmarks? For info, it doesn't matter at what resolution I run the benchmarks, I run at 1440p which is my native resolution, and at 1080p, the same thing happens on each.
Second question - do you think something else in my system could be causing this issue? Possibly the PSU? full spec listed below:
Board: MSI b550-a Pro
CPU: Ryzen 7 5800x
RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury RGB 16Gb (2x8) 3600 DDR4 CL17
PSU: Corsair CX650M
GPU: Gigabyte RTX 3070 Gaming OC
Storage: 1 x 500GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0, 1 x 500GB Crucial P2, 1 x 1TB Seagate Barracuda
Case: Cooler Master H500 ARGB (mesh front panel)
CPU: EK 240 D-RGB AIO
All drivers are up to date. I have DDU'd and reinstalled the Nvidia display driver as well.
Any help/advice would be very much appreciated.
thanks in advance,
L.
So I managed to snag myself a 3070 gaming OC during November and was excited to get the new system up and running.
When I went to install it in my system for the first time, I noticed a bent pin on the power connector inside the 8 pin socket. I managed to straighten it out with a small screwdriver and get the PSU connected to the card and everything seemed ok until I ran Heaven and 3DMark Time Spy stress tests on the card.
When running Heaven, I get black screens every now and again which last for about 2-3 seconds, and then the screen returns, along with some artifacts which flash up on the screen momentarily every so often (bars across the screen).
When running Time Spy, I get artifacts, much the same as the ones in Heaven, but without any black screens.
I assumed it was the dodgy power connection causing the issue on the card, as it is a known issue on Gigbabyte 3000 series cards, see this thread for context: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/foru...-oc-vision-power-connector-concerns.18900176/
I sent my card back to OC, and this morning received a new card, this time with no bent pins, and the power connected just fine. However, when I ran Heaven and Time Spy, I get exactly the same defects.
My assumption now (and I admit, this is my first ever build so I am not very knowledgable on this sort of thing) is that either I have an issue elsewhere in my system which is causing these artifacts/black screen, or the factory overclock on these cards is unstable.
I'm hoping that some of the more experienced members can help me troubleshoot this issue.
so, the first question - for anyone that has this card, do you have any issues when running these benchmarks? For info, it doesn't matter at what resolution I run the benchmarks, I run at 1440p which is my native resolution, and at 1080p, the same thing happens on each.
Second question - do you think something else in my system could be causing this issue? Possibly the PSU? full spec listed below:
Board: MSI b550-a Pro
CPU: Ryzen 7 5800x
RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury RGB 16Gb (2x8) 3600 DDR4 CL17
PSU: Corsair CX650M
GPU: Gigabyte RTX 3070 Gaming OC
Storage: 1 x 500GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0, 1 x 500GB Crucial P2, 1 x 1TB Seagate Barracuda
Case: Cooler Master H500 ARGB (mesh front panel)
CPU: EK 240 D-RGB AIO
All drivers are up to date. I have DDU'd and reinstalled the Nvidia display driver as well.
Any help/advice would be very much appreciated.
thanks in advance,
L.