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GTX 1070 Issues

Webster

Webster

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Hi,

I've been having some strange issues since upgrading from a 970 to a 1070.

First issue: When I return from work some days and turn the monitor on, there's nothing on the screen just blacklight - I have to power the machine off and then it is fine again.

Second issue: When the PC has been on for a while, my FPS drops to 20-30 in titles than it usually sits around 400. Again I have to reboot to cure.

I never had these issues with the 970 before, have done a bios update on motherboard and full driver clean / re-install, latest drivers etc.

Any suggestions before I look at sending the card back?

Thanks in advance
 
Not a fix but an really useful tool that might save you from having to reboot until you get it sorted.

Do a search for "download cru".

It includes a utility to restart the graphics driver without rebooting.

Useful for those dreaded "display driver has stopped responding" crashes.
 
Thanks - first link looks good for the initial problem, will report back with outcome.

Temps are really low due to the watercooling, even at full load it barely breaks a sweat.

Will try the cru software to see if it helps - rebooting isn't a massive issue but after spending £500+ and inheriting issues not present on a much cheaper card it's pretty irritating.

Been reading since this post and will also try set the nvidia control panel to max performance & report back in a day or so.
 
Webzta said:
Thanks - first link looks good for the initial problem, will report back with outcome.

Temps are really low due to the watercooling, even at full load it barely breaks a sweat.

Will try the cru software to see if it helps - rebooting isn't a massive issue but after spending £500+ and inheriting issues not present on a much cheaper card it's pretty irritating.

Been reading since this post and will also try set the nvidia control panel to max performance & report back in a day or so.
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What kind of PSU you have as well ? you might think the temps are fine but there might be problem with paste of the heatsink can be loose and while gaming the card overheats...thats why i was wondering if you monitored the temps while actually gaming?
 
Smrtka said:
What kind of PSU you have as well ? you might think the temps are fine but there might be problem with paste of the heatsink can be loose and while gaming the card overheats...thats why i was wondering if you monitored the temps while actually gaming?
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BeQuiet Pure Power L8 730W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply.

Yeah I've checked temps during gaming / benchmarks, I can't recall the exact max that HWmonitor was showing but it wasn't high.

With the FPS issue, it's as if the card is 'asleep' or on max power saving mode and runs at 215mhz or something, hoping setting the nvidia control panel to max performance may cure this and it's just a driver issue.

Also found an article where some of the MSI cards didn't have samsung memory but the issues described are different - i'll check this tonight when I get home.
 
Ok checked a few things last night, load temps max at 50 degrees.

Found in the Nvidia control panel that the card was set to 'optimal power' - I have changed this to max performance and will monitor over the next few days to see if this fixes either issue.
 
Now you have taken the shackles off the card it seems it is suffering a little bit of coil whine. Is it really loud and do you hear it more when a menu screen is showing. If it's not too bad I would just put your headphones on and enjoy your gaming. It may bed in and dissappear in a few weeks as some users have found out.
:)

Is it similar to this here

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18755942
 
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I'll give it a couple of weeks, can't hear it with headphones on but not always wearing them and it's highlighted as everything else is silent.
 
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