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Random driver crashes?

tatts

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I recently bought a MSI GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II/OC from the B grade but i'm having problems.
Every now and then i get 5 small artifact squares (red) followed by a blank screen for around 5 seconds before it comes back and tells me the driver has recovered? It doesn't do it often, once every other day i would say. I've updated the drivers but still the same issue.
 
tatts said:
I recently bought a MSI GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II/OC from the B grade but i'm having problems.
Every now and then i get 5 small artifact squares (red) followed by a blank screen for around 5 seconds before it comes back and tells me the driver has recovered? It doesn't do it often, once every other day i would say. I've updated the drivers but still the same issue.
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That would normally happen if you were overclocking the card & had pushed it that bit too far on either the core or memory.

To test this, lower the gpu & memory clocks by 50mhz & see if it still happens.

If you haven't been overclocking it then I'd contact OcUK about returning the card for a replacement.
 
Thanks for the reply. It did it a couple of times last night, one was a full checkered screen :(
I've never overclocked it, as a casual gamer it doesn't appeal to me.
 
Go into BIOS, look for integrated graphics and disable.

I had a lot of driver crashes caused by this but didn't have the artifacting. It's possible the gpu is faulty but it's worth checking the above... is there a VGA / DVI connector on your motherboard?
 
Narj said:
Go into BIOS, look for integrated graphics and disable.

I had a lot of driver crashes caused by this but didn't have the artifacting. It's possible the gpu is faulty but it's worth checking the above... is there a VGA / DVI connector on your motherboard?
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It's a gigabyte assassin 2 X79 which has no onboard graphics :confused:
 
tatts said:
It's a gigabyte assassin 2 X79 which has no onboard graphics :confused:
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Ah fair enough.. RMA time then methinks!

I take it temperatures are fine? I only chimed in because I think my card is the same as yours and I'd had similar issues. Since disabling onboard video all my problems are gone but this obviously doesn't apply in your case.
 
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Then I'd contact OcUK to arrange an rma.

Btw Is there any chance the card's overheating?

Have you checked the temps while it's running in Catalyst Control Centre - Performance - Overdrive?
 
I've had the same problem for a few days now (my card is overclocked), when i'm playing Tera Online sometimes the screen will become black and then flash off and on and ill get a message saying the driver has crashed but recovered. Its strange because i also play BF3/Dead Space 3 and havent had this issue.

I drop the clocks from 1150/1500 to 1125/1475 as ive read this may help, i dont want to raise the voltage because atm its at 1.250
 
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