I installed a new graphics card over Christmas, a 970. I've been happy with it, not tried it with many games, mainly Witcher 3, Battlefront and GTA V, which I've had no problems with.
However I've been getting crashes during Ark, game just freezes, though any music I have playing continues in the background, I can't alt tab, or CTRL-ALT-DEL, I have to restart my machine.
So what's the best way to test my graphics card? I know Ark is unoptimized and buggy, but I want to prove it's Ark and not the fact that I have a faulty graphics card.
Here are my specs.
I'm currently running Windows 10, though my i7 is overclocked, I've not touched the speeds on the GFX card.
However I've been getting crashes during Ark, game just freezes, though any music I have playing continues in the background, I can't alt tab, or CTRL-ALT-DEL, I have to restart my machine.
So what's the best way to test my graphics card? I know Ark is unoptimized and buggy, but I want to prove it's Ark and not the fact that I have a faulty graphics card.
Here are my specs.
- Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz (Bloomfield) clocked at 4Ghz
- Asus P6X58D-E Intel X58
- EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC ACX 2.0 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
- Corsair XMS3 12GB (6x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz
- Samsung 1.0TB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive
- Antec 902 Nine Hundred Two (V3) Ultimate Gaming Case
- Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler
- XFX XTR 750W '80 Plus Gold' Fully Modular Power Supply
I'm currently running Windows 10, though my i7 is overclocked, I've not touched the speeds on the GFX card.
