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Some months ago I had an issue with my system and the game Snowrunner where the graphics would freeze, though sound was still coming through. If I waited the system would display a black screen then go to desktop where I could sometimes close the game, I could interact with stuff on the task bar but the mouse on the screen would display the games cursor and not be able to affect anything. Also the gpu would no longer be listed on the system. A reboot would make everything normal again.
I couldn't find any solid suggestions online as to what was causing the issues but something suggested it could be when the GPU did too much, I wasn't convinced but what do I know. So I limited the frame rate in Snowrunner to 60fps. And to my surprise it didn't crash...
Until yesterday.
I was playing Snowrunner and blip. Freeze, blackscreen desktop. I was really rather unimpressed. After I had stopped swearing I started trawling the internet again for help.
The closest thing I could find to the same issue people were linking with the GPU hitting boost speed and doing a large power draw, 600W according to HWInfo and this would result in exactly the same crash I was having.
Now solutions were offered such as undervolting the card, buying a new PSU/GPU to test things. Unfortunately, I have no idea how I would go about undervolting something, and whereas I could possibly get a new psu, getting another GPU to test is price prohibitive.
What im trying to find is does this power spike thing sound like the issue?
How could I go about monitoring that?
Is it possible that my PSU isn't good enough, even though its 1000w 80+ Platinum? (full specs below)
The power cables to the gpu are all singles, no daisy chaining.
Id appreciate it if anyone could answer the above, or provide any further light on what may be happening.
Many thanks.
Brian.
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor
Thermalright Phantom Spirit EVO 69 CFM CPU Cooler
MSI MAG B650 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory
Samsung 990 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card
Fractal Design Torrent Compact RGB ATX Mid Tower Case
Antec High Current Gamer PRO ATX3.1 1000 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
I couldn't find any solid suggestions online as to what was causing the issues but something suggested it could be when the GPU did too much, I wasn't convinced but what do I know. So I limited the frame rate in Snowrunner to 60fps. And to my surprise it didn't crash...
Until yesterday.
I was playing Snowrunner and blip. Freeze, blackscreen desktop. I was really rather unimpressed. After I had stopped swearing I started trawling the internet again for help.
The closest thing I could find to the same issue people were linking with the GPU hitting boost speed and doing a large power draw, 600W according to HWInfo and this would result in exactly the same crash I was having.
Now solutions were offered such as undervolting the card, buying a new PSU/GPU to test things. Unfortunately, I have no idea how I would go about undervolting something, and whereas I could possibly get a new psu, getting another GPU to test is price prohibitive.
What im trying to find is does this power spike thing sound like the issue?
How could I go about monitoring that?
Is it possible that my PSU isn't good enough, even though its 1000w 80+ Platinum? (full specs below)
The power cables to the gpu are all singles, no daisy chaining.
Id appreciate it if anyone could answer the above, or provide any further light on what may be happening.
Many thanks.
Brian.
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor
Thermalright Phantom Spirit EVO 69 CFM CPU Cooler
MSI MAG B650 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory
Samsung 990 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card
Fractal Design Torrent Compact RGB ATX Mid Tower Case
Antec High Current Gamer PRO ATX3.1 1000 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
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